By Tiffany Darmetko
Props to Forbes Contributor Jason Bloomberg for his Meghan Trainer [sic] reference. In his Forbes blog post, “Cybersecurity at RSA: All About the Tools, No Trouble?” Bloomberg names some of his favorite exhibitors, while at the same time questioning the effectiveness of a patchwork of the latest and greatest security tools to thwart the bad guys.
Bloomberg asks, “The big question: with all this security gear from the many hundreds of vendors exhibiting at the conference, each trying to get their message heard above the clamor, why do the hackers appear to be winning? Clearly, tools aren’t enough – even when they’re arguably better than ever.”
Key takeaway: “Vendors need to do a better job showing the actual use cases their products solve,” says Seth Geftic, Senior Manager in the Advanced Security Operations Center (SOC) Solution group at RSA in this CSO Online piece. “Buyers need to pay less attention to marketing buzzwords and think about their individual security priorities before walking around the Expo Hall.”
Read the entire article at http://blog.prspeak.com/blog/three-takeaways-from-rsa-conference-2015.
