Centurylink is out with its 2018 Threat Report, and it contains curious insights into connected devices and the botnets that can leverage them for crime. Peter Brecl of CenturyLink shares highlights.
As corporate information silos fall, traditional approaches to governance, risk and compliance are giving way to the new category of integrated risk management solutions. Vivek Shivananda, CEO of Rsam, discusses the evolution.
In today's extended enterprise, with organizations leveraging supply chains and the cloud, microsegmentation has become a hot network security technology. Tom Patterson of Unisys discusses the trend, as well as behavioral biometrics.
After years of focus, the needle is moving positively toward improving medical device security. But what about the growing cybersecurity issues associated with enterprise IoT? Mac McMillan of CynergisTek shares his concerns.
Taking a threat-centric approach - trying to defend against every threat out there - is a recipe for failure in the current threat landscape, says RSA CTO Zulfikar Ramzan, who advocates a business-driven approach instead.
The Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal is far from over. Attorney Steven Teppler, co-counsel on the first class action case filed in the matter, discusses the likely repercussions.
Hot cybersecurity trends under discussion at this year's RSA Conference include artificial intelligence, facial recognition, protecting not just data but also knowledge, as well as rapid data breach response, says Chris Pierson, CEO of Binary Sun Cyber Risk Advisors.
Blockchain is high on the hype meter in 2018, but Gartner's Avivah Litan is encouraged by practical applications of the technology to secure financial transactions, protect identity and help organizations fight fraud.
Beset by increasingly aggressive threat actors, many security leaders have decided their best defense is a stronger offense. John Wilson of Agari offers insights into the active defense movement - including the ethical and legal concerns associated with it.
"Digital transformation" is the theme of the year, but it comes with specific cybersecurity challenges - and they put a new burden squarely on the shoulders of the CISO, says Fortinet's Jonathan Nguyen-Duy.
The terms artificial intelligence and machine learning are in abundant supply at this year's RSA Conference. Sam Curry of Cybereason cut through the hype to explain how he sees these technologies augmenting cybersecurity.
Not long ago, Sam Kassoumeh of Security Scorecard has to explain the concept of cybersecurity ratings. Now he sees the practice being used throughout enterprises for other, evolving business cases.
Organizations too often prioritize data breach prevention at the expense of data breach response - or vice versa, depending on current fashion - when an emphasis on both remains mandatory, warns Art Coviello, the retired chairman of RSA.
Enterprise security leaders need to embrace a new "culture of security," says Mordecai Rosen of CA Technologies. But how does he define that, and what role does automation play in enabling it?
IT administrators and business partners require privileged access to enterprise networks to ensure that business continues to get done. Yet this very same access is all too often abused by insiders and outsiders, leading to otherwise preventable data breaches, says Matt Dircks, CEO of Bomgar.
