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Jim Wachhaus

Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito

Jim Wachhaus, a former Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito, has been in technical roles on cybersecurity products for over two decades and is passionate about the discipline of cyber system defense.



Perspectives

The Great Resignation Isn’t Going Away. Here’s How to Retain Your Cybersecurity Employees.

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
March 24, 2022

Despite the best efforts of automation and AI, we will always need people to prevent hackers from stealing data and wreaking havoc on computer networks essential for most businesses today. In essence, a domino effect over the last two years of Covid-19 has led to the “Great Resignation” and the “Great Retirement.”

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Products

Two CyCognito Log4j2 Testing Modules

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
December 21, 2021

A timeline of how we responded to Log4j and a technical walk-through of our Active Detection Module and other steps we’ve taken .

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Research

Set Up Your Log4J Response Plan

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
December 17, 2021

Based on our experience responding to these issues, advice from expert CISOs, and our community of customers here are steps for a simplified response plan you can use today and for future outbreaks.

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Research

Apache Log4j | Are you vulnerable?

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
December 12, 2021

The log4j vulnerability affects code across the world. Learn how to protect your organization with the CyCognito Platform today.

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Full or Foolish Disclosure: 5 Parts of Good Breach Disclosure

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
July 15, 2021

CyCognito employs advanced cyber security methodologies to identify all of your assets so that your IT asset management processes are built rock solid.

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Products

Answering the Attack Surface Management “Build vs Buy” Question

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
May 18, 2021

When building your own cybersecurity solution in-house you can’t have coverage, cadence, and low cost. But where do you start?

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Research

Colonial Pipeline Highlights Weaknesses in Global Supply Chain

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
May 12, 2021

All organizations such as Colonial Pipeline are under threat of ransomware. These attack vectors arise because they lack attack surface visibility.

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Research

Why On-Going Supply Chain Attacks Set Up an Awful Game of Telephone

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
April 1, 2021

With the Accellion breach not all disclosures were public or full or timely. Learn why this is a bigger problem than this one supply chain attack.

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Research

Lessons Learned from Microsoft Exchange Zero-Days

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
March 16, 2021

Microsoft Exchange Vulnerabilities – a perfect example why using old technology impacts your security posture today.

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Perspectives

MITRE ATT&CK – Shift to the Left toward PRE-ATT&CK

By Jim Wachhaus
Was Director of Technical Product Marketing at CyCognito
February 10, 2021

PRE-ATT&CK tactics and techniques can’t easily be addressed with traditional controls. You must look at your network the way the hackers do.

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