In this episode of Future of Security Operations, Thomas speaks with Jacob DePriest, VP & Deputy Chief Security Officer at GitHub, a company with a mission "to help every developer - regardless of experience level - learn, code, and ship software effectively." Before joining GitHub, DePriest spent more than 15 years as a senior executive at the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US.
With changing technology, evolving security threats, and the vast number of vendors out there, companies intent on successfully selling their products need new approaches. At the end of the day, it isn’t about convincing someone to buy your product whether they need it or not, but ensuring that your product is the right fit for them and that it will solve their problems—some of which they probably don’t realize they have.
Companies depend on Tines to protect their business through mission-critical automation workflows. Since the earliest versions of Tines, we’ve enabled users to put humans in the loop through forms and prompts. Workflows pause until a person completes an action via an email or messenger prompt. But these features felt limited, with the need for additional human interactions to take place elsewhere creating time-consuming friction.
Increased cloud adoption has introduced new security risks; organizations need to protect invaluable, sensitive data that can be accessed from anywhere. Traditional methods no longer suffice - today’s security operations teams must adopt innovative solutions and streamlined processes to effectively manage the increase in complexity and ensure mission-critical cloud loads are safeguarded.
