This year's RSA Conference theme especially resonates with our team: "be a part of the collaborative solution to make cybersecurity and our world BETTER." As breaches become more commonplace, enterprises need to be prepared to assume breach. Which begs the question: How prepared are you to prevent the spread of a breach and to defend against adversaries who are after your business critical applications? We expect attendees will be looking to discuss this problem – and we're getting ready to go bigger and better than ever to be part of the solution. 

Last week I testified in front of the Canadian House of Commons Committee on Public Safety and National Security about cybersecurity risk and national security planning. I was invited to testify by The Honorable Pierre Paul-Hus, Member of Parliament representing the riding of Charlesbourg—Haute-Saint-Charles in Quebec and Vice-Chairman of the Committee. My written submission to the committee, "Defend Forward and Assume Breach: Preparing Canada for a Cyberresilient Future," is available here.

Below are four questions from members of parliament that kept me on my toes, along with video of my responses. 

Good things do come in threes. Today we announced three great updates that will help drive the next phase of growth here at Illumio: a $65M series E round led by clients advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management; the appointment of tech industry veteran, John Hinshaw, to our Board of Directors; and the arrival of our new CFO, Anup Singh. 

Last month I put on my Halford McKinder hat and wrote a piece about how maps can help shape our perceptions of the world and help us defend ourselves. Maps can interpret threats and help us understand our security capabilities in the real world and in cyberspace. With big data maps, we can visualize problems and design solutions for everything from public health to global shipping to economic development.

It's that time of year again so I took some time to reflect back on 2018 and what we can expect to ring true in 2019. I've boiled it down to two predictions. The first takes an introspective view into the organizations we're all ultimately tasked with protecting. The second takes an outward-facing view that acknowledges that enterprises are part of a broader business ecosystem, and with that comes upstream and downstream risk.