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Great interview with Bruce Ross emphasizing the pride of being an IBMer. I liked the quote "You can take the kid out of IBM but you can't take IBM out of the kid". Awesome end to the first day of the Sales Kick off event last week which was loaded with open client & partner conversations and insights into how our products and services can help solve client issues. Loved learning more about all of our watsonx platform but especially watsonx.governance which will help provide needed transparency as we deploy more generative AI models. #watsonx #technology #ibmcanada

🚀 Brian Mosley Appointed as Devici's Chief Operating Officer Bringing over two decades of experience at organizations like Security Journey, IBM, and NTT, Brian Mosley's expertise in transforming customer feedback into product excellence sets him apart. As COO at Devici, Brian will be instrumental in integrating our secure-by-design philosophy even more intricately into our platform. His vision: equip our users to proactively tackle security threats, making our robust threat modeling tools accessible and actionable for every developer. "The true test of our platform is not just in its technical robustness but in how well it empowers our users to anticipate and neutralize threats. It's about making complex security modeling accessible and actionable for every developer."" - Brian Mosley Join us in welcoming Brian to the Devici family. Read more here: https://hubs.ly/Q02mpbLc0 #Devici #Leadership #COO #SecureByDesign #ThreatModeling #Cybersecurity

I’m so excited to be available to small and medium businesses looking to implement #privacybydesign and #securitybydesign as one of many SMEs who can be leveraged through Zatik Security's fractional security model. But #SMBs won’t be able to shift the insecure tech landscape *all* of us are operating in on their own. As this year’s #DBIR (available at verizon.com/dbir) stated in its introduction of the #supplychain #interconnection metric on page 13, “calculated a supply chain interconnection influence in 15% of the breaches [they] saw... [representing a] 68% year-over-year growth.” Then on page 14, just as Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, 👑 Kymberlee Price, Joshua Corman, and countless others, including myself, have said: “As much as we can argue that the software developers are also victims when vulnerabilities are disclosed in their software and sure, they are), the incentives might not be aligned properly for those developers to handle this seemingly interminable task [of remediating every vulnerability]. These quality control failures can disproportionately affect the customers who use this software... This metric ultimately represents a failure of community resilience and a recognition of how organizations depend on each other.” The writers go on to say, “We recommend that organizations start looking at ways of making better choices so as not to reward the weakest links in the chain... we believe the only way through is to find ways to hold repeat offenders accountable and reward resilient software and services with our business.” The fact of the matter is, the only organizations capable of doing this across the supply chain are the Big Players (with BIG contracts) in highly regulated industries—especially Finance and TeleCom—who can *both*  1) hire the talent required to really dig in to the evidence of their vendors’ security posture, and   2) then throw the weight of those BIG contracts around to incentivize substantive improvement. Demand to see vulnerability scans. Demand to see FULL #pentest and #BCDR results, not whatever watered down summary they’re going to offer you. You’re the only ones who can. I sat on one side of that table (I wrote those summaries), and I’d *love* to sit on the other. If your company is serious about #supplychainsecurity, #securesoftwaredevelopment, and exceeding the minimum that is “compliant,” let’s talk. I believe in building better I know how to architect, implement, and communicate systems deserving of trust (and how to evaluate and determine systems undeserving of trust). The only way we can turn the tables on bad actors is together, by shifting all three points of the Technology Ecosystem Triangle—Supply, Demand, and Regulation/Oversight-- together. So in the wise words of Bender, let's gooo alreaddayyyy. 😎

BIG news! Talon (by Palo Alto Networks) just snagged the "Most Innovative Company 2024" award from Fast Company! This is HUGE for us, and honestly, it's all thanks to the magic that this team brings to the table every single day. This award? It's ours. All of us. It's about the late nights, the "aha" moments, and every single challenge we turned into an opportunity. Being recognized as top innovator by Fast Company, is one of the most exciting recognitions an innovator could wish for. And this is just the beginning, folks. With Prisma SASE by Palo Alto Networks, we're set to rocket into an exciting future full of possibilities, high scale, and big impact. Massive thanks to our team, our customers, our partners, and everyone who believed in us.  Here's to breaking more boundaries and making the digital space safer for everyone! Let's keep rocking this. Ohad Bobrov Anand Oswal #TeamTalon #Innovation #CyberSecurity #ThankYou #OnwardAndUpward #FCMostInnovative

Veracode Appoints Chris Wysopal as Chief Security Evangelist and Jens Wessling as CTO Learn more & get our take 👇 https://lnkd.in/dWKZRUgX "Chris Wysopal, a pioneer in the industry, will help us cut through the noise and amplify Veracode's voice and value." — Brian Roche, Chief Executive Officer at Veracode "Chief Security Evangelist is a natural evolution of my role and fulfills my passion for ensuring security is at the heart of software development, deployment and maintenance." — Chris Wysopal, Chief Security Evangelist at Veracode "Software supply chain security is one of the biggest challenges in cybersecurity, and I look forward to contributing even more as we help organizations build, buy and implement secure software." — Jens Wessling, Chief Technology Officer at Veracode #leadership #Cybersecurity #SoTNews

The #STRATA9 team is ready to make an impact on your #organization by bringing fresh ideas, challenging the status quo, and providing objective assessments of your business. Ready for innovative solutions and breakthrough strategies? Contact us at info@strata9.com today! #ConsultingFirm #STRATA9 #BIPOC #NonprofitOrganization #ForProfitOrganization #Changemakers #SocialImpact #SocialChange #Impact #Communication #Management #LeadershipManagement #ProjectManagement #Business #Solutions #Cybersecurity #StrategicPlanning

Mimecast had an incredible time sharing our latest innovations in #HumanRiskManagement with the Insight team at their #Mastery event this week! We are truly on a roll (See top right pic 😊). It’s an exciting time for us and our valued partners. Our journey has been marked by bold moves and we’re excited about our recent acquisitions that are pushing the boundaries. Just this week, we took another significant leap forward with the acquisition of Aware, a leading AI-powered Collaboration Security platform. This isn’t just another acquisition, it’s a game-changer in how organizations manage and mitigate human behavior risk. Our partnership with Insight continues to be a driving force in our shared success. #cybersecurity #workprotected #emailsecurity #MimecastPartnerEvents #insightsocial

The Warrior Mindset in Incident Response From the movie The Princess Bride: Westley: I mean, if we only had a wheelbarrow, that would be something. Inigo Montoya: Where did we put that wheelbarrow the albino had? Fezzik: Over the albino, I think. Westley: Well, why didn't you list that among our assets in the first place? In the Book of Five Rings, Musashi emphasizes the Earth section as fundamental to a warrior's mindset, focusing on foundational elements. One of these foundational aspects is your inventory. Your inventory needs to encompass both the physical and digital worlds, including all pertinent information. Yes, you need the serial number and MAC address, but you also need the current software patch number for all software. This also applies to any hardware like IoT devices, switches, routers, etc. Are backups being made and tested? Have all default passwords and accounts been changed? Today, just like in Musashi’s time, the alert warrior keeps their equipment and weapons clean and inventoried. Nothing is worse than being in the midst of conflict and realizing that the item you need is missing or has been damaged, making you vulnerable. If your inventory is incomplete, you do not know if you need an update that has made your device vulnerable. According to Security Magazine, there are over 2,200 cyberattacks each day, which breaks down to nearly 1 cyberattack every 39 seconds. Each time you surf the web, you enter the arena of combat. Theodore Roosevelt said in a speech at the Sorbonne in Paris on April 23, 1910: 'It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat.' There will always be obstacles in cybersecurity, some placed by you, others by regulations, and still others by the board. You must strive to thrive on the basics to succeed. Next week, we'll delve deeper into developing your Cyjutsu the warrior mindset in cybersecurity IR.

This week, we achieved a major financial milestone as we surpassed $𝟰𝟬𝟬𝗠 in annual recurring revenue (ARR)! We did so while maintaining profitability by exceeding the “Rule of 40” growth metric for the third consecutive year, a key performance indicator in the technology industry. This is a significant achievement, not only because it highlights our market momentum, strong revenue growth, and robust financial health, but also because it demonstrates our unwavering commitment to driving customer value through innovation in identity security. As we reach the midpoint of 2024, this blog by our CEO, Janine Seebeck, reflects on the critical areas of the business that are driving the incredible momentum BeyondTrust has achieved so far... https://lnkd.in/e6VVQyMb #BusinessGrowth #BeyondTrust #Cybersecurity #Leadership

Proud moment for our team. Thank you to our customers and partners for helping make this happen! This week, we achieved a major financial milestone as we surpassed $𝟰𝟬𝟬𝗠 in annual recurring revenue (ARR)! We did so while maintaining profitability by exceeding the “Rule of 40” growth metric for the third consecutive year, a key performance indicator in the technology industry. This is a significant achievement, not only because it highlights our market momentum, strong revenue growth, and robust financial health, but also because it demonstrates our unwavering commitment to driving customer value through innovation in identity security. As we reach the midpoint of 2024, this blog by our CEO, Janine Seebeck, reflects on the critical areas of the business that are driving the incredible momentum BeyondTrust has achieved so far... https://lnkd.in/g3mdfR9H #BusinessGrowth #BeyondTrust #Cybersecurity #Leadership