Security Corner

LookingGlass Cyber Solutions Chief Product Officer Cody Pierce recently spoke with CyberScoop about the practices that help security teams gain visibility into their assets to better understand and reduce exposure to attacks and, in turn, narrow security gaps.

With innovations lowering the barrier to adoption of new technologies like cloud computing and software-as-a-service, most business units can acquire new software and services without having to go through IT. This has led to a dramatic increase in “shadow IT” – a serious problem that organizations must manage before it’s too late.

An organization implementing a zero-trust cybersecurity architecture means that no individual, asset, or software is trusted. Instead, every system and person must be authenticated, authorized, and continuously validated as having the right to be accessing what they are using.

Tradeoffs—we all have to make them. In today’s always-on, ever-evolving digital world, some of the most important decisions organizations and consumers must make are the tradeoffs between security and convenience. These choices come under even more scrutiny when they involve government entities making risk judgements that could impact American lives, the economy, and other organizations […]

If anything, the ransomware attack on Kronos drives home the fact that cybersecurity impacts everyone. One critical takeaway from the event is that companies and public sector organizations need to take a holistic approach to cybersecurity. Monitoring only what is occurring within an organization’s own network is no longer enough to prevent an attack. HR […]

Norm Laudermilch, LookingGlass’s Chief Cyber Officer, shares his knowledge and expertise on AI & emerging tech and how agencies can continue to better protect themselves against modern security threats.

Cybersecurity threats at one time came barging in through the front door. Adversaries might be stealthy, in wanting to plant, say, an advanced persistent threat. The point is they produced evidence of their presence. The trick was to find those footprints before they got too far.

During the Defense 1 Tech Summit, Rep. Jim Langevin, (RI-02), United States Congress, Chris Lynch, CEO and Co-Founder, Rebellion Defense, Ylli Bajraktari, Executive Director, National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence, and Patrick Tucker, Technology Editor at Defense One, discussed the future of defense innovation and development, the role of industry, and how the United States can keep their edge over their adversaries.

This Q&A was conducted as part of the NextGov Emerging Technology Summit. Gilman Louie, CEO, LookingGlass was interviewed by James Hanson, Group Publisher, Federal and Technology Markets at GovExec and VP of NextGov.