David J. Lindner

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Jan 10, 2025 | securityboulevard.com | David J. Lindner

A recent report found that 70% of CISOs have gotten cold feet about the job, given stories of people in their position who’ve been held personally liable for cybersecurity incidents. To protect themselves, CISOs should negotiate for contractual protections such as severance triggered by reporting structure changes, insurance protections, enterprise-paid independent attorney fees, and full indemnification for judgments or penalties related to their official duties.

Dec 20, 2024 | securityboulevard.com | David J. Lindner

Insight No. 1: Forget the hype. Cloud security is a battlefield, and you’re woefully unprepared. Let’s cut the crap. Everyone’s talking about cloud security, but most organizations are still playing catch-up. You think those cloud providers have your back? Think again. They’re too busy raking in profits to worry about your data. So what’s a CISO to do? First, ditch the complacency. Those legacy security tools you’re clinging to? They’re useless in the cloud. Next, get your team up to speed.

Dec 13, 2024 | securityboulevard.com | David J. Lindner

Insight No. 1: Stop patching the CVE dumpster fire with VulnrichmentIt’s time to integrate the crucial data — Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) scores and other crucial information  — from CISA’s Vulnrichment program directly into the NVD. Centralize, streamline, and then focus on what really matters: runtime analysis of your applications.

Dec 6, 2024 | securityboulevard.com | David J. Lindner

The NIST CVE backlog is a digital plague crippling a critical control layer in an organization’s cybersecurity architecture. CISOs and security leaders are left scrambling, their defenses undermined by the very agency tasked with providing threat intelligence. Firewalls, intrusion detection systems, vulnerability scanners — in short, billions of dollars in security investment — have been rendered even more reactive and inaccurate. The situation has given malicious actors the upper hand.