Tom Field
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Exeter, NH, United States
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2023 Cyber Bank Heists Report: The Rise of Punitive Attacks
Banking Trojans, ransomware, fake finance apps programmed to steal data - the cybercriminal cartels have become more punitive in 2023, escalating destructive → Read More
Venture Capitalist: Now Is an Ideal Time to Invest in Cyber
Valuations are down, some companies have left the market altogether, and some even have announced deep rounds of layoffs. Yet, Alberto Yépez of Forgepoint Capital → Read More
A Look Ahead: David Pollino on Evolution of the CISO Role
From the invasion of Ukraine to the conviction of a former Uber CISO and the Musk takeover of Twitter, it's been a watershed year for cybersecurity concerns. → Read More
Cloud Security: Dealing with SaaS
Software as a service - it's the new shadow IT, says Phyllis Woodruff of Global Payments. And it highlights the new challenges arising for security leaders → Read More
Cyber Risk Analytics: Breach Trends and What They Tell Us
Cyber Risk Analytics is Flashpoint's data breach research team that since 2013 has analyzed incidents and trends. Inga Goddijn, who heads that team, opens up on → Read More
Mainframe DevOps: What Modernization Means
"Mainframe" and "modernization" are not often used in the same sentence. But Eric Odell and Paul Allard of BMC Software share a mainframe DevOps → Read More
CISO Playbook: Log4j Response
The Apache Log4j vulnerability capped the end of a long year for CISOs and incident responders, and it left them with a mitigation project that carries them well → Read More
Profiles in Leadership: Stephenie Southard, CISO, BCU
A lot of CISOs talk about having security "baked into" their products and solutions. But for Stephenie Southard, vice president and CISO at BCU, security → Read More
How Risky Is Cyber Insurance?
It's a young practice but, globally, cyber insurance is starting to exert its influence with some of the largest enterprises - and in some of the most notable → Read More
Colonial Pipeline Attack: 'We're Simply Unprepared'
As former CISO of Pacific Gas & Electric, Bernie Cowens knows plenty about cyber securing the nation's critical infrastructure. He shares his informed opinion on → Read More
Modern Bank Heists: Attackers Go Beyond Account Takeover
Brokerage account takeover, supply chain attacks, destructive attacks and those that seek to manipulate time or time stamps are among the latest threats uncovered → Read More
Ariel Weintraub Takes Charge of Cybersecurity at MassMutual
Less than a year ago, Ariel Weintraub was dabbling with data science as head of security operations and engineering at MassMutual, working under CISO Jim Routh. Now → Read More
COVID-19: Are We Rounding the Corner?
COVID-19 infection rates are down from their record highs, and vaccination numbers grow each day. Are we rounding the corner in this pandemic battle? Keep an eye on → Read More
Jim Clark: Why He's Giving Away Passwordless Technology
When he co-founded the firm Beyond Identity in 2020, serial entrepreneur Jim Clark said he felt somewhat responsible for the proliferation of passwords. Now he and → Read More
Profiles in Leadership: Mark Eggleston of Health Partners Plans
Yes, a CISO must be technologist and a business risk leader. But more than ever, one also must be a bit of a counselor, says Mark Eggleston, Chief Information → Read More
Rapid Digitization and Risk: A Roundtable Preview
Suddenly, onboarding, servicing and securing digital accounts with advanced authentication techniques isn't just a priority for global enterprises; it is the → Read More
HCA Healthcare's CSO on Leadership Under Fire
Paul Connelly has been CSO at HCA Healthcare for more than 18 years. But no year has been more trying than this one. What has he learned from the COVID-19 → Read More
Why It's Time to Update Your IAM
Why do so many enterprises remain chained to outdated and vulnerable identity and access management technologies – legacy systems that rely on passwords, eat → Read More
Modern Bank Heists 3.0: 'A Hostage Situation'
Ransomware, wire transfer fraud, destructive attacks: In recent months, the financial sector has seen these and other online attacks surge by 238%, as criminals → Read More
Huawei CSO on 5G Cybersecurity
Somewhat lost in the COVID-19 pandemic and remote workforce issues: 5G technology deployment. Olivera Zatezalo, CSO of Huawei Technologies Canada, discusses → Read More