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Steve Winterfeld
Steve Winterfeld is Akamai’s Advisory CISO. He has strong background in building operational security programs that are compliant with industry regulations. Before joining the team, he served as CISO for Nordstrom Bank, Managing Director of Incident Response and Threat Intelligence at Charles Schwab and Senior Technical Director Cybersecurity & Group CTO at Northrop Grumman. Steve focuses on collaborating with Akamai’s customers to make sure they are successful in defending themselves and their customers. He also helps determine where Akamai should be focusing its security platform’s capabilities. Steve has published a book on Cyber Warfare and holds CISSP, ITIL and PMP certifications.

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Cybersecurity Needs to Mitigate Complexity

| | Attack Surface, complexity, Cybersecurity, risk, vendor management
Complexity is the enemy of security. Akamai’s Steve Winterfeld explains what to do to combat complexity in cybersecurity ... Read More
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A Zero-Day Should Not Be a Crisis

| | Incident Response, supply chain, Threat Intelligence, vulnerability, zero-day
The next time there is a zero-day sweeping the internet, your organization shouldn’t have to panic. This shouldn’t be a crisis. Instead, it should be a controlled exercise that follows a playbook that a drill has validated. While that’s easier said than done,  this proactive approach will yield long-term benefits, ... Read More
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Let’s Stop Talking About the ‘Largest’ DDoS Attack

| | BPS, Cybersecurity, DDoS attacks, DDoS Extortion, Impact, mitigation, PPS, QPS, risk, RPS
There have been a slew of DDoS attacks recently that are serious, but to focus on the size of the latest attack is the wrong thing to do. What we need to focus on are the impacts of these attacks. Would the CFO consider the site being down for less ... Read More
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Out of the Grace Period: Trust and Communication Rises in a Post-CCPA World

| | CCPA, identity management, identitymanagement
Six months ago, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was put into effect, granting California residents increased rights over how their personal data is gathered and shared by the companies they interact with. Leading up to its launch, organizations expressed concern over whether they were fully compliant with the incoming ... Read More
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