In today's #CyberSunday, I go a little outside the normal #cybersecurity discussion and talk about how #liftandshift isn't always negative when it comes to moving workloads into the cloud. I specifically talk about my experiences with a couple of different security vendors (I didn't name anyone specifically) who took different approaches and the positive and negatives associated with those cloud moves.



#cloud #cloudinfrastructure #digitaltransformation 

Securing the digital transformation is not a new problem. It is actually an old problem with modern concerns. A lot of people are talking about how concerned they are with machine identities, APIs, IoT, etc.. But these things aren't new. They've actually been in existence for quite a long time. What we're REALLY saying is that these things are proliferating out of control, and they're not properly secured. But why has it become a problem?

Today's #CyberSunday is all about my take on this issue.

#digitaltransformation #machineidentities #internetofthings #apis

Dr. Gerald Auger and I gave a talk last week at the Houston Technology Summit titled "Building Cooperation and Understanding Between Security and IT". We talked a lot about the differences in skills and mission between the two groups, and how there should be more empathy between them. Here's my #CyberSunday quick take on our presentation.

#cybersecurity #informationsecurity #informationtechnology #empathy #cooperation

Is regulatory compliance fundamental to your #cybersecurity program? In this #CyberSunday, I compare regulations against standards and talk about which one comes before the other.

#regulations #compliance

There have a been a few times in the history of #cybersecurity product development when a new solution has been truly innovative. But what is extremely rare is when a tool is innovative, fills a true need, and is practical to install/deploy. In this #cybersunday, I give some examples of what I see as innovative products, talk about whether they filled a big need at the time they came out, and whether they were practical to deploy.

#innovation #productdevelopment #practical

There were two big themes from discussions with our customers at #BlackHat. One is a commonly discussed problem these days (lack of people). The other takes us back to the fundamentals of #cybersecurity (asset management). And neither were buzzwords or #vaporware.

#CyberSunday #SecurityFundamentals #SkillsShortage #assetmanagement #people

I'm headed out to Vegas tomorrow for the #BlackHat #cybersecurity conference, and it made me think about a couple of questions that have been on my mind for a bit: do you prefer local cons or national cons, and do you mainly go to cons for the talks or checking out the vendors? I weigh in with my opinions (sorta - I'm a bit biased because I run #HouSecCon). What's your take?

#CyberSunday #CyberConferences #HackerSummerCamp

Low-Code/No-Code dev tools are fueling the rise of the "Citizen Developer", but there are real security implications around the tools that enable the non-developer to build applications. I'm just starting to research this more, but here are some of my initial thoughts on today's #CyberSunday.

#lowcodenocode #appsec #cybersecurity

While feature comparisons are important when choosing a #cybersecurity product, what do you do when two products are essentially the same? On this #CyberSunday, I talk about making sure the vendor has #alignment with your business when you've done the rest of your due diligence on features and functionality.

On this #CyberSunday, I'm talking about how #SASE (Secure Access Service Edge) and #SSE (Security Service Edge) are not exactly the same. You need to know what problem you're trying to solve (use cases are always important), and you have to be aware of the differences between them so you can choose the right solution/vendor.

#cybersecurity #sdwan #casb #SDN