Content by Michael Novinson

CrowdStrike CEO on Why It's Tough to Defend Sensitive Assets

Michael Novinson  •  February 3, 2023

Organizations today struggle with both new attack surface challenges such as cloud configuration and exposed buckets and long-standing ones around vulnerable ports and infrastructure. CEO George Kurtz says CrowdStrike's recent purchase of Reposify will help customers defend their priority assets.

IBM Security GM on Seeing a Target Through the Hacker's Eyes

Michael Novinson  •  February 3, 2023

Companies can be blinded by their inside-out view and often benefit from another set of eyes that see their business the same way an attacker would, says IBM's Mary O'Brien. IBM's acquisition of attack surface management firm Randori gives clients another view of areas that need to be remediated.

Jeetu Patel on Having a Consistent Design at Cisco Security

Michael Novinson  •  February 3, 2023

Cisco plans to debut a common design language across its network and security offerings so that products such as Cisco Meraki and Umbrella will no longer look or feel different from one another, says Jeetu Patel, executive vice president and general manager for security and collaboration at Cisco.

CEO Faitelson on How Varonis' SaaS Migration Helps Customers

Michael Novinson  •  February 3, 2023

Varonis has dedicated most of its engineering resources to SaaS since the onset of COVID-19 to provide more automation to customers, says CEO Yaki Faitelson. The company has focused on delivering robust data protection to customers without them having to dedicate hardware or personnel to the task.

Proofpoint CEO on Thwarting Post-Compromise Lateral Movement

Michael Novinson  •  February 3, 2023

Proofpoint has focused on preventing cyberattacks, but customers have increasingly asked for help with blocking lateral movement from compromised identities, says CEO Ashan Willy. Acquiring Illusive in December will help Proofpoint block identity attack paths when a user is compromised.

Wiz CEO on the Need to Consolidate Cloud Security Technology

Michael Novinson  •  February 3, 2023

The cloud security landscape has long been fragmented, and different vendors attempt to separately address containers, serverless and vulnerabilities, says Wiz CEO Assaf Rappaport. Consolidating detection, vulnerability and misconfiguration data in a single place reduces the noise for clients.

Dragos CEO on Opening Execs' Eyes to OT Security Threats

Michael Novinson  •  February 2, 2023

Executives underestimated the security risk associated with operational technology based on the erroneous belief that OT networks are highly segmented or air gapped. But COVID-19 made executives realize their OT networks are more connected than they previously thought, says Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee.

Checkmarx CEO on Bringing Application, API Security Together

Michael Novinson  •  February 2, 2023

Organizations have struggled to understand why APIs are so strategic even though they're an intrinsic way businesses interface with their software, according to Checkmarx CEO Emmanuel Benzaquen. He says API abuse is slated to become one of the most common types of web application data breaches.

Splunk CEO on Enriching the SIEM With UEBA and Threat Intel

Michael Novinson  •  February 2, 2023

Splunk has infused its SIEM with user behavior analytics and threat intelligence to better identify anomalies and understand what's going on in a customer's environment, says CEO Gary Steele. Adding UEBA to the SIEM makes it easier for organizations to identify, detect and remediate anomalies.

Lacework CEO on How to Prioritize Cloud Infrastructure Risks

Michael Novinson  •  February 2, 2023

Lacework has debuted an attack path analysis tool to help organizations understand the havoc specific threats could wreak within their cloud infrastructure, says CEO Jay Parikh. The company helps customers prioritize which risk elements inside their infrastructure should be addressed first.

CEO Marko on How the Russia-Ukraine War Has Affected Eset

Michael Novinson  •  February 2, 2023

The Russia-Ukraine war has had huge economic consequences for Eset, given that the Slovakian vendor was the largest cybersecurity company in Ukraine and second-largest in Russia. The decision to halt sales in Russia and a spending slowdown in Ukraine due to the war hurt Eset, says CEO Richard Marko.

Okta Lays Off 300 Employees After Sales Execution Challenges

Michael Novinson  •  February 2, 2023

Okta will execute the third-largest round of layoffs of any cybersecurity company in the current economic downturn, axing 300 workers following customer identity execution challenges. The identity giant plans to reduce its staff by 5% in a push to reduce operating expenses and improve profitability.

Tanium Taps Tibco CEO Dan Streetman to Replace Orion Hindawi

Michael Novinson  •  February 1, 2023

For the first time in 17 years, day-to-day control at converged endpoint management provider Tanium rests outside the Hindawi family. The Seattle-area firm named former Tibco, BMC Software and Salesforce executive Dan Streetman as CEO to evolve Tanium's client-facing operations and partner strategy.

Bitdefender CEO Florin Talpes on Bringing XDR to the Masses

Michael Novinson  •  February 1, 2023

Incumbent XDR platforms target large enterprises with access to a full security operations center, threat hunters and incident response teams, says Bitdefender CEO Florin Talpes. But firms looking to successfully serve the SMB market need to modify their XDR tools to address the skills shortage.

Illumio CEO on Fighting Ransomware via Endpoint Segmentation

Michael Novinson  •  February 1, 2023

Illumio has extended its segmentation capabilities from servers and workloads to endpoints to minimize damage in the event of a ransomware attack, CEO Andrew Rubin says. The Silicon Valley-based company can now stop the spread of breaches and ransomware inside servers, cloud workloads and endpoints.