Tag: CISO
With AI amplifying their capabilities, the speed and sophistication of these attacks would be unprecedented, making them extremely difficult to mitigate. Prediction 2: Putting the AI Into API We are currently in a global “AI race condition,” where organizations—from startups to nation-states—are racing to adopt AI-driven technologies at unprecedented speeds, fearing that “if we don’t,…
Read MoreBiden was not campaigning in New Hampshire, and voting in the primaries does not preclude voters from casting a ballot in November’s general election. Kramer estimates he spent about $500 to generate $5 million worth of media coverage. In September 2024, the FCC finalized a $6 million fine against him for orchestrating illegal robocalls. Dissemination…
Read MoreSome of you may remember a time when national security was a question of police officers protecting individuals from crime on the street, or the Army’s defence against international threats. Today, that picture looks very different. If anything, it is more volatile, uncertain and complex than it was in the past because it is now…
Read MoreLike many of my peers, I marvel at the amazing ways the cloud has changed our lives and how we work. At the same time, I’ve lost untold hours of sleep worrying about the security risks this transformation creates. As a CISO, I spend a big chunk of every day planning for, evaluating, and…
Read MoreThe problem is that real-time, actionable visibility – especially at the application layer where it’s increasingly critical – is often elusive to achieve. Even though we know it’s important to security efforts. To wit, in our State of Application Security 2016, the majority (57%) of respondents said a lack of visibility in the application layer is preventing strong…
Read MoreI’ve mentioned before how important strong risk management is to a CISO1. When it comes to risk, the applications our users depend on are a big concern. In a 2016 security survey2 conducted by Ponemon Institute on behalf of F5, a majority of respondents cited security around applications as an area of great concern. It makes…
Read MoreHi. I’m Mike Convertino, CISO of F5 Networks, and I want to welcome you to an experiment we’re conducting here at F5. We’ve laid the foundation of this CISO to CISO portal on an idea that has traditionally been somewhat controversial in the security community: openness. As you may or may not know, I spent…
Read MoreAutomation Risks There are a number of container and automation frameworks out there that seek to make scale as effortless as the click of a mouse. Some of them are rising quickly due to the excitement over containers, like Mesos and Kubernetes. Others have been around for a while—think Puppet, Chef, VMware, Cisco, and OpenStack.…
Read MoreWhen someone from the IT group gets promoted into security management, a common first lesson is that “geek culture” is ineffective in the boardroom. Just watch one episode of The Big Bang Theory and you’ll recognize the classic nerd character types. Those who behave in that manner tend to get marginalized by executives. We’ve all probably seen…
Read MoreAn important part of an information security professional’s job is communicating risk. Clear, concise communication that leadership can understand and act upon is the heart of a risk management system. The challenge is that many IT risk scenarios appear abstract, vague, or irrelevant to colleagues working outside of InfoSec. Consider a common interaction that might…
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