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CISO Thoughts with
David Lindner

Contrast Security CISO David Lindner provides his top three weekly insights for CISOs, developers and the security community here. These are updated every Friday, so be sure to check back for the latest news on what's top of mind in AppSec and DevSecOps.

The latest insights as of December 13, 2024:

 

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Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with Vulnrichment

It's time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information  — from CISA's Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications.

Insight No. 2: Zero days don't give a damn about your CVE backlog

Assume there’s been a breach, ditch the outdated tools, and get proactive with deep visibility and context-aware detection. Detect and block attacks before they even know what hit them.

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Insight No. 3: Volunteers are noble, but they won't save us from the cyber apocalypse

Cybersecurity needs serious investment, not just spare time and good intentions. Time to step up with government funding, private sector muscle and global collaboration.

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David Lindner

Chief Information Security Officer, Contrast Security

David is an experienced application security professional with over 20 years in cybersecurity. In addition to serving as the chief information security officer, David leads the Contrast Labs team that is focused on analyzing threat intelligence to help enterprise clients develop more proactive approaches to their application security programs. Throughout his career, David has worked within multiple disciplines in the security field—from application development to network architecture design and support, to IT security and consulting, to security training, to application security. Over the past decade, David has specialized in all things related to mobile applications and securing them. He has worked with many clients across industry sectors, including financial, government, automobile, healthcare, and retail. David is an active participant in numerous bug bounty programs.

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