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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 are no different. Remain vigilant in your phishing prevention mechanisms. 
 

Insight #2

"GitHub is now requiring all developers who contribute code to enroll in 2FA. This is how all SaaS providers should operate."
 

Insight #3

"The recent Microsoft Outlook vulnerability (CVE-2023-23397) is the worst kind possible. An anonymous, no-click required privilege escalation just by receiving an email. Patch your systems or follow mitigations provided by Microsoft."
David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

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.