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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/14

By David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

July 15, 2022

Insight #1

"I see a lot of blame being placed on users (or the intern) when it comes to breaches and security issues. As an industry, we need to move on from this old way of thinking and start utilizing new strategies and technologies to protect users when they mistakenly do things that may ultimately lead to a breach. Do a threat model, apply technical controls, and take ownership of your security posture."
 

Insight #2

"In the current economic climate, security will be relied on more than ever. Layoffs and restructuring will inevitably hit most organizations creating a lot of thrash and potential threats from all the people moving around. During these types of macro environment shifts, it is good to re-evaluate your security roadmaps and determine if things should shift due to the changes."
 

Insight #3

"This is your weekly reminder to enable MFA on your accounts. If you do one security thing this year, it should be this."
 
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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.

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