RSA 2018 – Panic

While I wandered through RSA today, a song came to mind. You might recognize it, especially if you wore a lot of black clothes in the 1980s.  Its Panic. RSA 2018 is all about panic. Enjoy my new lyrics to this Smiths song. Panic on the streets of … Continue reading RSA 2018 – Panic

Evident GDPR Report Delivers Automated Approach to Compliance Monitoring and Management

Within organizations across the globe there is heightened anticipation and preparation for compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). With this formal set of policies for organizations doing business in, or with, citizens of the EU,… Continue reading Evident GDPR Report Delivers Automated Approach to Compliance Monitoring and Management

Emergency vs Continuous Incident Response

Would you rather be putting out fires or keeping a calm, predictable environment? Continuous monitoring of a cloud environment identifies vulnerabilities so threats can be dealt with before they become an actual problem. As soon as an infrastructure mo… Continue reading Emergency vs Continuous Incident Response

Cloud Security This Week – March 23, 2018

New from Evident.io A CISO’s Series of Unfortunate Events Considering the always-increasing potential for threats to your environment, a CISO’s day can become a montage of nightmares before their car even arrives in the parking lot. Inciden… Continue reading Cloud Security This Week – March 23, 2018

Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #78

Palo Alto Networks acquired Evident.IO for $300M, Experian acquires ClearScore for $384M, CyberArk acquires Vaultive for undisclosed, Netsparker raised $40M, and more on this episode on Business Security Weekly! Full Show NotesVisit http://securityweek… Continue reading Tracking Security Innovation – Business Security Weekly #78

Audit Ready: Compliance is a Team Sport

When organization’s make the move to the cloud, compliance is typically not the first challenge considered. Whether you need to maintain compliance for regulatory or business obligations it is best to go into the cloud with those requirements in … Continue reading Audit Ready: Compliance is a Team Sport

Cloud Security This Week – March 16, 2018

Evident.io + Palo Alto Networks – Bolsters Palo Alto’s Comprehensive Security Offering Joining forces with Palo Alto Networks Evident.io founder and CEO Tim Predergast explains why Evident.io and Palo Alto Networks will create the most comp… Continue reading Cloud Security This Week – March 16, 2018

Evident.io Buy Gives Palo Alto a Cloud Strategy

On March 14, Palo Alto Networks (PANW) announced it is acquiring Evident.io for $300 million cash. That is a really nice outcome for Evident.io co-founders Tim Prendergast and Justin Lundy. Congrats to both of them, as well as the rest of the Evident … Continue reading Evident.io Buy Gives Palo Alto a Cloud Strategy

A CISO’s Series of Unfortunate Events

You’ve probably seen those quaint features in business publications like, “A Day in the Life of the CFO.” They always have some campy comments that try to make the person relatable (“…and at 9:34am, I finally get around to… Continue reading A CISO’s Series of Unfortunate Events

AWS Security Tech Tips: Programmatic Onboarding of AWS Accounts to ESP Using CloudFormation and Python

In an effort to reduce vulnerabilities and improve control over their cloud environments, an increasing number of AWS customers rely on the Evident Security Platform (ESP) to automate both the discovery and remediation of sensitive security issues. Int… Continue reading AWS Security Tech Tips: Programmatic Onboarding of AWS Accounts to ESP Using CloudFormation and Python