Atif Ghauri

At last week’s Splunk.conf, I sat down with Atif Ghauri, CTO of Splunk partner and cybersecurity provider Herjavec Group, to talk challenges and opportunities for channel partners.

Ghauri, who spent four years as CISO for Comcast’s advanced engineering group and did stints at IBM and Unisys, warned at last year’s conference that we’re losing the cybersecurity arms race. That assessment hasn’t changed.

“The temperature is still going up," Ghauri says. “It's hotter than… Show more

At last week’s Splunk.conf, I sat down with Atif Ghauri, CTO of Splunk partner and cybersecurity provider Herjavec Group, to talk challenges and opportunities for channel partners.

Ghauri, who spent four years as CISO for Comcast’s advanced engineering group and did stints at IBM and Unisys, warned at last year’s conference that we’re losing the cybersecurity arms race. That assessment hasn’t changed.

“The temperature is still going up," Ghauri says. “It's hotter than ever."

Still, the news isn’t all bad. Machine learning is reducing false positives and alleviating the skills shortage, and cyberwarfare being raised in the presidential debate illustrates growing awareness. Show less

Big data and analytics may be considered an emerging technology, but that doesn't mean the channel is waiting to jump in. There are players like Splunk that were born around this space, but with the market growing, more old school vendors are getting involved, and channel partners have their fair share of competition as well, begging the question, is there enough room in the analytics market for everyone?

Big data is all the rage right now, and with the Internet of Things (IoT) continuing to grow, it seems data is going to get even bigger. According to MSSP Herjavec Group, this is and will continue creating a bit of a "noise problem" for the channel, which machine learning can help answer - if further developed.

In the report, Cybersecurity Ventures predicts global cybercrime costs will grow from $3 trillion annually to $6 trillion annually by 2021. This report offers an overview of the cybercrime epidemic impacting governments and enterprises globally.

Executive Summary
• The security landscape is rapidly evolving with new technology trends,
security threats, and new mitigation controls emerging every day.
• IT and security professionals are expected to be aware of these new
trends and be prepared for them – whether it is securing a new technology
or having security controls in place for the latest attack type.
• Most IT and security professionals are too busy dealing with current
security issues to be looking to the… Show more

Executive Summary
• The security landscape is rapidly evolving with new technology trends,
security threats, and new mitigation controls emerging every day.
• IT and security professionals are expected to be aware of these new
trends and be prepared for them – whether it is securing a new technology
or having security controls in place for the latest attack type.
• Most IT and security professionals are too busy dealing with current
security issues to be looking to the future for new security trends. There is
not enough time to dedicate to researching new trends.
• In addition, there is security news coming from many different sources and
it can be challenging to understand which are relevant trends that will have
a notable impact.
• Use Info-Tech’s research in order to understand what are the upcoming security trends within technology, threats, and
new mitigation tactics that organizations should be concerning themselves with.
• The trends in this report are all ones that will have a major impact in the near future whether it’s currently influencing
change today, or it is something that organizations will need to prepare for.
• Become a trusted advisor that is recognized for his/her foresight to new security trends which can help to enable the larger organization. Show less

Online Security – The Weakest Link

As cyber-attacks on online banking become advance in sophistication, anti-fraud experts are advising firms to defend themselves not only with the latest technology, but through more careful due diligence.

Security leaders must proactively monitor and evaluate major IT trends, the threat landscape, and the security market to identify input for strategic business initiatives and to become trusted advisors to the board.
Security leaders are short on resources to fight existing fires, let alone to allocate resources to develop forward-looking insights into what may happen to their organization.
They will need to be able to present a strong security perspective on the latest security trends if… Show more

Security leaders must proactively monitor and evaluate major IT trends, the threat landscape, and the security market to identify input for strategic business initiatives and to become trusted advisors to the board.
Security leaders are short on resources to fight existing fires, let alone to allocate resources to develop forward-looking insights into what may happen to their organization.
They will need to be able to present a strong security perspective on the latest security trends if they are to be taken seriously and earn a seat at the C-suite table. Show less

Consistent cadence of interviews and quotes on multiple cyber security blogs and periodicals

Service-oriented architectures have opened and connected "black box" software implementations across enterprises, resulting in a new set of interoperable heterogeneous solutions with the common thread of standard protocols. While this level of integration is unprecedented for enterprise systems, it further muddies the water for application security. The objective of this article is to first introduce the new threats associated with service-oriented solutions, and then provide fundamental design… Show more

Service-oriented architectures have opened and connected "black box" software implementations across enterprises, resulting in a new set of interoperable heterogeneous solutions with the common thread of standard protocols. While this level of integration is unprecedented for enterprise systems, it further muddies the water for application security. The objective of this article is to first introduce the new threats associated with service-oriented solutions, and then provide fundamental design considerations to mitigate the risks resulting from these threats. Show less

Consistent cadence of interviews and quotes on multiple cyber security blogs and periodicals