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    Shift smart instead of following shift-left fairy tales

    Shift smart instead of following shift-left fairy tales

    There’s nothing quite like pushing security testing left — as in, blindly shifting the burden onto the laps of..

    On-call support sucks; here’s how to make it suck less

    On-call support sucks; here’s how to make it suck less

    It was the week after Thanksgiving, around 1 a.m., and the company was suffering the equivalent of a heart attack in..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/19

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/19

    Insight #1 " Be extremely careful of ChatGPT lookalikes and fakes as scammers are taking advantage of the buzz and..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/12

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/12

    Insight #1 "Privacy is becoming a problem for many organizations. In a 2023 report by IAPP, 80% of consumers sometimes..

    Contrast customer Derek Fisher on how to empower dev & security teams

    Contrast customer Derek Fisher on how to empower dev & security teams

    Derek Fisher — author of the newly published, acclaimed Application Security Program Handbook: A guide for software..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/5

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 5/5

    Insight #1 " An HBR article was written about boards and cyber security of which I agree. Cyber security is a hot topic..

    Who’s your fed buddy?

    Who’s your fed buddy?

    SAN FRANCISCO — Let’s pretend it’s 1 a.m., Saturday, on a holiday weekend: That bleary-eyed time during which cyber..

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 4/28

    Cybersecurity Insights with Contrast CISO David Lindner | 4/28

    Insight #1 "If we learned anything from RSA, AI is the new buzzword like “Big Data” or “Zero Trust.” One thing that is..

    How to stop users from shooting themselves in the foot

    How to stop users from shooting themselves in the foot

    Earlier this month, Germany and South Korea issued a joint cybersecurity advisory warning about an advanced persistent..