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September 8, 2025 Blog, CISO Forum, Technology Tim Howard

CISO Forum: Why Browser Isolation Is the Missing Link in Data Protection

At Fortify Experts’ CISO roundtable, a consensus emerged among security leaders and technology strategists: the browser is now the primary battleground for enterprise security. While organizations have hardened email gateways and layered on DLP, firewalls, and endpoint detection, the web browser—the very place where work happens—remains an exposed, under-governed attack surface. “Your browser is effectively […]

June 4, 2025 CISO Forum, Technology Tim Howard

CISO FORUM SUMMARY: Secure Enclaves – Built-in Protection

Traditional perimeter defenses are failing. This is evidenced by how Ransomware has increased by 37% in the past year. Our current approach is losing the war against ransomware. It’s time to rethink our approach. What if we could implement a way to neuter malware and ransomware to prevent it from having an impact? This was […]

March 4, 2025 CISO Forum, Technology Tim Howard

CISO Forum: Implementing Practical Zero Trust Best Practices

Zero Trust (ZT) has become a dominant framework in cybersecurity discussions, but as security leaders acknowledge, it is not a product, a single solution, or an endpoint—it’s a strategic mindset that continually evolves with an organization’s risk landscape. This CISO Executive Roundtable discussion provides deep insights into how organizations are approaching Zero Trust, the challenges […]

February 4, 2025 CISO Forum, Leadership, Technology Tim Howard

CISO Forum: Reducing Insider Threats and Data Loss

During a recent Fortify Experts CISO Round Table, over 30 security executives shared actionable insights on minimizing exposure to insider threats and data loss, leveraging processes and cutting-edge technologies, and aligning security initiatives with business objectives. 1. Insider Threats and Data Loss The forum began by tackling the challenges of insider threats and data loss […]

December 20, 2024 CISO Forum, Leadership, Technology Tim Howard

CISO Forum: Reducing the Attack Surface

As organizations face increasing complexity in their IT environments, reducing the attack surface has become a critical pillar of cybersecurity strategy. During a recent Fortify Experts CISO Round Table, over 30 industry leaders shared actionable insights on minimizing exposure, leveraging cutting-edge technologies, and aligning security initiatives with business objectives. This article distills those discussions into […]

August 29, 2024 CISO Forum, Leadership, Technology Tim Howard

Best Practices for Evaluating Security Vendors

This Month’s Fortify Experts CISO Forum brought together a group of security leaders to discuss best practices for evaluating and selecting security vendors. Below are the key points we discussed. 1. Vendor Selection Criteria Align Vendor Choice with Business Needs: Vendors must demonstrate how their product directly supports the business goals and solves specific problems […]

March 5, 2024 CISO Forum, Cybersecurity News, Technology Tim Howard

CISO Forum: Leapfrog your Security Program Forward

How have you been able to Leapfrog your Security Program Forward was the topic of a recent CISO Executive Forum, led by Tim Howard, of Fortify Experts and attended by over 40 security leaders. Here is a quick summary of the key points discussed broken down by People, Process, and Technologies which could also help […]

February 5, 2024 Blog, Cybersecurity News, Technology Tim Howard

To Prevent Cyber Crimes, Stop Doing This…

Here are 5 ways you can better protect your family and yourself from being a victim of cyber crime. Stop Using Your Favorite Password: People often get hooked on what they think is a cute or perfect password and therefore reuse the password over and over. If this reused password is for a company that […]

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