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(The biggest threat to security today is our hyper-focus on threats. Most innovations have centered
on finding and dealing with attacks. By contrast, very little has been done in how we shrink the at-
tack surface. That domain needs to be a topic to achieve big gains in security. See VMware CEO Pat
Gelsinger and Intuit DevSecOps Leader Shannon Lietz, as they unveil the three things the industry
needs to talk about to reduce the attack surface and shift the advantage to the defenders. Courtesy
of RSA Conference. Posted on Mar 7, 2019.)
How the industry is falling time and energy.
short:
Improvements are needed in our
The keynote from Pat Gelsinger approach to security as well as mea-
sures to ensure they are working.
and Shannon Lietz keynote cen-
tered on  Three Things the Secu-
rity Industry Isn’t Talking About
(but Should Be) is a great starting
point, with observations on where
the industry has fallen short and
suggestions on where to put our
Post-Breach Awareness:
Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and
Sandra Joyce, Senior Vice-Presi-
dent, FireEye, hosted a discussion ti-
tled “A View from the Front Lines.”
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