Kate Brew

Week in Review 18th August 2017

Kate Brew August 18, 2017

At least in the US, there’s been so much political news it’s been distracting from InfoSec this week! Also with our beloved Javvad Malik out-of-pocket we are all in a quandary. I managed to find a few articles of interest in InfoSec news, however.Oh, the tiresome vaccine analogy again applied to RansomwareVaccine discovered for… Read more

Tags: week-in-review, infosec news

Software Defined Networks and their Implications on Security

Kate Brew August 7, 2017

In the inaugural session of the AlienVault experts’ opinions and ideas, Roger Thornton, CTO at AlienVault, interviews Dr. Ed Amoroso, former Chief Security Officer for AT&T and currently the CEO and Founder of Tag Cyber. Click here to watch the entire version.The topic is SDN (software-defined networks) and the implications on security both good and bad.… Read more

Tags: security, software defined network, roger thornton, sdn

Infosecurity Europe 2017 Survey: GDPR, the Cloud, and Government Spying

Kate Brew July 12, 2017

Javvad Malik prepared a survey for the Infosecurity Europe 2017 conference, was there in the AlienVault booth where the survey was completed by 918 attendees, and has written up a delightful summary of the results.InfoSecurity 2017 took place against a backdrop of change; so much change in fact, that some might call it chaos. The deadline for the GDPR moves ever-closer, but… Read more

Tags: infosec, cloud, gdpr

Sneak Peek of BSides Chicago Keynote - Garrett Gross

Kate Brew July 6, 2017

Garrett Gross Director, Field Enablement at AlienVault. We interviewed Garrett to get a sneak preview of his Keynote talk at BSides Chicago July 15. If you haven't yet, register to attend! Follow Garrett on Twitter: via GIPHYQuestion: You work with a lot of different customers on a daily basis. How would you describe the consensus… Read more

Tags: infosec, bsides, security posture, newbies

Survey Results: Cloud and IoT Security

Kate Brew March 29, 2017

Javvad Malik composed this survey on cloud and IoT security for RSA 2017. He missed RSA due to having a new baby, but we went ahead and conducted his survey in our booth at RSA. While we missed him, we were able to get input from 974 RSA conference attendees. Here's a brief summary of the results and Javvad's conclusions… Read more

Tags: cloud security, rsa, iot