Matt Barrett of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Discusses the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and Adaptive Cyber Defenses. Learn how the Framework is evolving and how your organization can use it in this interview with ActiveCyber. Matt and I crossed paths at a conference many years ago and I have always held his […]

Cloud Access Security Brokerage

One of the fastest technology growth areas for cloud security involves what is known as a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). At my last count there are over 20 vendors that currently occupy this market space, which only emerged from the lab in 2010/2011 [See the non-comprehensive list of vendors at end of this article]. […]

Discover How Splunk Can Help You Build Active Cyber Defenses: Rob Frazier, Certified Splunk Architect and accomplished security professional reveals how Splunk can play a vital role in combating threats as part of active cyber defense in this recent interview with ActiveCyber. Rob and I first met in the early 1990’s when we were co-workers […]

Bob Gourley Provides Forecasts and Recommendations for Active Cyber Defense: Bob Gourley of Cognitio and former CTO of DIA talks about the key trends impacting cybersecurity and how active cyber defense can play a role in this recent interview with ActiveCyber. I recently connected with Bob Gourley at a cybersecurity conference and, knowing his reputation […]

Cyber Threat Intelligence (CTI) Gets Boost From Research At Georgetown University: Dr. Eric Burger of Georgetown University provides insightful views on what is happening in the CTI arena, areas of research his team is conducting, and challenges still facing CTI adoption and standards support in this recent interview with ActiveCyber. I recently trekked down to […]

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab (JHU APL) hosted a “Community Day” October 5th to highlight some of the research conducted on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS – Dr. Peter Fonash) and the National Security Agency (NSA – Mike Herring) on “Integrated Adaptive Cyber Defense” or IACD. Wende Peters of JHU APL, […]

Lessons learned: Former DHS CIO discusses challenges facing today’s government CIOs and CISOs and offers advice on proactive measures to combat cyber threats in this recent interview with ActiveCyber. I was delighted to sit down with Richard Spires recently to discuss his views on cybersecurity, how the recent OPM breach has changed things for government […]

Security Process Automation

Proactive with a Personal Touch I was talking with a friend lately about proactive security. She mentioned a “proactive” practice she employed several years ago as a staff member of the security department of a large local bank when new system administrators were brought on board. The bank’s CISO had identified several security best practices […]