Joshua Goldfarb

Visibility is Likely the Greatest Deficit That a Move to the Cloud Brings to a Security Organization

One topic of conversation that surfaces quite regularly is the skills gap and critical staffing shortage present in the security field. From the data...

In security, whether to build or buy a given solution is one of the oldest questions. I was most recently reminded of this question...

The catch phrase “intelligence-driven security” has never sat particularly well with me. Those who have read my pieces or have heard me speak may...

As cliché as the saying is, it is quite true that we live in a global world. It’s not uncommon for a large enterprise...

Recently, at an event in Las Vegas, one of the speakers polled the audience.  When he asked the question, “How many people lost money...

We’ve likely all heard the phrase “complexity is the enemy of security” many times. It’s an oft-used sound bite, but what can we learn...

It’s okay to fail. This may sound radical, but I would argue that the information security community isn’t failing enough. Or rather, we as...

Sometimes, it seems that talk of “big data”, “security analytics”, and “big data security analytics” is everywhere. I can’t recall the last security conference,...

People who know me know that I love to ask questions. In fact, people sometimes ask me: “Why do you always answer a question...