Black Hat Interviews: NSS Labs and SaltStack – ESW #152
We interview Jason Brvenik, the Chief Executive Officer at NSS Labs. Jason will cover The Importance of Independent, Third-Party Testing. We interview Mehul Revankar, the Senior Product Manager at SaltStack. Mehul will be talking about the intersection between security and IT operations.
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We interview Jason Brvenik, the Chief Executive Officer at NSS Labs.
Segment Topic:
Jason will cover The Importance of Independent, Third-Party Testing.
- Why is independent testing important right now? What trends, challenges or changes do you see happening in the industry that make testing even more critical?
- Tell us what’s different and unique about how NSS Labs approaches testing?
- What are some of the most compelling insights that you’ve seen in the last 6 months from your independent tests? What implications do these findings have for the industry and for enterprises?
- What are some examples you can cite of ways enterprises used independent testing results to improve their defenses?
- How do you see testing evolving? What does the future for security product testing look?
We interview Mehul Revankar, the Senior Product Manager at SaltStack.
Segment Topic:
SaltStack SecOps is a new product targeting the intersection between security and IT operations. At Black Hat, we’ll be announcing support for patch and vulnerability management. The focus will be on the evolution of SecOps both as a product and a role within companies, people who are underwater trying to keep their infrastructure compliance, secure, etc.
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