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“ When you do cyber insurance forms or client security inquiries , the question asked is ‘ how long is your password ?’ That ' s not the right question ”
JEREMIAH KUNG GLOBAL HEAD OF INFORMATION SECURITY AND COMPLIANCE , APPLOVIN with Google there are a lot of interesting options we ' re considering including looking at information security from a different point of view than the typical push-button compliance checklist .”
How organisations manage InfoSec is changing In an increasingly cloud-based environment , Kung predicts there will be shifts in the way organisations manage their information security .
“ At the end of the day , security never really has an end state ,” he says . “ Threats are always changing and the business is always evolving . Eventually , more and more systems are going to move to the cloud . Larger institutions will be tougher , but smaller companies and high technology companies are mostly going to be in the cloud . And , if they ’ re not already there , they ’ re going to start moving to Kubernetes and to serverless functions , which is really going to shift the way we do information security .”
With different threat factors and different attack surfaces to look at , organisations need to be constantly assessing security threats while thinking outside the box .
“ Passwords are pointless ,” Kung states . “ You really should be doing multi-factor authentication ( MFA ) – those are ways of thinking outside the box of technology .”
“ I ' ve seen some really cool ideas from Transmit Security , who had an awesome tool that would get to know who you are ,” he says . “ We would know a user held the phone in a particular way , so we can authenticate it – a robot , for example , wouldn ’ t be holding it at all . I don ’ t know if that ' s the ultimate solution , but out-of-the-box thinking like that is where we need to go .”
And , with AppLovin ’ s goal to continue growing the app ecosystem , InfoSec will similarly continue to hold a vital role .
“ I ' m definitely looking at every new product we ' re coming out with , making sure it ' s secure and focusing on helping grow the business without slowing it down ,” Kung comments .
“ For AppLovin , the goal is to continue to grow the business and the app ecosystem , even at a time of economic uncertainty ,” concludes Kung . “ We ' re focused on growing that ecosystem , helping it thrive , and moving it forward .” cybermagazine . com 59