Today, my guest is Shannon Emmons, Senior Product Manager at SonicWall.

It was great having Shannon talk with our CIO and Lieutenant community. She is the top person for managing the product development of the Cloud App Security line with SonicWall

From a security strategy perspective, the importance of a platform for security threat management, blocking, detection and response, as it relates to SaaS apps and your data, has never been more important. This can't be understated as more and more of your business applications are moved to the cloud and Securing Office 365, OneDrive, G Suite, Box, Dropbox, and other SaaS apps take on a higher and higher priority.

I was eager to talk with Shannon and I was lucky to catch up with her after our Cloud and Email Kill Chain Defense Innovation lunch event. Here are some of the key questions we discussed:

Key Questions We Discussed:

• Why should you care about multiple log-ins?
• What is your strategy when you have multiple users who are not based at headquarters?
• What about Machine Learning?
• If we want a single-pane-of-glass, should we disable Microsoft? – And, why is layered security key?
• Can you guarantee that files are only scanned in the USA? (for export control)
• Can you pick your databases?
• Does CASB track successful and unsuccessful logins?
• Do you need to have other SonicWall products to use SWCAS?
• If you use Azure AD for permission, can you apply PIM for elevated access?
• For data compliance, what protection do you use for secured data?

Cloud App Security | What you will learn from this interview

• Data Stored in the Cloud is the Customer’s Responsibility and not the cloud vendor.
• Why default SaaS app security controls are not enough?
• What’s in your cloud?
• How to regain visibility and control of your SaaS email, apps and data with a holistic approach.
• How does the security actually work with Office365, Box, Dropbox and G Suite?
• How to protect against account takeovers (ATO), insider threats, and compromised credentials theft.
• The importance of API based security.
• The difference between a CASB and CAS.

For CIOs, I believe that choosing the correct security platform vendor has never been more important!

About Shannon Emmons

Shannon Emmons is a Senior Product Manager at SonicWall, the global, network security leader delivering automated real-time breach detection and prevention that keeps small and medium-sized businesses, enterprises and governments safe from cyber threats.

Shannon focuses on protecting SaaS email with data compiled from more than one million sensors around the globe to defend against today’s most sophisticated cyber threats. She is a customer focused, product leader who previously spent 14 years at McAfee where she concentrated on cyber threat visibility and remediation through management platforms. Emmons is a 16-year cybersecurity veteran, and 13-year CISSP.

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How to connect with Shannon Emmons

• LinkedIn

Resources & Links:

Earlier this year, I interviewed Shannon’s colleague, Dmitriy Ayrapetov, Executive Director of Product Management at SonicWall. In this episode, we discuss cutting-edge strategies with security: sandboxing, block until verdict, remediation and roll back.

You can listen to my podcast with Dmitriy here.

This episode is sponsored by the CIO Innovation Insider Forum, dedicated to Business Digital Leaders who want to be a part of 20% of the planet and help their businesses win with innovation and transformation.

I hope you enjoyed this program and my interview with Shannon Emmons.

You can go to the show notes to get more information about Shannon and what we discussed in this episode. You’ll find the show notes at redzonetech.net/podcasts.

Until next time. I’m signing off. Thank you and have a great day! 

If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net.

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I’m very excited about my guest for you today. It’s Barry Libenson, Global CIO for Experian. He is responsible for the design and delivery of global technology strategy. Prior to joining Experian in 2015, he was Senior Vice President and CIO of Safeway in North America. Before that, he was the CIO and VP of Land O’Lakes. He has a continuous track record of huge success in the CIO capacity.

I am excited to bring Barry back for "Round 2" - his second episode with me and the RedZone Podcast. You will get the following out of this show as it relates to CIO Offensive and Defensive Strategy for a World Class company:

• Why you must understand strategies around Micro Services and APIs, how Barry’s topflight team is a key component to this strategy, how he approaches legacy and ‘build new’, and rapid iteration and testing in his environment.
• Idea Incubation and 3 Innovation Labs at Experian coupled with M&A
• Nurturing a mindset that can’t be disrupted or blindsided by tech disruption
• Why moving to the cloud is a debatable strategy and more of a tactic
• Barry’s approach to building portability using Micro Services with legacy apps
• His relentless pursuit of security excellence. He dives into his layered defense and ‘hunting approach’
• The role of AI and Machine Learning at Experian in developing products of the future
• The mistakes some CIOs make with security and how to avoid them
• When to look at the Macro vs. Micro perspective to keep yourself in top leadership form

I hope you enjoyed this program interview with Barry Libenson. If you liked this episode, I want you to forward it on your LinkedIn page to your community. I also want you to like and leave comments about the episode on iTunes, and for my droid listeners on Stitcher.

If you are interested in learning more about RedZone and our security expertise in particular related to Cloud and Email Security Kill Chain Strategy, Techniques, and Tactics you can email cloudkill@redzonetech.net.

You can go to the show notes to get more information about Barry and what we discussed in this episode. You’ll find the show notes at https://www.redzonetech.net/blog/barry-libenson/.

Until next time. I’m signing off. Thank you and have a great day! 

Bill Murphy is a world renowned IT Security Expert dedicated to your success as an IT business leader. Follow Bill on LinkedIn and Twitter

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About Barry Libenson

Barry Libenson is Experian’s Global Chief Information Officer (CIO), with responsibility for the design and delivery of Experian’s global technology strategy. Prior to joining Experian in June 2015, he was Senior Vice President and CIO of Safeway Inc. in North America. Before that, he served as the Chief Information Officer and Vice President at Land O Lakes Inc. Barry joined Ingersoll-Rand as Vice President of e-Business in May 2001 and served as its Chief Information Officer beginning in 2003. There he was responsible for defining and implementing Ingersoll-Rand’s global electronic and internet business strategies, with a focus on customer relationship and supply chain management.

Early in his career, he served as Executive Vice President of Surety Inc., a data-integrity services company; as Chief Executive Officer for Visix, a software publisher; and held management positions with Phoenix Technologies and Oracle Corporation. He served as a Director at Tavant Technologies, a software firm with offices in California and Bangalore India.

Barry holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Colgate University and earned a Master of Business Administration degree from The Fuqua School of Business at Duke University.

How to get in touch with Barry Libenson

• LinkedIn

Key Resources:

Articles:

• In financial services, migrating to the cloud requires flexibility and sensitivity. Interview with Barry Libenson, Global CIO at Experian. Eide, N. (2019, April 26), CIO Dive.com.
• How CIOs Can Prepare for A New World of Open Data. Libenson, B. (2019, January 18), CIO.com.
• CIO interview: Barry Libenson, global CIO, Experian. Samuels, M. (2018, November 14), ComputerWeekly.com.
• Experian’s Global CIO – How we created a standardized platform for information consistency. Samuels, M. (2018, November 5), diginomica.
• Experian CIO Barry Libenson explains latest changes in data analytics. Macaulay, T. (2018, October 18), com.UK.
• Experian CIO: IT Standardization Drives Agile. Davis, J. (2018, October 11), InformationWeek.
• Experian Enlists Machine Learning to Gauge App Performance Goal is to identify and fix application problems before they impact customers. Norton, S. (2018, August 2), CIO Journal.
• Experian CIO: 4 Ingredients for API Success, How to cook up results while leading API efforts. Libenson, B. (2017, July 28), The Enterprise Project.com.

Video Interview(s):

• CIO evolution: How the skills needed by the IT chief are changing. Interview with Barry Libenson, ZDNet Video.
• Experian CIO, Barry Libenson, on the Credit Industry. Yahoo Finance Interview on Twitter, (2019, March 29).

This episode is sponsored by the CIO Innovation Forum, dedicated to Business Digital Leaders who want to be a part of 20% of the planet and help their businesses win with innovation and transformation.

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* Outro music provided by Ben’s Sound

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About Bill Murphy
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