What's it like to be the CISO of a security company? Mike Convertino of F5 Networks says if a CISO uses the company's products, he or she can provide valuable feedback for product development.
The biggest challenge with securing massive enterprise resource planning platforms is that organizations are unclear about who is responsible for ERP security, says Alexander Polyakov of ERPScan.
The Ashley Madison breach of 2015 quickly became one the most famous of the high-profile hacks. Three years later, CISO Matthew Maglieri discusses the breach recovery and what he refers to as "cybersecurity in a world of discretion."
Security still remains an afterthought when many organizations are adding new technologies to provide a differentiated customer experience, says Anna Convery of Radware, who recommends a change in approach.
Twitter has apologized after it discovered that it had been inadvertently storing users' passwords in plaintext in an internal log, potentially putting them at risk. Twitter has blamed a bug for the fault and recommends all users change their passwords immediately.
In the new borderless, cloud-first paradigm that organizations find themselves in, a robust identity mechanism provides the best context for securing access, says Dustin Maxey of Ping Identity.
As attackers get increasingly sophisticated in reverse-engineering applications, it is imperative that enterprises secure trusted applications that are reaching back into the datacenter from beyond the perimeter, says Rusty Carter of Arxan Technologies.
Over 55 percent of people will reuse passwords despite acknowledging the risks, says Amber Steel of LastPass. In the enterprise context, this bad behavior needs to be addressed without burdening employees with policies which could impact productivity, she says.
StackRox CTO Ali Golshan says his firm helps organizations that use containers and microservices to secure their cloud applications via better detection, prevention and response. How does it work?
Acalvio Technologies helps organizations practice "cyber deception" to more effectively detect and respond to data breaches, says Rick Moy, the firm's head of marketing. So how does it work?
Ian Eyberg is CEO of DeferPanic, a Unikernel-based infrastructure-as-a-service startup that provides containers that help organizations employ virtualization in a more secure manner. How does it work?
Australia's Commonwealth Bank has confirmed that two magnetic tapes containing transaction information for 19.8 million accounts went missing two years ago after mishandling by a subcontractor. A forensic investigation concluded the tapes were likely destroyed, and no fraudulent activity has been detected.
