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Kudos to GitHub for (gradually) chucking optional MFA out the window

Kudos to GitHub for (gradually) chucking optional MFA out the window

Last year, on May 4, 2022, GitHub laid down the authentication law: GitHub Chief Security Officer and SVP of..

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/24

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/24

Insight #1 " Cybersecurity is no longer just a CISO or CIO problem, it’s a business problem. It’s time for..

Contrast CMO Tara Ryan: From Fresno farmgirl to cybersec doyenne

Contrast CMO Tara Ryan: From Fresno farmgirl to cybersec doyenne

In honor of Women’s History Month, we ask you to transcend species in order to consider the almond. 

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/17

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/17

Insight #1 "Malicious actors are always looking to take advantage of any opportunity. The recent bank runs and closures..

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/10

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/10

Insight #1 " SBOMs provide basic visibility and transparency into your application’s stack. Providing SBOMs should be..

Happy Women’s Day from your cybersecurity sisters

Happy Women’s Day from your cybersecurity sisters

Happy International Women’s Day, happy Women’s History Month!

Biden’s new cybersecurity strategy: The buck must stop with tech firms

Biden’s new cybersecurity strategy: The buck must stop with tech firms

Time for the gloves to come off, the U.S. government said on Thursday in a newly aggressive policy on cybersecurity..

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/3

Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/3

Insight #1 " June 11th, 2023 is getting closer. Have you started pulling together information for the government’s..

‘Assurance’ isn’t clearing the murky waters of software transparency

‘Assurance’ isn’t clearing the murky waters of software transparency

Just what, exactly, is “assurance?”