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David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

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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    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/15/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/15/24

    Insight #1 If you want insight into how difficult security is, look at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/8/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/8/24

    Insight #1 If you’re not performing routine tabletop exercises to ensure that your organization is protected from..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/1/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/1/24

    Insight #1 As was made clear by the recent blowup over Google’s Gemini image creation tool last week (it generated..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/23/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/23/24

    Insight #1 The post quantum encryption era is upon us, and Apple is leading the charge to protect against future..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/16/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/16/24

    Insight #1 How are you protecting your web and application programming interface (API) applications from attack? In..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/9/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/9/24

    Insight #1 From toasters to toothbrushes, the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to wreak havoc on the internet. As..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/2/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/2/24

    Insight #1 Ransomware payments dropped to 29% in the last quarter of 2023. Will ransomware be a thing if victims stop..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/26/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/26/24

    Insight #1 Spray and pray: That’s the modus operandi behind the latest successful attack against Microsoft, which..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/19/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 1/19/24

    Insight #1 Hackers are not trying to infiltrate your systems 45 billion times per day, regardless of what’s purportedly..