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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 10/6

    
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 10/6

Insight #1

AI voice cloning is a problem: It’s reportedly taken the top spot in scam trends, particularly targeting seniors. “My voice is my passport” can no longer be a thing. 

Insight #2

CISO tenure is 18-24 months on average. This is due to numerous things, from burnout, being the scapegoat for breaches, a lack of board support and a multitude of other reasons. What happens when we run out of CISOs?


Insight #3

It’s national Cyber Security Awareness month for 2023, time to make changes to improve global cybersecurity by requiring basic security controls such as creating strong passwords, multi-factor authentication (MFA), detecting and reporting suspected phishing, and keeping software up to date.

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.