Mike Rothman

Mike is a 25+-year security veteran, specializing in the sexy aspects of security, such as protecting networks and endpoints, security management, compliance and helping clients navigate a secure evolution to the cloud.

As we get ready for the upcoming RSA Conference, I gave some thought to what the industry marketing machinery will be hyping, and in looking at my inbox for clues, I saw a clear trend. ‘Security resilience’ bubbled to the top as another buzzword in the increasingly jargon-riddled world of ... Read More

Time must be a flat circle—it seems that every couple of years, someone brings up the topic of software liability. Just stay in one place, and soon enough, the train will come back around with folks screaming that software companies are liable for security breaches. This time, it’s Jen Easterly, ... Read More

I’m not sure what is less surprising, that a big company got hacked or that they are trying to play the victim. The headline is that T-Mobile acknowledged that data on roughly 37 million customers was stolen. The breach resulted from a “bad actor” abusing an API to gain access ... Read More

As we wrap up the year, it always makes sense to take a look back and see what worked and what didn’t; what we can do better and what we have to accept. When 2021 ended, it was pretty bad. We were still trying to navigate COVID-19 and plan for ... Read More

As we embark on the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday, we’re supposed to be grateful for our gifts. And I am certainly thankful for my family, my health (injured knee notwithstanding) and being able to work at Techstrong, which is a very cool gig. But to be honest, I’m just not feeling ... Read More

On one of our Techstrong email lists, Mike Vizard, our chief content officer made the comment that security spending is recession-proof, and he had some data from Red Hat’s Global Tech Outlook (reg required) to back up the assertion. Not surprisingly, security remains the top funding priority with network and ... Read More

Optimizing digital experience is all the rage today, as the tech industry finally got religion about ensuring end customers—whether external buyers or internal employees—can seamlessly and simply do what they need to do with the systems we build and deploy. That means less focus on shiny tech objects and more ... Read More

Security circles are all aflutter regarding the guilty verdict of Joe Sullivan, former CISO of Uber, on charges of obstructing justice and actively hiding a felony. You can read the Washington Post‘s coverage for more details on the verdict. We can argue about whether the verdict was, in fact, right ... Read More

Ransomware remains top-of-mind for vendors and industry folks, at least if my discussions over the past two weeks and visits to our editorial sites are any indication. I spoke to two separate companies that were putting all of their wood behind a ransomware recovery use case. We’ve had a slew ... Read More

After 30 years in and around the security industry, it’s no surprise to me that business cycles repeat over and over again. I’ve been through a number of boom/bust cycles—in 2022 we’ve clearly transitioned to the bust part.  One way to get a sense of where we are in the ... Read More