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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/26

By David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

August 26, 2022

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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/26

Insight #1

"If you are struggling with the adoption of MFA across your organization, it’s time to focus all your efforts in rolling out a solution that provides the best experience for your users. Enabling MFA is paramount to protecting your organization. Figure out the psychological acceptability of your users’ ability to use different forms of MFA such as TOTP, FIDO tokens, Push, Biometrics, and start with the most acceptable."
 

Insight #2

"We continue to see zero days found that have been in software for many years. One of the most recent was an 8-year-old Linux kernel vulnerability. We all must realize that all the preventative measures in the world will not stop these hidden zero days from destroying our security posture overnight. It’s time to beef up our “detect” mechanisms and deploy tools that can detect anomalous activity throughout your environments."
 

Insight #3

"Stop doing phishing tests against your employees (especially if it requires you to disable any security controls in your environment). Phishing assessments are demeaning and proven to not benefit the organizations security posture. Instead, focus on tooling to prevent as many phishes as possible, and add more phishing training more than the typical annual basis."
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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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