Tim Brown: The role vulnerability management plays in proper cyber hygiene

In this episode, Lisa talks with Tim Brown is CISO at SolarWinds. Tim has held many roles in the cybersecurity space, including Fellow, chief architect, distinguished engineer and board advisor. Tim drives the creation, architecture, strategy and external visibility for products and solutions. 

He has helped develop solutions in a number of security related areas including, vulnerability management, identity management, GRC, Antivirus, intrusion detection, encryption, security event management, cloud security, forensics, insider threat, IOT, analytic and managed security services. Tim has 15 issued patents and has developed and enhanced the patent programs. 

Topics discussed: 

• Tim’s most vulnerable moment that shaped his career as a professional 
• What makes good cyber hygiene and the role VM plays 
• Why hygiene is not black and white, but something that should be measured consistently 
• Why just tooling without a VM program in place is ineffective 
• What it’s like to go through such a high profile, high visibility event 
• His takeaways and recommendations for practitioners and defenders 
• How defenders think in lists, attackers think in graphs 
• Tim’s practical advice for practitioners