The Ledger

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McKinnon: Board cybersecurity focus spiked recently while CISO concern remained consistent
“One of the things that we've seen, it's the people that are chief security officers, or security professionals, or even CIOs, their level of vigilance and their level of concern about this over the last 18 months is pretty consistent. What's clearly changed is…”
Todd McKinnon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 2:10 a16z Podcast | Making Security More Useable
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McKinnon: Major security breaches are usually caused by simple administrative errors
“If you look a lot of these cases, ah, these breaches, it was, Very basic things that were used or problems that were used to take advantage of these networks or these systems, and it was just simple stuff that wasn't cleaned up.”
Todd McKinnon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 17:46 a16z Podcast | Making Security More Useable
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McKinnon: Unlike CISOs, corporate boards still assume they have not been breached
“What we see is that, that, like earlier, I was talking about the CEO board level and then CIO chief security officer, We see that the CIOs and the chief security officers, they understand that, that they've likely been breached and they're very into monitoring…”
Todd McKinnon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 20:34 a16z Podcast | Making Security More Useable
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McKinnon: Security, not ease of use, now drives Okta enterprise deals
“So maybe two years ago was more we were being brought in because it made it easier, and now more often we're being brought in because it makes it more secure often from higher people in the organization.”
Todd McKinnon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 3:50 a16z Podcast | Making Security More Useable
Assertion Supported
McKinnon: Apple Touch ID dramatically increased iPhone passcode adoption rates
“They've turned on passcodes and more people are, have their phones locked now than ever before because they made it easier. You didn't have to type in that code and now they have a fingerprint reader.”
Todd McKinnon Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 9:01 a16z Podcast | Making Security More Useable
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