Cybercrime , Fraud Management & Cybercrime

Perpetual 'Meltdown': Security in the Post-Spectre Era

SonicWall's Bill Conner on Side-Channel Attacks and Other Emerging Threats
Bill Conner, president and CEO, SonicWall

The information security world has been beset by the emergence of multiple side-channel attacks, including Meltdown, Spectre and most recently Spoiler, that have proven difficult to fully fix, says Bill Conner of SonicWall.

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In a video interview with Information Security Media Group at RSA Conference 2019 in San Francisco, Conner discusses:

  • Emerging threats, including side-channel attacks and wireless vulnerabilities;
  • How criminals attempt to bypass research sandboxes;
  • Geographic trends.

Conner, president and CEO of SonicWall, is a 30-year security, data and infrastructure veteran who has worked across numerous high-tech industries. SonicWall, was acquired as a carve out from Dell by Francisco Partners and Elliott Management in November of 2016.


About the Author

Mathew J. Schwartz

Mathew J. Schwartz

Executive Editor, DataBreachToday & Europe, ISMG

Schwartz is an award-winning journalist with two decades of experience in magazines, newspapers and electronic media. He has covered the information security and privacy sector throughout his career. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2014, where he now serves as the executive editor, DataBreachToday and for European news coverage, Schwartz was the information security beat reporter for InformationWeek and a frequent contributor to DarkReading, among other publications. He lives in Scotland.




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