Mark Albertson

Mark Albertson is a senior writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. He is an experienced technology reporter, recognized by Onalytica as a "Who's Who In Cloud Influencer" and named to Peerlyst’s “24 Powerful Cybersecurity Journalists.” Prior to SiliconANGLE, Mark wrote for the San Francisco Examiner, Blasting News, and CBS-Bay Area.

Latest from Mark Albertson

Envisioning a tech future based on managing digital risk and building trust

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

When Rohit Ghai (pictured) was named RSA Security LLC’s new president in 2017, he spoke about the importance of connecting insight with context to manage business risk. Two years later, the cybersecurity community is warily assessing risks associated with the explosive growth …

In harm’s way: Attacks on critical systems alarm the security world

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

One by one, power to homes, businesses, hospitals and transportation systems were shut down. It was Dec. 23, 2015, in the Ukraine and the nation’s electrical grid had been hacked. In the dead of winter. What events in the Ukraine revealed was …

Splunk’s security solution is a deep dive into the investigative lake

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

A case could be made that the current chaotic enterprise computing landscape offers firms such as Splunk Inc. a prime market opportunity. With so much surface area to protect, including multiple servers, endpoints and connected “internet of things” devices, managing the complex environment …

Fresh look at building automation security exposes network vulnerability

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Engineers at Forescout Technologies Inc. call it the “wow effect.” When they meet with a client and present a complete overview of a network, the response is invariably a jaw-dropping, forehead-slapping exclamation. Many surprised customers often had no knowledge of how many …

What’s on my network? Forescout offers an agentless way to find out

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

When a person comes home, he or she probably wants to know fairly quickly if anyone else is inside and whether they’re friend or foe. The same is true for chief information officers who constantly ask: “What’s on my network?” As the …

In the cyber arms race, humans will replace computers in the crosshairs

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Like a supercharged car powering up a steep mountain, cybersecurity threats have shifted into another gear. In the beginning, when “script kiddies” tapping on rudimentary computers in their parents’ basements would break into websites and deface them, attacks were a nuisance and …

Imanis Data leverages machine learning to address enterprise fragmentation

BIG DATA By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Data may be driving today’s enterprise, but the engine is only using a fraction of its horsepower. A recent information technology study by Cohesity Inc. found that a significant majority — approximately 80 percent — of an organization’s data is not mission …

FinOps is the future as Cloudability works with companies to rein in spending

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

In the world of plastic money, all it takes these days is a valid credit card to spin up a virtual machine in the cloud. But as engineers move quickly to deliver more features and power the latest applications, the cost of …

From protection to management: Veeam focuses on data visibility, access and control

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

There is a saying in the sports world about athletes that the best ability is availability, always being able to play. The same case can be made in today’s multicloud world about data and its availability for the enterprise. Recent surveys of …

Power Panel Q&A: entrepreneurs on the future of specialty clouds and open source

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON8 YEARS AGO

Businesses of all sizes are sorting through the maze of cloud and software options available in the market today. Single cloud or multicloud? Proprietary software or open source? Those and other prime topics in enterprise computing got the full treatment recently in …

Mark Albertson

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In harm’s way: Attacks on critical systems alarm the security world

Imanis Data leverages machine learning to address enterprise fragmentation

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