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    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 03/14/25

    Insight No. 1 — We are frogs, falling asleep in security-debt stew Companies are drowning in high-risk software..

    Contrast Security Labs tracks surging application attacks in February 2025

    Monthly ADR Report: Application attacks jump 30%; method tampering up 800%

    The number of attacks on individual applications are up significantly month to month, according to research from..

    Selling software to anyone in the European Union? The new EU PLD changes have serious liability ramifications.

    Software defects = potential lawsuits

    Companies that sell software that can be used or downloaded by anyone in the European Union are facing a major new..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 03/07/25

    Insight No. 1. — Ransomware groups are using CISA’s KEV catalog as a runbook Given that CISA's Known Exploited..

    Enhancing Application Security with Contrast ADR and Splunk

    Enhancing Application Security with Contrast ADR and Splunk

    Have you silenced WAF alerts in your SIEM or just stopped sending them altogether? You're not alone. Many SOCs find..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 02/27/25

    Insight #1 - Veracode report: Flaw fix times increase 47% since 2020 Veracode’s 2025 State of Software Security report..

    ADR cuts incident response time for IR teams

    4 ways ADR will slash workload and speed incident response for IR teams

    Incident Responders, if you deal with breaches or incidents that might stem from the application layer, you know..

    Monthly ADR Report: Attacks up month to month, but especially one app

    Monthly ADR Report: Attacks up month to month, but especially one app

    In a startling finding, Contrast Security Application Detection and Response stopped tens of thousands of attacks that..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 02/21/25

    Want credibility? Don’t hide in a closet after a security incident Be transparent with stakeholders during a security..