2020 Will Be The Year Of Security Validation by Major General Earl Matthews USAF (Ret)
This year, I believe we’ll see organizations shift their focus and invest in tools to validate security effectiveness and rationalize their investments. Let’s look at the trends that are driving this ... Read More
Instrumenting Cloud Security to Validate Critical Controls by Tracey Moon
Did you know that as networks and workloads become more dynamic and move across on-prem, edge and multi-environments, they become more vulnerable to an attack? Join us on January 16th at 1pm ET for our webinar with the AFCEA, Instrumenting Cloud Security to Validate Critical Controls ... Read More
2020 Cybersecurity Trends: Increased Demand for Election Security – The Nation’s Biggest Threat to Democracy in 2020 by Major General Earl Matthews USAF (Ret)
There is great urgency to address security issues and protect the sanctity of our upcoming elections. In 2018, the federal government made available $380M in new funding for states to update the security of their election systems, but the reality is our systems are still ripe for an attack ... Read More
2020 Cybersecurity Trends: Building Customer Trust through Data Protection and Privacy Regulation by Robert Potter
Building and nurturing customer trust takes time and effort, and once that trust is lost, it can take years and lots of company resources to rebuild…if ever. And one of the biggest culprits to losing customer trust? A breach, resulting in personal information being stolen ... Read More
Global Headquarters in Tyson Is Now Open! by Brian Contos
The new Verodin global headquarters in Tysons Virginia is open for business! To celebrate, we hosted an amazing party at our new HQ with customers, partners, employees and even some politicians ... Read More
Marketing, Meat, and Mayhem by Brian Contos
I had the Verodin Marketing Team over this weekend for a little BBQ, Shenanigans, Tomfoolery and Ballyhoo (end Good Will Hunting reference). We had a great time, and just check out that awesome Verodin cake! ... Read More
The Modern CISO’s Demand for Cybersecurity Rationalization by Brian Contos
CISOs in the UK (and, frankly, all around the world) have started embarking on security rationalization campaigns. We even ran into a few organizations that have a VP of Security Rationalization and entire teams dedicated to the effort ... Read More
5 Essential Security Principles That Could Save You $4.83 Billion by Brian Contos
Beyond the class action lawsuits and CEO Marissa Mayer not receiving her 2016 bonus from the board, there is real concern that this will greatly impact and possibly halt Verizon’s $4.83 billion acquisition of Yahoo. But what can we learn from this cautionary tale? ... Read More
Validating Patient Safety with Security Instrumentation by Robert Potter
I have been delivering and implementing security solutions since 1998—and I’m still trying to get in front of the latest attacks. It’s true for every security professional, but especially true in the healthcare sector ... Read More
Password Rules Blow. The Best Part? They Don’t Even Work by
One of the biggest REAL issues is password length. Anything eight characters or less, you might as well not bother. “These days, given the state of cloud computing and GPU password hash cracking, any password of 8 characters or less is perilously close to no password at all,” Atwood said ... Read More

