Dr. Dobb’s: Safelight Sends C/C++ Coders Back to Security School
Wednesday, June 29th, 2011
Coverage of Safelight’s newest on-demand course for developers, Secure C/C++ Coding, released on June 20.
News from the ‘In the News’ Category
Security Wire Weekly: Security Awareness Training Begins with Risk Assessment
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Security expert Rob Cheyne, CEO of Safelight Security Advisors, explains how organizations can get started with security training programs. Cheyne said a good first step is a risk assessment.
SearchSecurity.com: Industry groups, businesses attempt security awareness training plan
Thursday, March 31st, 2011
Security awareness training is a growing movement, according to experts and analysts. Failed audits, data breaches and other factors that put intellectual property and other sensitive data at risk has forced companies to try and instill security into its employees, said Rob Cheyne, founder and CEO of Providence, R.I.-based Safelight Security Advisors.
eSecurity Planet: Safelight Intros Security Education Blueprint
Monday, February 14th, 2011
Safelight has announced the availability of its Security Education Blueprint, a tool designed to help companies develop a security education program that matches their employees’ needs.
InfoSecurity: Safelight shines light on security gaps, offers training strategies
Monday, February 14th, 2011
(10 February 2011)
Safelight is releasing its security education blueprint, an interactive tool that enables organizations to assess the information security needs of their personnel and develop an appropriate security educational program based on that assessment.
SearchSecurity.com: Computer security awareness training could prevent some data loss, experts say
Wednesday, December 8th, 2010
Safelight CEO Rob Cheyne discusses the role enterprise end users play in data security, underscoring the need for security awareness programs that reach all employees.
Threatpost: Rob Cheyne on Security Education and the Problem of People in Security
Thursday, July 8th, 2010
Safelight CEO Rob Cheyne talks with Threatpost’s Dennis Fisher about why security is every employee’s responsibility and how companies can shift the way they communicate with users about the value of information and their role in protecting it.
TechNewsWorld: Rob Cheyne on Ridding the Web of the XSS Scourge
Friday, October 30th, 2009
While many developers have heard of the common attacks such as SQL injection and cross-site scripting, most have not actually seen the attacks fully exploited. “Until people see the repercussions they are not inclined to go back into their code and clean up the issues, which leads to the state we’re in today,” said Rob Cheyne, CEO, Safelight Security Advisors.
The application security classes Rob teaches and Safelight’s online learning courses feature training that shows developers what they’re really up against when it comes to these types of attacks.
View Safelight’s cross-site scripting and SQL injections demonstrations on YouTube here.
CSTechCast: Rob Cheyne on Why Secure Code is Lacking
Monday, September 21st, 2009
Rob Cheyne talks to CSTechCast about why secure code is lacking, and what can be done about it. What are some of the common mistakes developers make, the biggest security misconceptions and how best to balance business and IT security requirements? Listen to the podcast.
IT World: Rob Cheyne on Developer Tools and Why You Don’t Use Them
Thursday, August 13th, 2009
Some of the reasons developers don’t use tools: Not needing the functionality, they’re not part of the development process, and it’s hard to convince management they’re necessary. Rob Cheyne, founder and CEO, Safelight Security Advisors, weighs in on these issues and points to debuggers as an example of a tool category that took some time to catch on. “The tools that truly improve ROI will always be adopted in the long run,” says Cheyne.
Rob is an expert in training development teams on application security and can be contacted at rcheyne@securityadvisors.com