Chris Steffen, Vice President of Research at Enterprise Management Associates
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Chris Steffen

Vice President of Research · Enterprise Management Associates
  • Enterprise Management Associates
  • United States
  • Joined 2022
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About

Chris Steffen is the Researching Director for EMA, an analyst firm that looks at how companies manage their IT infrastructure from the data center out to the user environment and into the cloud.

He is an experienced, high-performing information security expert with extensive experience in IT and security management.

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Read Episode 145: The Federal Government’s Approach to Cybersecurity
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Episode 145: The Federal Government’s Approach to Cybersecurity
14 min
Read From Data to Insight: How Enterprises Are Making IoT Secure and Actionable
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Security
From Data to Insight: How Enterprises Are Making IoT Secure and Actionable
25 min
Read Why Are Vulnerability Backlogs Still Growing Despite Better Detection?
In the latest episode of The Security Strategist podcast, Chris Steffen sat down with John Amaral, Co-Founder and CTO of Root.io, to discuss why shift-left has stalled and why autonomous remediation and “shift-out” security is the best option moving forward in vulnerability management.
Security
Why Are Vulnerability Backlogs Still Growing Despite Better Detection?
25 min
Read EDR, XDR, or MDR — What’s the Real Difference and Why Does It Matter?
In the recent episode of The Security Strategist podcast, Jim Waggoner, VP of Product Strategy at N-able, and Joe Ferla, one of N-able’s Head Nerds, speak to host Chris Steffen, Vice President of Research at Enterprise Management Associates (EMA). They addressed one of cybersecurity’s biggest misconceptions – while organizations might be getting better at spotting threats, most still struggle to respond to them in real time.
Security
EDR, XDR, or MDR — What’s the Real Difference and Why Does It Matter?
27 min
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