Content by Tom Field

Making the Case for Endpoint Backup

Tom Field  •  February 17, 2023

Endpoint detection and response is a great defense - but not entirely enough to protect all data in the event of a devastating cyberattack. Enter endpoint backups, which provide extra levels of resiliency, recovery and compliance, says Mason Swenson of CrashPlan.

How to Predict New Account Risk

Tom Field  •  December 5, 2022

Application fraud has spiked - particularly bogus new accounts - and organizations are scrambling to improve fraud detection mechanisms without negatively affecting the legitimate customer's experience. Robin Love of Early Warning shares insights on how to better predict new account risk.

Spotting and Stopping Synthetic ID Fraud

Tom Field  •  October 27, 2022

Synthetic identity fraud is the fastest-growing financial crime in the country. By combining real and fabricated personal information, a synthetic identity is specifically designed to look and act like a valid identity - until it doesn’t, leaving financial losses and criminal activity in its wake.

How to Achieve Cloud Security and Visibility Through Threat Detection

Tom Field  •  October 21, 2022

Russell Shupert of Veeva Systems explains the challenges faced in securing a complex environment. He discusses how his team overcame these challenges, the benefits they achieved and how Threat Stack's Cloud Workload Protection and Application Infrastructure Protection tool helped along the way.

Mastercard CSO on Partnerships and Workforce Development

Tom Field  •  September 3, 2022

Post-pandemic, in the new era of hybrid work, Mastercard CSO Ron Green says the unintentional insider threat is one of his top concerns for member institutions and their customers. He shares insight on threats, partnerships and how the public and private sectors can address workforce development.

Profiles in Leadership: Bruce Phillips

Tom Field  •  August 11, 2022

As CISO of West, a Williston Financial Group company, Bruce Phillips recognizes that cybersecurity is not the enterprise's core business. But what, then, is the right level of cybersecurity to bring to a nonsecurity business? He discusses this and other leadership challenges.

Tackling the Identity Verification Challenge

Tom Field  •  May 23, 2022

Accelerated digital transformation has only complicated the identity verification challenge for enterprises. But Chuck Moore of Early Warning says behavioral analytics and anomaly detection combined can reduce both fraud and the friction that can come with traditional authentication methods.

Profiles in Leadership: Anahi Santiago

Tom Field  •  April 22, 2022

No question, the COVID-19 pandemic has been devastating for healthcare professionals. But it also has brought new opportunities for IT and security leaders to exercise unprecedented influence on healthcare enablement. Anahi Santiago, CISO of ChristianaCare, discusses this enormous responsibility.

How to Maximize Application Intelligence

Tom Field  •  April 8, 2022

At a time when applications are more business-critical than ever - and visibility is more challenging to achieve - we need to discuss new strategies and tools for maximizing application intelligence. Sujay Pathakji of Axiom Telecom and Srudi Dineshan of Gigamon share insights.

Survey: State of Security Automation in Financial Services

Tom Field  •  April 1, 2022

When it comes to advanced threat response, 42% of financial institutions say their current abilities are average. Only 35% say automation currently plays a strong role. Josh Zelonis of Palo Alto Networks and Sid Srivastava of Accenture analyze the State of Security Automation in Financial Services.

Securing Industry 4.0: Insights From New Research

Tom Field  •  March 29, 2022

Eighty percent of survey respondents say they either are well on the way or getting started toward becoming a "smart manufacturing company." Cloud migration, business resiliency and securing OT environments are among their priorities. Del Rodillas of Palo Alto Networks analyzes the survey results.

How Has COVID-19 Changed CISO Approach to Data Security?

Tom Field  •  March 29, 2022

Fifty-three percent of survey respondents say cyberthreats became fiercer during COVID-19, and 17% say the pandemic disrupted their data security initiatives. These are among findings of a new survey sponsored by HelpSystems. Cary Hudgins analyzes the results and discusses how to put them to work.

How a Global Pandemic Changed the Fraud Landscape

Tom Field  •  March 14, 2022

Pete Barker was a cybersecurity Digital Loss Prevention practitioner before joining SpyCloud as Director of Fraud & Identity. He saw first-hand the impact of COVID-19 on fraud incidents, which are more automated and broadly targeted. He explains how "COVID changed all the rules" and how defenders can raise their game.

Why You Need Digital Trust to Enable Zero Trust

Tom Field  •  February 24, 2022

Zero trust, identity-first and perimeter-less security - they all need digital identities to establish digital trust. Join Sectigo's CSO and former Gartner analyst David Mahdi to learn about the importance of identity-first security and establishing digital trust for human and machine identities.

Profiles in Leadership: Cara Coleman

Tom Field  •  February 7, 2022

As information security officer at MVB Financial Corp., Cara Coleman says the single biggest cybersecurity threat is just keeping up with the pace of attacks - and understanding the sophistication and trickery of the broad range of attackers. Here's how she tackles the challenge.