May 2023 Summaries

Tines, a no-code automation platform, has launched a new Partner Portal to enhance collaboration with industry-leading organizations and cybersecurity advisors, such as Wiz, Recorded Future, Elastic, Guidepoint, and Optiv. The portal is designed to support partners by providing commercial insights, marketing materials, educational resources, and a suite of training and certification offerings to help them become experts in no-code automation. This initiative aims to help partners maximize their growth and deliver efficient security solutions to shared customers amid an increasingly complex security landscape. Additionally, the portal simplifies deal registration and pipeline management, with Tines committed to further investing in partner solutions to ensure smarter outcomes at scale.

Reflecting on a year as a graduate software engineer, the author shares valuable lessons applicable to anyone starting a new position, emphasizing the importance of not knowing everything initially and the invaluable support of a workplace "buddy" to facilitate onboarding. They highlight the necessity of asking questions to overcome early uncertainties while also advising on the importance of being prepared to respect colleagues' time. The process of explaining problems, akin to the rubber duck debugging theory, often leads to self-discovery of solutions, underscoring the importance of preparation. Feedback, whether positive or critical, is viewed as crucial for personal and professional growth, as it opens up new perspectives and solutions that might have been overlooked. These insights aim to guide new graduates in navigating the challenges and opportunities of their early career stages.

In the season finale of the Future of Security Operations podcast, Thomas interviews Yinon Costica, Vice President of Product and co-founder of Wiz, a leading cloud infrastructure security platform. Yinon shares insights from his extensive experience in cybersecurity, beginning with his work as a software engineer in the Israel Defense Forces and later roles, including VP at Adallom and leading Microsoft's Cloud Security Group. The conversation covers a range of topics, including the evolution of cybersecurity into a C-level concern, the development and strategic shifts of Wiz, and the challenges of building enterprise-grade products for Fortune 100 clients. Yinon discusses the maturity of security operations, the benefits of a self-serve security model, and the challenges faced by security teams in fast-growing tech startups. He also reflects on the lessons learned from long-standing professional relationships and addresses diversity and bias issues within the security sector.

Tines has launched the 'You did WHAT?! with Tines' competition to encourage creativity and community engagement by inviting customers to share their most interesting and innovative workflows using the Tines platform. The competition, which runs from May 9th to June 2nd, 2023, offers prizes for all participants, with special rewards for category winners and a grand prize winner who will have the opportunity to attend a conference with Tines. Stories can be submitted in five categories: Build apps, Tiny Tines, Security, Just for fun, and Any other business. The aim is to showcase the flexibility of Tines, with past winners like Niall from Informatica demonstrating creative uses such as a flight-finding tool using the Ryanair API. Entries will be judged by the Tines Labs team, with winners announced on June 20th, 2023, on Tines' website.

The document discusses the critical role of automated data search, identified as ID 3010 in the Automation Capability Matrix, in enhancing organizational efficiency in cybersecurity, IT operations, and compliance. It emphasizes the importance of using Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) systems to streamline the process of querying, filtering, and retrieving data from various sources, thereby aiding quick response to security events and facilitating data-driven decision-making. The text outlines the benefits of automation in data search, such as reduced manual intervention, faster response times, and the ability to handle complex queries with multiple variables. It also highlights practical approaches to implementing automated data search, including leveraging SIEM alerts for threat investigation, using scheduled statistical queries for continuous monitoring, and employing pagination to manage large data sets. Additionally, the document addresses potential challenges like handling long queries and timeouts, and it suggests practical applications of data search in workflows like ad hoc searching, phishing response, and historical event analysis, ultimately underscoring the enhancement of security and operational efficiency through automated data search.