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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/19

    
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/19

Insight #1

"Be extremely careful of ChatGPT lookalikes and fakes as scammers are taking advantage of the buzz and tricking victims into biting."
 

Insight #2

"There is no need for .zip or .mov top-level domains (TLD) unless you are a malicious actor. These should be removed immediately."
 

Insight #3

"Burnout is a real problem in security. As security leaders, we need to figure out how to put out the fire before more great people leave the industry."
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.