Renata Budko

Renata Budko serves as Director of Security Product Management for Forward Networks where she is responsible for product strategy and execution of the Security Product Line. She is an experienced leader with a proven track record in cloud, cybersecurity, AI-based software, SaaS, and mobile infrastructure. Before joining Forward Networks, Renata was Head of Product for Traceable AI and held leadership positions at Wallarm and VMWare. She has a bachelor’s degree in physics from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and an MBA/ master’s degree in engineering from the University of California, Davis. Renata holds 10+ patents in the cybersecurity space and has received recognition as one of the top 25 Women Leaders in Cybersecurity and among the 100 Top Emerging Product Leaders.

CISOs today must decide what is an acceptable risk to their organization. It’s an impossible equation to solve as enterprise attack surfaces are rapidly expanding, necessitating the need for a modernized approach to risk assessment. The most forward-thinking CISOs use advanced tools to not only stay on top of the ever-changing landscape of connected infrastructure but also to prioritize threats according to their exposure, considering existing security defenses and system vulnerabilities. This shift in strategy recognizes that organizations cannot fix everything and must instead focus on the critical exposures that pose the greatest threat to their security posture. But how…

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