IoTOct 19, 2017

Interview With the Experts: The Future of IoT Security Through the Eyes of F5 Threat Researchers

When it comes to IoT threats, we’re nowhere near being out of the woods yet; we’ve just barely entered the forest.

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Sara Boddy currently leads F5 Labs, F5 Networks’ threat intelligence reporting division. She came to F5 from Demand Media where she was the Vice President of Information Security and Business Intelligence. Sara ran the security team at Demand Media for 6 years, covering all divisions of the company including web and ecommerce media properties, the domain registrar and registry platform (eNom, now Rightside), and domain parking. Prior to Demand Media, Sara spent 11 years at security consulting firms that focused on compliance (ISO 27001, PCI-DSS, SOX), incident response, and technical control implementations. Sara specializes in incident response, application security, compliance and audit, and has extensive experience with M&As, IPOs, and public company splits.

LinkedIn: Sara Boddy

Twitter: @sarab0ddy

Justin Shattuck is the Manager of Product Development for F5 Silverline. He is responsible for developing features and enhancements to Silverline’s managed security services, including Web Application Firewall protection, and DDoS attack mitigation. Justin has been a security product developer and researcher for over 15 years. He is an avid advanced persistent threat hunter that continually tracks global attacks and threat actors. He routinely participates in takedowns, and helps to inform various law enforcement agencies of nefarious cyber activity.

LinkedIn: justinshattuck

Twitter: @sh4t

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About the author

Debbie Walkowski

Debbie Walkowski

Security Threat Researcher | F5

As a Security Threat Researcher for F5 Labs, Debbie specialized in writing threat-related educational content as well as blogs, articles, and comprehensive research reports about application threat intelligence. She had worked for F5 for 10 years and has more than 20 years’ experience in the technology industry as a technical writer. She holds SANS GIAC Information Security Professional (GISP), GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC), and GIAC Security Fundamentals (GISF) certifications. Her bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington is in scientific and technical communication with an emphasis in computer science. She is the author of 18 technology books published by IDG Books, SAMS, QUE, and Alpha Books.

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