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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/29/24

By David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

March 29, 2024

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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 3/29/24

Insight #1

According to Google, zero days being exploited in the wild jumped 50% last year. I just don't understand your thought process if you are not looking at control layers like Runtime Security to help detect and prevent these unknown vulnerabilities.

Insight #2

Did you know that most compliance frameworks do not require a specific type of Application Security (AppSec)  testing, but may give some examples of activities you can do to meet the control? I really like how NIST 800-53 SA-11 gives "control enhancements" to satisfy that specific control but leaves it up to the person following the standard as to which enhancements they will use.

Insight #3

Multifactor authentication (MFA) bombing is a problem that has been exploited in the past. In a recent iteration, phishers bombarded Apple devices with dozens of system-level prompts in hopes of forcing a victim to accidentally click the wrong thing and approve one of the reset requests. This is one of the downfalls of push-button MFA approvals. However, some MFA is still better than no MFA.
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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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