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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 9/22

By David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

September 22, 2023

Insight #1

There will always be a balance in the psychological acceptability of any security controls put on users. This is especially important when developing a data loss prevention (DLP) strategy for your organization.

Insight #2

How are you managing your root AWS accounts? Shared account phone numbers? Regionally dispersed hardware MFA? There are many best ways to do this, but do what is best for your organization and protect these credentials more than anything else.

Insight #3

It’s time to remind you to set up MFA. It is the single easiest thing to implement to protect your accounts from compromise.
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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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