Mark Albertson

Mark Albertson is a senior writer for theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio. He is an experienced technology reporter, recognized by Onalytica as a "Who's Who In Cloud Influencer" and named to Peerlyst’s “24 Powerful Cybersecurity Journalists.” Prior to SiliconANGLE, Mark wrote for the San Francisco Examiner, Blasting News, and CBS-Bay Area.

Latest from Mark Albertson

Joint NetApp, VMware and AWS solution streamlines cross-platform workload operations

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

Three powerhouse enterprise tech companies have joined forces to provide customers with flexible, high-performance virtualized storage infrastructure that can be scaled independently from compute. The VMware Cloud on AWS integration with Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP solution was unveiled during VMware Explore …

DPU solution could change the game for VMware’s network and application security model

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

VMware Inc. announced an intriguing development on the security front during its recent annual conference. The virtualization pioneer unveiled an enhancement for its NSX network platform that leverages data processing unit acceleration using smart network interface controllers. Behind the technical jargon of …

Lightweight agents help CrowdStrike process 7 trillion events per week for customer security

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

The technology behind CrowdStrike cybersecurity solution relies on lightweight agents or sensors to monitor for threats and collect vital security data. As organizations have learned, some agents can be lighter than others. “Many times when you look at them, they are not …

Analyst assesses CrowdStrike’s opportunity to consolidate tools and enrich security beyond the endpoint

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

As the Fal.Con gathering came to a close in Las Vegas this week, the event offered a glimpse into how companies such as CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. are seeking to address pain points in the cybersecurity industry. One of these has been tool …

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz bets on community immunity for breach protection

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

Should cybersecurity companies offer warranty protection in the event of a breach? Four years ago, CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. decided to do just that. The company announced its endpoint security breach prevention warranty of up to $1 million in 2018 if a breach …

Observability and expanded ecosystem capture analysts’ attention at CrowdStrike’s Fal.Con

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. has built its reputation in providing cloud-delivered protection of endpoints, workloads, identity and data through the use of lightweight agents or sensors in a network. This week, the company unveiled new products to drive the convergence of security and …

Salesforce embraces the ‘Great Reunion’ with technology for personalized data and collaboration

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

Salesforce Inc. kicked off its Dreamforce conference this week by bringing 40,000 members of its extensive community together in San Francisco for the first time in more than two years and unveiling new offerings to allow them to connect with each other …

Rising cost of cybercrime helps fuel Dell Technologies’ vision for trusted infrastructure

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

At an event organized by the American Enterprise Institute in 2012, U.S. Army General Keith Alexander, director of the National Security Agency at the time, called cybercrime “the greatest transfer of wealth in history.” That was 10 years ago, and the cost …

What to expect during the Dell ‘A Blueprint for Trusted Infrastructure’ event: Join theCUBE Sept. 20

SECURITY By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

In the continued evolution of the cybersecurity landscape, there is trust and there is zero-trust. Both need to be carefully integrated into compute infrastructure to ensure data protection and cyber resilience. Zero trust dictates that users inside or outside an organization must be …

Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave sets up shop on the AWS cloud

CLOUD By MARK ALBERTSON4 YEARS AGO

Oracle Corp. is expanding the cloud footprint for its MySQL HeatWave database offering. Since the original launch of MySQL HeatWave in December 2020, Oracle has made several major enhancements to the high-performance database technology. However, the offering could only run on Oracle …

Mark Albertson

Latest from Mark Albertson

Lightweight agents help CrowdStrike process 7 trillion events per week for customer security

Analyst assesses CrowdStrike’s opportunity to consolidate tools and enrich security beyond the endpoint

Observability and expanded ecosystem capture analysts’ attention at CrowdStrike’s Fal.Con

Salesforce embraces the ‘Great Reunion’ with technology for personalized data and collaboration

Rising cost of cybercrime helps fuel Dell Technologies’ vision for trusted infrastructure

What to expect during the Dell ‘A Blueprint for Trusted Infrastructure’ event: Join theCUBE Sept. 20

Oracle’s MySQL HeatWave sets up shop on the AWS cloud

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