Skip to content

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.

Subscribe to Weekly Insights

We take your privacy seriously at Contrast; security is what we’re all about in the first place! We use the information you provide to us on the basis of legitimate interest to make sure you get more information about the topics that may be of interest to you. Contrast also partners with third parties from time to time and may share your contact information with them. By submitting this form, you agree to our collection and use of your information in accordance with our Privacy Policy. You may opt out at any time here.

The latest insights as of February 3, 2023:

 

supply_chain

 

Insight #1

"CISA is establishing a supply chain security risk management office. I love it, it fits, and I hope we see even more of this in the future. Possibly an SBOM clearing house?"

Insight #2

"Security questionnaires are not providing the industry what we think they are. Most often the answers are wrong, or only for a specific portion of the in-scope architecture. Make sure your third-party vetting is based on more than these questionnaires."

Magnifing glass and documents with analytics data lying on table

 

Focused casual businessman working at his desk in his office

 

Insight #3

"If I was being asked to generate an SBOM by a customer and I didn’t know where to start, I would start with CodeSec. You’ll be providing that SBOM in 3 simple steps."
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

green-green-bg

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/13

green-green-bg

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/6

green-green-bg

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 12/30

david-lindner (1)

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.

Incident Response Solutions from Contrast

contrast-protect

Contrast Protect

Always-on application and API protection from targeted attacks with no code changes required.

Discover more
contrast-sca-02

Contrast SCA

Automatically catalogue your third-party software risk across the software lifecycle - from build, to test, through production.

Discover more
contrast-assess

Contrast Assess

Flag underlying vulnerabilities in applications before it becomes a disclosed CVE or major incident - all without having to launch a single scan.

Discover more
contrast-scan

Contrast Scan

Code analysis that’s tailor-made for modern CI pipelines that delivers 10x faster scans, and actionable findings to ensure rapid fixes.

Discover more
contrast-serverless

Contrast Serverless

Identify custom and open-source vulnerabilities embedded in serverless applications in just three clicks.

Discover more