Infosecurity Opinions

  1. Preparing for the next European Union Directive: EU NIS

    GDPR concerns every industry that handles data; EU NIS has a much more refined scope as it applies only to critical infrastructure.

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      David Higgins

      senior director, field technology office, CyberArk

  2. “Zero Trust” Is the Opposite of Business

    When you step back and consider the reason security is important, it’s not so clear that zero trust is really what we want.

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      Mike Lloyd

      CTO of RedSeal

  3. Cybersecurity ROI Is a Measurable Metric – If You Know What to Measure

    Determining true cybersecurity ROI involves not only measuring attacks that were mitigated, but also which attacks might have happened.

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      Aviv Grafi

      CEO of Votiro

  4. Is Your InfoSec Tech Stack Causing Dangerous Blind Spots?

    Most companies are looking at cybersecurity solutions as a series of “bolt-ons” to the existing tech stack, instead of mapping out a comprehensive plan to help monitor the threat landscape and execute defense against an attack.

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      Tim Roncevich

      partner at CyberGuard Compliance.

  5. Essential Elements Needed for a Successful Threat Hunt

    Threat hunting is vital to reduce the spread and effectiveness of attacks, but a large proportion of organizations are yet to engage in this type of activity.

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      Mark Nicholls

      Director of Cybersecurity, Redscan

  6. From the Developer’s Perspective - Navigating the IoT Security Storm

    In the IoT gold rush, and the race to realize the market’s potential, many companies have been deprioritizing security.

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      Evan Dandrea

      Engineering Manager at Canonical

  7. McDreary? The Future of Medical Call Centers & DDoS

    A DDoS attack on a healthcare system can cause click-to-call features to be taken offline, and the implications can mean life or death.

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      Mark Pietras

      CTO and co-founder, Revation Systems

  8. Teaching Old Dogs New Tricks

    Security teams need to gain an understanding of each application within their network and find out how it interacts with external entities.

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      Christopher Steffen

      Technical Director at Cyxtera

  9. Cloudy With a Chance of Cryptojacking

    Cloudjacking is a growing trend: stealing processing and storage from someone else’s cloud account.

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      Anurag Kahol

      CTO and co-founder, Bitglass

  10. The Importance of Device Security in IoT Ecosystems

    It is crucial that the resiliency of IoT devices are understood to prevent systemic security issues in the future.

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      Dave Belt

      Technology Evangelist, Irdeto

  11. Quantum: The future For Data Center Technology

    How will advances in quantum computing affect the data center industry, and will these effects be positive?

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      Jeremy Schaller

      Industry Analyst at Exit Technologies

  12. What Europe Can do to Catch Dark Web Criminals

    Could the Europol dark web investigation team succeed in pinning down underground attackers?

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      Liran Sorani

      Cyber Business Unit Manager, Webhose

  13. How Immutable Infrastructure Changes the Modern Security Mindset

    How the rise of cloud-native applications are changing the security game.

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      John Morello

      Chief Technology Officer at Twistlock

  14. Why Businesses Can't Ignore Crypto Agility

    Crypto agility encompasses the range of policies, technology and initiatives organizations must dedicate themselves to in becoming resilient against quantum computing

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      Malte Pollmann

      CEO, Utimaco

  15. Don't Undermine Data Security Investments by Dismissing Data Governance

    Data security investments may be useless if poor data governance processes are in place.

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      Jim Varner

      CEO, SecurityFirst

  16. Selling Servers by Proxy?

    The second-hand server market is thriving but how do you get the most bang for your buck?

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      Jeff Bittner

      Founder and President of Exit Technologies

  17. GDPR and California's New Privacy Could Mean Millions in Costs to Organizations

    Data access requests could result in millions of dollars in operational costs for organizations that already face unprecedented fines in case of a security breach.

  18. A Multi-Pronged Approach to Fighting Fraud with Fingerprinting and Cross-Device

    Cross-device tracking is aimed at crossing the boundaries between a fraudster's individual devices and browsers.

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      Stefan Klisarov

      Data Scientist, Screen6

  19. Brand Reputation Through Automation

    Firms that embrace cutting-edge application security solutions and automate procedures can stay one step ahead of the hacker

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      David Maclean

      Systems Engineer, F5 Networks

  20. Fighting Fire with Fire: Why Proactive Security is so Vital for Businesses

    More proactive form of defense is necessary and leverages Big Data analytics, network function virtualization, cloud scalability and penetration tactics to handle how cyber-criminals operate.

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      Ben Ferguson

      Senior Network Architect and Vice President of Shamrock Consulting Group

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