James Plouffe
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AWS re:Inforce 2025 — Heavy On User Experience Enhancements, Light On The GenAI Hype
This year's AWS re:Inforce event included a big announcement and revealed other security-related enhancements. Read our top takeaways.
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Meet The New Analyst Covering Zero Trust And Microsegmentation
The 25-plus years of my career so far can be divided into two acts. Act I was enterprise IT, beginning with desktop support and progressing to network and security architecture at organizations ranging from small business to the Global 10. Act II opened with a move into technical alliance and ecosystem roles at security vendors […]
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Zscaler Snatches Up Red Canary: The Good, The Bad, And The Concerning
Find out what Zscaler's acquisition of Red Canary could mean for the cybersecurity market as a whole as well as for security leaders and their teams.