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Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 9/8

By David Lindner, Chief Information Security Officer

September 8, 2023

    
Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 9/8

Insight #1

 Prompt injection is becoming a serious concern for those using current AI technologies. When using AI, make sure you have a way to at least detect these injection attempts if not block them.
 

Insight #2

Security questionnaires are antiquated and provide little value to someone trying to understand risk. It's time we use observability products to produce reports about the security posture of products and services.
 

Insight #3

Just because you have data you collected for one purpose does not mean you can use that data for another purpose. 
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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