Barbara Kay

About Barbara

Barbara is the Senior Director of Security Product Marketing at ExtraHop. She brings years of experience in threat intelligence, data analytics, machine learning, and what makes an effective product and solution marketing strategy.

Posts by Barbara Kay

• Cybersecurity: Choosing ML over AI today for good reasons.

  • January 15, 2019
  • Posted in Company, Industry Trends, Security

  Are you jaded by the overuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) – with vendors instilling either fear or faith? In the cybersecurity domain, we see CISOs investing in Machine Learning (ML), but remaining justifiably skeptical of AI. Here's why.

• 'Tis the Season to be... Breached?

  • November 30, 2018
  • Posted in Industry Trends, Security

  The last week of November 2018 was a busy week for data breaches, with several major consumer-facing organizations all reporting major security incidents. What can we learn from these disclosures, and why does one stand so far apart from the rest?

• Security Takeaways from Splunk .conf 2018

  • October 4, 2018
  • Posted in Industry Trends, Security

  If you missed Splunk .conf 2018, read up on the top takeaways from the show including Splunk's importance to SOC teams, Phantom integrations, and more!

• Three Top Takeaways from Black Hat 2018: Encryption, NTA, and the Irresistible Cloud

  • August 16, 2018
  • Posted in Industry Trends, Security, Trade Shows

  With another Black Hat come and gone, read this post for the top three takeaways SecOps needs to pay attention to, from encryption to NTA to the cloud.

• ExtraHop Chosen as EMA's Network-Based Security Analytics Vendor to Watch and a Value Leader

  • August 3, 2018
  • Posted in Company, Security

  Find out why ExtraHop's first security analytics release makes an "unprecedented jump into the Value Leaders corner" of EMA's radar.

• Trendspotting in the 2018 Gartner Hype Cycle for Threat-Facing Technologies

  • August 2, 2018
  • Posted in Industry Trends, Reveal(x), Security

  What did Gartner predict in the 2018 Hype Cycle for Threat-Facing Technologies, and what are the most important changes from 2017? Take a look at this breakdown of the security tech to watch this year!

• Survival of the Focused: How the Pareto Payoff Can Save Your SOC

  • June 19, 2018
  • Posted in Company, Launches, Reveal(x), Security

  ExtraHop Reveal(x) Summer 2018 sheds light on key risks and behaviors in the darkspace of enterprise security. Here's how Reveal(x) solves late-stage attack blindness.

• Who's Within Your Firewall?

  • May 22, 2018
  • Posted in Reveal(x), Security, Tech

  Opportunistic attacks are easy to block, but targeted and advanced attacks take a combo of time, skill, and an integrated security workflow. Learn how Palo Alto Networks and ExtraHop Reveal(x) work together to give you a shortcut for late stage threat hunting!

• Have the Tears Dried Yet? WannaCry One Year Later

  • May 14, 2018
  • Posted in Industry Trends, Ransomware, Security

  In May 2017, WannaCry shook the world in a massively effective ransomware attack affecting 150 countries. One year later, has the tech industry learned its lesson? Check out this CIO Dive interview with ExtraHop's VP of Security and 3 other security experts about what made WannaCry so successful, how the industry has evolved since, and what's next for cyber security and ransomware defense.

• Malvertising 101: When You Become the Product

  • March 2, 2018
  • Posted in Security

  Learn how malvertising, or malware-advertising, works, plus steps to avoid becoming a victim.

• Doxware: What, Why, and How to Stay Safe

  • December 13, 2017
  • Posted in Security, Tips and Hacks

  Learn about doxware, including why it's becoming more and more popular to cyber criminals, and how to protect against a doxware attack.