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Tim Matthews
Was Chief Marketing Officer
Tim Matthews, Chief Marketing Officer, has been in and around cybersecurity for over twenty years, from encryption and digital certificates to modern analytics and cloud security.
Strategy
How to Budget for EASM
By Tim Matthews
Was Chief Marketing Officer
November 18, 2024
External Attack Surface Management (EASM) is crucial for reducing risks associated with unknown and unmanaged digital assets, which are responsible for over 65% of breaches. This post provides practical guidance on budgeting for EASM, including cost ranges, staffing requirements, and justifications based on risk reduction, labor savings, and operational efficiencies. Learn how EASM can optimize your security investments while improving your organization’s overall cybersecurity posture.
Perspectives
Five Questions Your EASM Vendor Doesn’t Want You to Ask
By Tim Matthews
Was Chief Marketing Officer
October 7, 2024
With EASM becoming essential to security operations, many vendors are jumping on board, but not all solutions are enterprise-grade. Basic EASM products can waste time, undermine security teams, and offer a false sense of protection. To avoid these pitfalls, ask your vendor these five critical questions—if they can’t answer, it’s a red flag.
Perspectives
What CISOs Need to Know About the SEC’s New Rules
By Tim Matthews
Was Chief Marketing Officer
May 6, 2024
The U.S. SEC recently adopted new cybersecurity disclosure rules. This post describes the new disclosure rules and the potential burdens being placed on CISOs.
Products
AI at CyCognito
By Tim Matthews
Was Chief Marketing Officer
May 1, 2024
Since its inauguration, CyCognito has integrated AI techniques to power the platform’s robust and accurate attack surface discovery and testing capabilities. And it continues to add new capabilities all the time. Read the blog post to learn some of the tasks that CyCognito’s AI helps power or simplify and the various techniques it leverages.
Products
API Detection with CyCognito
By Tim Matthews
Was Chief Marketing Officer
November 6, 2023
CyCognito Attack Surface Management (ASM) now offers the ability to discover APIs on an organization’s attack surface. Given the proliferation of APIs and their attractiveness to attackers, this capability is an important new tool for security teams. This post describes the issue and how CyCognito ASM solves it.
Perspectives
External Exposure Management: Key to Safeguarding Your Attack Surface
By Tim Matthews
Was Chief Marketing Officer
August 3, 2023
Manage the entire attack surface with external exposure management. Learn more about the key ways to safeguard your attack surface at CyCognito.
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