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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 2/9/24

By David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

February 9, 2024

Insight #1

The Internet of Things (IoT) continues to wreak havoc on the internet. If it’s not actual hacks of smart toasters, DVRs and cameras, it’s fake news about a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack from evil toothbrushes. (The truth of the matter: A researcher was messing with Bluetooth-enabled toothbrush brushing time and gave out the “for instance” of a hypothetical 3 million toothbrush-strong attack.) As consumers, it's important to balance necessity with risk, just like with everything else.  The reality is, the average home has anywhere from 20-30 connected devices and we must rely on the security provided. IoT manufacturers need to do better.

Insight #2

While the number of ransomware incidents continues to climb YoY, the amount of compromised companies paying the ransom decreases. It will be interesting to see who wins this fight over the next 3-5 years.

Insight #3

How are you managing the ever changing privacy landscape? Can you with 100% certainty claim your data never crosses geo-boundaries? I am interested to see how this plays out over the next decade as the world grows closer to being just a big globally connected environment and further from the "easy to protect" physical borders.
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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.

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