Recent Posts by Greg Jensen

So by now, many of you are already seeing that there is something new this year at Oracle’s OpenWorld. A new look! Oracle is venturing into a new area of our brand that extends us beyond the cold boardrooms of yesterday into a look and a message that will start to unfold next week that will allow our customers to experience the new Oracle. One filled with passion for what we do. Produce amazing solutions for our customers around the globe, across our communities and...

We have seen it throughout history where changing geo-political demands have created opportunities to enhance the way we respond within the government itself.  As a history buff, I look often at the structure of the US military back in WW2. Many simply don’t recognize that back then, we didn’t have a US Air Force, or Coast Guard, Space Command, NASA or Cyber Command or Department of Defense.  These departments all were created after WWII ended to create focused capabilities...

There are not many positions in this world more sought after in the good times, but also more avoided in times of duress than that of the chief information security officer (CISO).  It’s often been joked that CISO stands for Crisis Induced Sacrificial Offering and for good reason.  In many of today’s organizations, the CISO is looked upon to help set the tone for how they ensure security, privacy and confidentiality of customer’s information…and their own.  When lapses...

For the few that attend this year’s BlackHat conference kicking off this week in Las Vegas, many will walk away with an in depth understanding and knowledge on risk as well as actionable understandings on how they can work to implement new strategies to defend against attacks. For the many others who don’t attend, Cloud Security Alliance has once again developed their CSA Top Threats to Cloud Computing: The Egregious 11. I recently sat down with the CEO and founder of CSA,...

Organizations are thinking differently about the cloud. In fact, nearly half of respondents from the Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019 expect to store the majority of their data in the public cloud by 2020. The trouble is, that organizations must also start to think differently about IT security. Companies are being inundated with alerts and the sheer number of cloud applications being deployed within organizations has left many teams struggling to keep pace with...

It is the age-old adage that you are only as strong as your weakest link, and this has never been more true.  We see it in the movies when the intelligence agent approaches the well funded bad guy’s fortress with hundreds of millions in security, infrastructure, weaponry to protect their interests and what ultimately fails them?  That silly underground access panel with a 4 digit passcode requirement.  This is our reality in today’s consumer, business and government...

One year ago, we hosted one of our most successful events in the “Big Apple” and Oracle and KPMG are back in New York again to host our annual Oracle Cloud Security Day on May 7th. Registration is live now, and seating is limited!  According to the recent Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019, organizations are placing a tremendous amount of business-critical data in the public cloud than ever before. In fact, 7 out of 10 cite that they are placing more sensitive data in...

Have you registered yet for the Oracle Cloud Security Day near you? Now is your time! We have seen tremendous strides organizations are making in their plans to adopt new cloud services, while at the same time…we have also seen the increasing challenges.   This year’s Oracle and KPMG Cloud Threat Report 2019 highlights this clearly with 7 out of 10 organizations placing more business-critical information in the cloud than the year prior.  While at the same time, we also see...

We have all heard the rumors about trusted technology vendors who were compromised by nation states through supply chain compromises (SCM), but this is an age-old issue.  Hundreds of years ago, kingdoms were born out of the dirt, and came into power by consolidating their armies and resources behind mighty fortresses.  Even in the times of King Arthur, castles sometimes fell by the sword, sometimes by mythical dragons and sometimes because of food supplies. The untold story...