Content by Tom Field

Cybersecurity Leadership: Asset Discovery and Visibility

Tom Field  •  February 8, 2021

In the wake of COVID-19-accelerated transformation and the SolarWinds hack, the importance of understanding your organization's digital exposure is more critical than ever. In this latest Cybersecurity Leadership panel, CEOs and CISOs discuss asset discovery and attack surface vulnerability.

Profiles in Leadership: Martin Mazor

Tom Field  •  February 2, 2021

It's one thing to plan for a remote workforce. Quite another when you suddenly have to deploy and support it - at 100%. Martin Mazor of Entertainment Partners discusses the vital role of identity in his enterprise's unique business.

Profiles in Leadership: Arun DeSouza

Tom Field  •  January 29, 2021

Some people run from change. Arun DeSouza of Nexteer Automotive runs toward it. "Now is my time," says the veteran chief information security and privacy officer, who shares his leadership and technology insights in this exclusive interview.

Jim Clark: Why He's Giving Away Passwordless Technology

Tom Field  •  January 26, 2021

When he co-founded the firm Beyond Identity in 2020, serial entrepreneur Jim Clark said he felt somewhat responsible for the proliferation of passwords. Now he and partner Tom Jermoluk are doing something about it. They are providing access to their passwordless technology for free. Clark explains why.

SolarWinds Attack: 'This Hit the Security Community Hard'

Tom Field  •  December 28, 2020

The SolarWinds breach is a case study in how attackers can subvert a widely used piece of software to turn it to their advantage, says Lou Manousos, CEO of RiskIQ. The attack surface management expert details lessons all organizations must learn in the wake of this "unprecedented" attack.

Ex-NSA Director: SolarWinds Breach Is 'A Call for Action'

Tom Field  •  December 24, 2020

He's commanded armed forces, directed the National Security Agency, and now he is president of vendor IronNet Cybersecurity. From this unique perspective, retired General Keith Alexander says the SolarWinds breach is "a call for action."

NIST's Ron Ross: 'The Adversary Lives in the Cracks'

Tom Field  •  December 23, 2020

In the wake of the SolarWinds breach, NIST's Ron Ross has turned his attention to systems security engineering - and the reality that the adversaries are exploiting it to their advantage better than the defenders are. This disparity, Ross says, has to change.

SolarWinds Breach: 'The Scale, the Scope, the Subtlety'

Tom Field  •  December 15, 2020

In 2011, Sam Curry headed the response team for RSA's then-landmark breach. Today, as CSO at Cybereason, he looks at the SolarWinds supply chain attack and sees similarities - but also is struck by "the scale, the scope, the subtlety" of the incident.

SolarWinds Breach Reports: 'Just the Tip of the Iceberg'

Tom Field  •  December 15, 2020

Philip Reitinger has held senior cybersecurity leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. He's seen big breaches. And he says what he sees so far in the SolarWinds attack may be just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of government and business entities that have been compromised.

SolarWinds Hack: 'We're at a Vulnerable Period in History'

Tom Field  •  December 14, 2020

The supply chain attack targeting SolarWinds was planned for months and intensified since the November election, says Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy for VMware Carbon Black. "Unprecedented" is how he describes the scale of the attack and level of sophistication.

Managing Cyber as a Business Risk

Tom Field  •  December 14, 2020

Cybersecurity is a legitimate - and significant - business risk, and it's time to frame the topic appropriately, says Robert Hill, CEO of Cyturus. He shares insight on how to discuss cyber risk appropriately with C-level leadership and the board of directors.

Cybersecurity Leadership: Fighting Back Against Fraud

Tom Field  •  December 11, 2020

Fraud explodes in tough times, and do times come any tougher than they have with COVID-19? In this latest Cybersecurity Leadership panel, CEOs and CISOs describe their efforts to spot and stop emerging fraud schemes involving synthetic IDs, social engineering and greater insider risks.

A New IVR Fraud Solution to Protect Banking Institutions and Customers

Tom Field  •  December 2, 2020

Fraud in the interactive voice response channel was growing before the pandemic. Since? IVR fraud has become "a fraudsters' playground," says Mark Horne, CMO of Pindrop. He shares a new account-centric defensive solution.

Re-Defining Banking's Unique Cyber Risk

Tom Field  •  December 2, 2020

Citi, Equifax, Capital One - the list of financial institutions that have suffered high-profile cyber incidents is long, and the penalties they've incurred have been steep. To Scott Kannry, CEO of Axio, it all comes down to cyber risk - and he has new ideas for redefining it.

Roundtable Wrap: Cybersecurity Over Next 4 Years

Tom Field  •  November 30, 2020

Based on the threats and tactics unleashed in 2020, cybersecurity promises to be a top-of-mind business risk for the next president to manage. Bill Swearingen of IronNet Cybersecurity reflects on a virtual roundtable discussion about what to expect over the next four years.