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Bryan Christ
Bryan Christ is an IT professional with more than twenty years of industry experience. His fascination with technology started in the early 80’s with the Commodore VIC-20. He first published in 1991 and began his professional career a few years later. Along the way, he has worked for a number of high profile companies including Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, and MediaFire. Most of his career has been focused on open-source and software development opportunities with an emphasis on project management, team leadership, and executive oversight. After serving two years as a VCIO in the Greater Houston area, Bryan carried his skills to Hitachi ID where he focuses on security and access governance. In addition to his work with Hitachi ID, he frequently contributes to several open-source projects and a number of SaaS related endeavors.
Best Practices To Protect Against Ransomware Threats From The Inside
Throughout 2021, the number of attacks and headlines ransomware generated grew exponentially. Ransomware is now part of 10% of breaches, and it doubled in frequency in 2021, according to the 2021 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report. Not only...
March 22, 2022
Read MoreWhat Is Zero Trust? Why Is It the Future of Cybersecurity?
Recent ransomware attacks and data breaches have called into question traditional virtual private network (VPN) and boundary-based models that many organizations previously relied on to keep their organizations safe. Perimeter-bound security may...
December 9, 2021
Read MoreCyber Insurance Premiums Are on the Rise. Zero Trust Can Help.
In the last 18 months, we have seen ransomware attacks cripple critical infrastructure, disrupt supply chains, and place significant financial burdens on thousands of businesses. The impact of these attacks have been sweeping and now organizations...
December 7, 2021
Read MoreMaturity Matters: Is Your Zero Trust Strategy Keeping Up?
As organizations continue to strengthen their defenses, technology leaders must account for an ever-growing list of attack vectors: ransomware, phishing, DDoS attacks. With the exponential increase in breaches and a seemingly never-ending pool of...
November 17, 2021
Read MoreHow to Implement Zero Trust: Six Steps to Getting Started
Recent ransomware attacks and data breach events have consistently broken through perimeter-based security architectures. These perimeters become more vulnerable by the day, as workforces continue to be remote or hybrid and businesses increase their...
October 7, 2021
Read MoreTardy to the Party: IT and Security Leaders Are Embracing Automated IAM Too Late
Ransomware and cyber attacks are surging across the globe, and IT decision-makers have identified IAM automation as a critical component of defense as threats continue to evolve and grow. The problem? Organizations are monitoring identity and access...
August 26, 2021
Read MoreDon’t Get Ransomware-Wrecked: Strategies to Steer Your Network Clear of Hackers
Months have passed since the DarkSide Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, yet some antivirus vendors are still unable to detect the malware used. This demonstrates that a reliance on reactive antivirus detection is a bad idea when combating...
August 5, 2021
Read MoreTop Cybersecurity Outcomes a Zero Trust Security Model Delivers
Operating from the assumption that every user, request, and server remains untrusted until proven otherwise, a Zero Trust Architecture dynamically and continually assesses trust every time a user or device requests access to a resource. Your...
July 13, 2021
Read MoreZero Trust Paths: IAM, Micro-segmentation, Software Defined Perimeters
Today, there are several ways that an organization can build out a Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA). Each method varies in components and organizational policy rules for its resultant architecture. The National Institute of Standards and Technology...
June 14, 2021
Read More3 Signs Your Zero Trust Solution Provider Is a Trusted Advisor
To achieve cybersecurity success, organizations need more than the right technology platform — they need experts they can rely on to keep their systems protected and who are ready to advise and act quickly in the event of a breach.
June 7, 2021
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