Christian Wiens

Christian Wiens is Director of Marketing at MixMode. He has 10+ years of experience as a cybersecurity professional. He has his BA from The University of California, Berkeley and resides in Austin, TX.

5 Critical Factors That Impact an Organization’s Cybersecurity Efficacy

It’s no surprise that organizations are pouring resources into their security approaches, from investments into hardware and software and significant increases in Cybersecurity professional hiring. In fact, industry watchers expect organizations globally to contribute to $1.75 trillion in cumulative spending on Cybersecurity between 2021 and 2025.

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How CIOs Will Allocate Budgets in 2022 to Confront Complex Cybersecurity Threats

An annual Harvey Nash Group/KPMG survey of CIOs and other IT leaders revealed that companies spent about $15 billion more each week in the early part of 2021 on work-from-home investments, a figure that represents one of the largest upticks in tech investment in history, according to Harvey Nash/KPMG.

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2021 Highlights: Pushing Through a Pandemic to Deliver Cybersecurity Innovation with Third-Wave AI

e at MixMode have accomplished a lot in 2021. As we approach the end of December we thought it would be a good opportunity to take a look back at the year and highlight the stories and news that we believe exemplify our forward momentum in what continues to be a challenging year for all.

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Video: The Challenges With Using “Out of the Box” Cloud Security Solutions

MixMode’s VP of Engineering, Jeff Behl, discusses the limitations of cloud security solutions that come “out of the box” from cloud providers like AWS. While initially, the rules-based solutions do provide a level of security, Behl warns about the challenges of zero-day attacks as well as the overwhelming amount of alerts that fatigue security teams.

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Phoenix CISO uses back-to-basics approach for cybersecurity

Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer for the City of Phoenix, Shannon Lawson, shares in this Toggle Magazine article the city’s back-to-basics approach for cybersecurity using MixMode’s AI-powered platform for security information and event management, user and entity behavior analytics, network traffic analysis and network detection and response.

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As Enterprises Embrace 5G, AI-Enhanced Cybersecurity Emerges as Top Security Priority

The much-anticipated fifth generation (5G) of broadband cellular technology has arrived, ushering in unprecedented network speed and connectivity. The tech is also spurring innovation into new tech solutions to meet an ever-growing appetite for instant, reliable connectivity, often, faster than most enterprise Cybersecurity teams can handle. If there was ever a time for AI to deliver on the promises made by Cybersecurity platform vendors, it’s now.

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Protecting Your Enterprise from Ransomware with MixMode

Monthly reports that lack relevant details about an organization’s true risk level are insufficient and not representative of the further steps an organization should take to protect itself. This approach leaves organizations feeling secure against the threat of ransomware while they are actually left exposed to potentially expensive, wide-scale damage.

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MixMode Recognized as a Supply-side Innovator in AI-enabled Attack Detection Technology by Gartner®

MixMode Inc., a leading global provider of Artificial Intelligence-powered Cybersecurity, announced today that the company was recognized as a supply side innovator in the November 2021 Gartner report: Emerging Technologies: Tech Innovators in AI in Attack Detection — Supply Side.

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The History and Current State of Ransomware Attacks

Ransomware uses a variety of attack techniques, including phishing where it can be very difficult for a human to discern whether an email is safe or not. These attacks usually impact the operations of a company immediately, and the recent rise in Ransomware attacks coincides closely with the rise of cryptocurrency as hackers are able to demand payment in untraceable forms like Bitcoin.

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Dependence on Log Data | Twenty-first Century Networks Require Twenty-first Century Security Solutions

When Cybersecurity teams assume that log-based platforms are the best available network security solutions, they have made a decision to invest in “bad gas.” These products will cost more and deliver less than systems enhanced by context-aware AI.

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MixMode Recognized by CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards Program for Overall Network Security Solution of the Year

MixMode, the leader in AI-driven, real-time anomaly detection for Cybersecurity,  was named the winner of the “Overall Network Security Solution of the Year” award in the 2021 CyberSecurity Breakthrough Awards program conducted by CyberSecurity Breakthrough.

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