Matthew Rosenquist

Information Security Strategy

The cybersecurity landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace, driven by rapid technological advancements and increasingly sophisticated cyber threats. What was sufficient yesterday, will be lacking for tomorrow. Organizations must stay ahead of these changes to protect their assets and data effectively. To thrive, cybersecurity strategies need to evolve — moving beyond ... Read More

 Let’s talk about CrowdStrike’s quality assurance failures! Thanks to Help Net Security for publishing my opinion piece. Take a look for a more in-depth explanation of how the bad update made it to over 8 million devices and caused widespread global outages.CrowdStrike has released preliminary details of how their bad ... Read More

 Not sure who need this resource, but Microsoft updated its Recovery Tool for the CrowdStrike issue on Windows endpoints: Here is the link to the Microsoft Tech Community Support Site: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/intune-customer-success/new-recovery-tool-to-help-with-crowdstrike-issue-impacting/ba-p/4196959 As a former cybersecurity Incident Commander for Intel, here are my additional recommendations:          Verify the ... Read More

 The world experienced a digital pandemic of systems going offline and displaying the dreaded Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD), due to a catastrophic failure caused by a flawed file in an update to CrowdStrike cybersecurity customers. The impacts have been obscenely widespread, with many banks, airlines, train stations, financial ... Read More

 As an AT&T customer, I did receive the unwelcome news that they suffered a data breach.Here is a rundown for what you should to know.BREACH DETAILS· This is a sizable data breach of about 109 million customers· Call and text interactions from May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022· AT&T ... Read More

 There is no indication that the root of Microsoft’s cybersecurity issues is being addressed. In fact, all indications are that the executive team is somewhat worried and bewildered at the diverse and numerous issues arising. After many embarrassing incidents, which recently culminated in the President of Microsoft being called to ... Read More

 I am honored and humbled to be listed among such influential luminaries who collectively push our industry to continually adapt to make our digital ecosystem trustworthy!An incredible list of cybersecurity CISOs and leaders cybersecurity CISOs and leaders that drive innovation for better value, foster industry awareness and collaboration, and optimize the ... Read More

 Shadow AI, the internal use of AI tools and services without the enterprise oversight teams expressly knowing about it (ex. IT, legal, cybersecurity, compliance, and privacy teams, just to name a few), is becoming a problem! Workers are flocking to use 3rd party AI services (ex. websites like ChatGPT) but ... Read More

 There are tremendous opportunities in cybersecurity and the industry needs many more qualified workers.  Training plays an important part.  That is why I am partnering with Infosec4TC, an online training provider that offers free courses in addition to affordable classes, to offer huge discounts on cybersecurity training (links below have embedded ... Read More

 This year, virtual CISOs must begin making a difference in our industry.  For the longest time, small and medium businesses (SMBs) have been abandoned by the cybersecurity industry.  But, SMBs need security leaders to guide them through the maze of cyber risk and craft practical strategies that align with their ... Read More