Sam Curry

Chief Security Officer, Cybereason

Sam Curry is CSO at Cybereason and is a Visiting Fellow at the National Security Institute. Previously, Sam was CTO and CISO for Arbor Networks(NetScout) and was CSO and SVP R&D at Microstrategy in addition to senior, security roles at McAfee and CA. He spent 7 years at RSA (the Security Division of EMC, where he was a distinguished engineer and Fellow nominee) as Chief Technologist and SVP of Product. Sam also has over 20 patents in security from his time as a security architect, has been a leader in two successful startups and is a board member of the Cybersecurity Coalition, of SSH Communications and of Sequitur Labs (in the IoT security space) in addition to a number of advisor-ships across the security spectrum.

Indicators of Behavior: The New Way to Detect Advanced Attacks

Presented by Sam Curry • October 2, 2020

With increased complexity of cyber attacks, comes the need for increased complexity of investigative techniques. Indicators of compromise - hashes, URLs and other crime scene artifacts - are becoming less useful in investigations. We must make a strategic shift towards cataloging indicators of behavior - what people,...

AI and Machine Learning: More Than Buzzwords?

Presented by Sam Curry • July 13, 2018

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Data Science are among the many disciplines abused by cybersecurity marketing and snake oil salesman alike. But how do you separate snake oil from reality? Where do you turn for practical insight on emerging technologies that truly can improve your cybersecurity defensive...