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United Airlines CISO Deneen DeFiore on elevating cyber’s value to the business

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Deneen DeFiore is a Hall of Fame technology executive who currently serves as vice president and chief information security officer at United Airlines, where she leads the cybersecurity and digital risk organization to ensure the company is prepared to prevent, detect, and respond to evolving cyber threats.

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Case in point: taking stock of the CrowdStrike outages

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In a lawsuit the airline filed in October, Delta claimed the faulty update was pushed out in an unsafe manner and CrowdStrike should pay for the losses. Delta alone had more than $500 million in losses as a result of crippled operations and thousands of flight cancellations and delays.

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The 4 pillars of the Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange: Customers share their successes

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Zscaler, on the other hand, provides zero trust connectivity and security that grant users anywhere in the world direct access to applications—and no more backhauling to a distant data center. This provides a seamless, faster, and more secure user experience. I look at ZDX to know where the problem is.

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What IT leaders from BlackBerry, CN and Microsoft Canada and more predict for the future of InfoSec

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McClurg is among the speakers at The Canadian CSO Future of Information Security Summit , taking place virtually May 18 and 19. Gathering security executives from a variety of industries across Canada, the summit will focus on mitigating risk and building market trust.

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Reporting cybersecurity posture and systemic risk to the board

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Although it was not a security event, the symptoms and responses all fall into the various categories of the cybersecurity program for any company. The cost to Delta Airlines alone was $500 million, and it is just one of the thousands of companies affected by this single update by a single vendor.

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Cyber Security in Aviation

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Gourley led the discussion centered around the intense landscape of cyber threats, stressing the lack of security for Air Traffic Control (ATC) and avionics platforms. With multiple systems providers, airlines and IFC providers managing various components of an airplane, gaps are becoming more frequent in the aviation landscape.

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Stand By For Reporting From the Intelligence and National Security Summit 18-19 Sep 2014 #Intelligence2014

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Managing Director Security. United Airlines. Chief Information Security Officer. Deputy Chief Information Officer. Chief Information Security Officer. James Comey. Federal Bureau of Investigation. Mr. Rich Davis. Kimberly Dozier. Contributing Writer. The Daily Beast & Bradley Chair. Arlette Hart.