Category Archives: Super Bowl

Dashlane spends big on a Super Bowl ad after $110 million fundraising round

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Yes, that commercial about an average guy trying to cross the river Styx during halftime at the Super Bowl was for a cybersecurity company. Sandwiched between the first half of the game and Jennifer Lopez’s halftime performance was a minute-long ad for Dashlane, a password management company that was taking up time usually reserved for multi-billion dollar car companies or giant beer brewers. Founded in 2012, the company last year took on $110 million in a funding round led by the venture capital firm Sequoia, and added a chief marketing officer, Joy Howard, formerly of Lyft. In the spot that ran Sunday night, a Grim Reaper-like character is rowing an unlucky schlub toward heaven. But our hero is apparently doomed to eternal damnation when he can’t remember the answers to a series of security questions, demonstrating how knowledge-based authentication is frustrating and not all that secure. Flush with cash, Dashlane […]

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Here’s how DHS prepared to keep hackers out of the Super Bowl

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When the New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams kick off in Atlanta on Sunday, a network of at least nine operational centers staffed by city, state, and federal officials will be humming with activity near the stadium to monitor for cyber and physical threats. About 60 employees from DHS’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) will be onsite — with a DHS cyber official at each operational center — making it one of the biggest DHS cybersecurity operations at a Super Bowl to date. “We really want everything to run smoothly,” Klint Walker, a DHS cybersecurity adviser in Atlanta told CyberScoop, adding that the goal is to keep opportunistic attackers who would target a high-profile event “from making the newspaper.” Walker was part of a team of DHS officials who worked through the 35-day partial government shutdown without pay to finish assessing and mitigating cybersecurity risk at the Super Bowl. […]

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How Secure Is Your Digital Super Bowl Experience?

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Over the last few years I have traveled around the world, researching and watching stadiums digitally evolve from the structures I once knew as a kid. I grew up watching the San Diego Chargers play in what was then called Jack Murphy Stadium and now f… Continue reading How Secure Is Your Digital Super Bowl Experience?→

How to Have A Cyber-Safe Super Bowl: Top Cyber Security Threats to Watch Out For

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Where Things Can Go Wrong The big game is here. Whether you’re going to the game or making your specialty deep fried corn dogs or chili cheese nachos, there are some cyber security concerns you should be aware of before you settle in for kickoff…. Continue reading How to Have A Cyber-Safe Super Bowl: Top Cyber Security Threats to Watch Out For→

Cloud Security This Week – January 19, 2018

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New from Evident.io WEBINAR – 1/25: From Obstacle to Advantage: Compliance in the Cloud 2018 Join us on Thursday, January 25th, 2018 for our webinar where they will discuss the steps that you, your CSP, and your SecOps and DevOps teams will need … Continue reading Cloud Security This Week – January 19, 2018→

Everyday is Super Bowl Sunday for Cloud Security Teams

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We’re approaching Super Bowl Sunday and the lead up to the main event has been a helluva lot of fun. Stefon Diggs’ 61-yard walk-off touchdown that sent the Vikings to the NFC Championship game will go down as one of the most memorable momen… Continue reading Everyday is Super Bowl Sunday for Cloud Security Teams→