RedShield CTO and co-founder Sam Pickles recently sat down for a fascinating discussion with Robert Hansen, host of the influential RSnake Podcast, about how to build a successful web application security program in today's new emerging threat landscape.
Interview Highlights
Watch some of the highlights here or the entire 2 hour interview below.
Requirements for Web App Security
Many organizations deploy WAFs but fail to create programs that can succeed over the long term leading to unmet expectations in terms of risk reduction, TCO, and compliance. Sam Pickles, RedShield CTO and co-founder of RedShield, discusses the many elements needed for a successful web app security program and how these elements became the foundation of the RedShield service.
The New Threat Landscape
Sam Pickles discusses the latest attack trends being observed by the RedShield team including; how many attacks are now “split” between many different IPs to evade traditional web security solutions, and how nation states are now emerging as some of the top threat actors for many enterprises.
Why a Managed Service?
Sam Pickles discusses the advantages of a multi-tenant managed service model for web application security and how organizations can benefit from economies of scale, shared IP and security expertise, and mature security operations and processes to reduce risk, avoid business disruption, and lower TCO by up to 90%.
RSnake Interview - Full Video
RedShield CTO and co-founder Sam Pickles and RSnake host Robert Hansen engage in a lively discussion on a wide range of web application security topics including; the history of WAFs, the elements needed for a successful web app security program, the benefits of a multi-tenant managed service, the current threat landscape, the challenges organizations face with legacy applications, the security skills gap, and more.
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