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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.

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    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/12

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/12

    Insight #1 "Penetration testing and vulnerability scanning are two different things. Penetration testing will give you..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/5

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 8/5

    Insight #1 " Are you paying if you get hit with ransomware? I provided my thoughts here. The reality shows that most..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/28

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/28

    Insight #1 "According to recent research, hackers are now scanning for vulnerabilities within 15 minutes of disclosure...

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/22

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/22

    Insight #1 "Log4j was classified as an “endemic” by the Cyber Safety Review Board this week. It’s really great to see..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/14

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 7/14

    Insight #1 " I see a lot of blame being placed on users (or the intern) when it comes to breaches and security issues...

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 6/24

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 6/24

    Insight #1 "I recently read an article where analysts are pushing organizations to decentralize security. Is it time to..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 6/17

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 6/17

    Insight #1 " Incremental and measurable improvement over time is the key to a successful security program." Insight #2..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 6/11

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 6/11

    Insight #1 " Another week, another OGNL injection vulnerability in a widely used on premises system. As consumers, we..

    Contrast Protect eliminates another zero-day headache

    Contrast Protect eliminates another zero-day headache

    On June 2nd, Atlassian released a security advisory about another remote code execution vulnerability (CVE-2022-26134)..