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With AI expected to dominate this year’s RSAC sessions and keynotes, we spoke with Dr. Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of the Domain Name System (DNS), about the role of AI on cybersecurity, the latest about DNS-based risks, and what it takes to become an impactful leader in the tech industry. Note: This interview has beenRead more

This blog was co-authored by Joshua Swarz and Andy Shane. Over the past 20 years, cybersecurity has made its way into the public sphere of conversation. The days of companies ignoring cyberattacks are gone. Ransomware attacks against private companies have become commonplace and the government even has a department, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security AgencyRead more

Co-authored by Andy Shane and Joshua Swarz.  During her opening Black Hat 2023 keynote, “Guardians of the AI Era: Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape of Tomorrow,” Maria Markstedter, Founder and CEO, Azeria Labs, said, “The corporate AI arms race has begun.” While the race may have begun, it still appears to be early days based onRead more

With 2022 in the rear view, one thing is crystal clear: 2022 was a banner year for cybersecurity. The year kicked off with Russian cyber-attacks against Ukraine which, while not unprecedented (Russian Attack in 2014), certainly garnered worldwide attention and eventually led to a full blown international crisis. This set the tone for a yearRead more

Co-written with Joshua Swarz.  More than 26,000 attendees, including 600+ speakers, 400+ exhibitors, and over 400 members of the media made their way to San Francisco’s Moscone Center and surrounding hotels for the first in-person RSA Conference in more than two years. With friends, clients, and colleagues seeing each other for the first time inRead more

Welcome to the special RSA Conference edition of Top Conversations in Technology. In this analysis, we break down the rankings and trend lines for 33 security topics driving news and blog conversation over the past three-plus years, from January 2019 through May 2022. We look at which topics are leading, rising and falling to help technology marketersRead more

As the curtain goes up on the first in-person RSA Conference since 2020, this year marks something special.    It feels like a lifetime ago since the last show, and a lot has since happened in the world of security. There have been numerous high-profile breaches – from SolarWinds to Colonial Pipeline – that no doubtRead more

Gabriel Bassett is the lead data scientist and a contributing author on the Data Breach Investigations Report team at Verizon Enterprise Solutions, specializing in data science and graph theory applications to cyber security (including VERIS and Attack Flow).  He supports several information security data science conferences, is game architect for the Pros vs Joes CaptureRead more

2021 was a record year for cybersecurity. From SolarWinds, which the President of Microsoft called “the largest cyberattack ever,” to Colonial Pipeline and the log4j vulnerability – it seemed like there was a new headline every week. Our Top Conversations in Tech reflected that, with cybersecurity staying in the top 10 for almost the entireRead more