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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 9/30

    
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 9/30

Insight #1

"Cybersecurity Awareness month starts on October 1, 2022. One of the themes is enabling MFA. If you haven’t done so, it’s time."
 

Insight #2

"Security leaders need to stop blaming people for breaches and start examining their risk profile for when someone’s account is compromised. What mitigations or controls are in place to prevent devastation or limit the breach scope?"
 

Insight #3

"It’s time we move on from using CVSS as the standard for risk management. CVSS has been the cornerstone for many organizations and for CVEs for helping to understand the risk of a specific vulnerability, but it’s not good enough anymore. It’s time we start incorporating EPSS, environmental controls, current attack patterns, library usage, CVE reachability, and more data into our risk-ranking methodologies."
 
 
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.