Paul Henry

Oct

by Paul Henry

"The switch to application whitelisting is inevitable."

Best Known for:

His ability to explain very complex subjects in easy to understand terms in his SANS classes and other speaking engagements

Contact:

@phenrycissp

Paul A. Henry, MCP+I, MCSE, CCSA, CCSE, CFSA, CFSO, CISSP,-ISSAP, CISM, CISA, CIFI, CCE, GCFA, ACE, VCP is one of the world’s foremost global information security and computer forensic experts in the industry. With more than 20 years of experience, Henry is a seasoned speaker, author and contributor for some of the leading security events and publications. He is a SANS Certified Instructor and a founding Board Member of the Ashlar Foundation, an organization of the Security Industry Association.

Jul

Back in Vogue - Hacking For Notoriety

by Paul Henry Comments

In the earliest days of the Internet, hacking was about gaining notoriety among your peers. It was a way to show off your L33t skills. Once people found a way to make money by hacking, organized crime joined in and large scale, malicious data breaches became inevitable. Today, we recognize the reality isn’t if you get hacked, but when.

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Apr

Video: The True Cost of AV

by Paul Henry Comments

Today, more than 2 million new malware signatures are identified each month. And more organizations are falling prey to “zero-day” attacks – malware for which an anti-virus signature does not exist. It’s no surprise that roughly half of the organizations surveyed in the 2011 State of Endpoint Risk study done by the Ponemon Institute reported an increase in their IT operating expenses - a main driver of that cost increase was malware. Traditional anti-virus simply can’t keep up in the malware arms race and relying on it as your primary defense will prove costly.

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