Security’s Role in Edge Computing Today – Theresa Lanowitz, Chris Goettl – ESW #333
The concept of Edge computing has evolved over the years and now has a distinct role alongside public cloud. Theresa Lanowitz, from AT&T Cybersecurity, and Chris Goettl from Ivanti join us to discuss what edge computing means for the market and for cybersecurity. Specifically, we'll discuss how:
- Strong use cases in the market today for edge computing
- Security's role in edge computing, as a relative newcomer to part of the broader planning process
- Edge computing requires new thinking about security because of its distributed nature
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Theresa Lanowitz is a proven global influencer and speaks on trends and technologies to help today’s businesses flourish. She is currently the head of evangelism at AT&T Cybersecurity. Prior to AT&T, Theresa was an industry analyst with firms Gartner and voke. At Gartner, Theresa led the app quality ecosystem, championed app security, and created the AppDev conference. As product manager at Borland, she launched the iconic Java IDE, JBuilder. At Sun Microsystems, she led strategic marketing for Jini – a precursor to IoT. Theresa’s career began with McDonnell Douglas where she was a software developer on the C-17 transport plane and held a US DoD Top Secret security clearance. Theresa holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
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Chris Goettl is the Vice President of Product Management for security products at Ivanti. Chris has over 15 years of experience working in IT, where he supports and implements security solutions for Ivanti customers and guides the security strategy and vision for Ivanti security products. He is also a security evangelist speaking at security events globally where he gives guidance around modern cyber threats and how to combat them effectively. Chris hosts a monthly webinar focusing on Patch Tuesday and security vulnerabilities, and frequently blogs about security topics. You can find bylines and commentary from Chris in notable security news sources like SC Magazine, Redmond Magazine, ComputerWorld, ThreatPost, Help Net Security, and more.