Posts by Cliff White

Cliff White, VP of Engineering, Cover

Cliff White is the VP of engineering at Cover and the former CTO at Kiteworks. He has more than 15 years of experience in the software industry and web-based technologies. He has managed global engineering teams and advised C-level executives on software product engineering and best practices. Before joining Kiteworks, Cliff developed highly scalable software for imageshack.com, an online media hosting company and one of the most visited websites on the internet. Previously, he led the engineering function for rentadvisor.com, a peer review and recommendation website for rental properties before it was acquired by apartmentlist.com. Cliff holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Control Third-party Communication Apps to Protect Your Third-party Workflows

Control Third-party Communication Apps to Protect Your Third-party Workflows

by Cliff White April 23, 2023November 7, 2023 | Third Party Risk

Much like a busy office building with employees and guests coming and going, it’s impossible to monitor all information leaving and entering your organization. Everyday third-party communication apps, such as...

Preserve IP and PII With Dynamic Governance Over External Workflows

by Cliff White October 31, 2022November 14, 2023 | Third Party Risk

Internal file threats entail a breach of sensitive information from secure content stores to unauthorized third parties. To prevent them, you must ensure that all sensitive files are saved to...

Remote Wipe: A Must for Mobile Security

Remote Wipe: A Must for Mobile Security

by Cliff White October 15, 2022October 9, 2023 | Secure File Sharing

As more employees use smartphones and tablets to share sensitive information, remote wipe – the remotely controlled deletion of some or all of the content on a mobile device –...

Healthcare Data Breaches Are Common, Putting Patient Data and HIPAA Compliance at Risk

by Cliff White October 11, 2022November 14, 2023 | HIPAA Compliance

Healthcare data breaches, and HIPAA compliance violations from those data breaches, are increasingly common. That’s one of the stark conclusions from the Ponemon Institute’s sixth annual study on the state of security...

Shine a Light on Third-party Threats With a CISO Dashboard

by Cliff White October 8, 2022November 14, 2023 | Third Party Risk

If you’ve ever fumbled around in a dark room, looking for the light switch, you know what it’s like trying to protect an organization’s sensitive content. If you had a...

Protect Your Sensitive Content With These Ten Best Practices

by Cliff White September 30, 2022November 14, 2023 | Third Party Risk

Organizations are under constant attack by bad actors trying to access sensitive information like PII, PHI, and IP. Your third-party workflows, the channels your employees use to share confidential information...

Lost and Stolen Mobile Devices Are the Leading Cause of Healthcare Data Breaches

Lost and Stolen Mobile Devices Are the Leading Cause of Healthcare Data Breaches

by Cliff White September 23, 2022October 9, 2023 | HIPAA Compliance

A lost or stolen laptop, tablet, or smartphone can complicate a healthcare data breach, as a recent story from Texas makes clear. The thief who burglarized the headquarters of Sunglo Home...

Developers Beware: Poor Coding Practices Results in Poor Mobile App Security

by Cliff White September 23, 2022November 14, 2023 | Cybersecurity Risk Management

Enterprise organizations interested in developing their own mobile apps would benefit from reading HP Security Research’s new Cyber Risk Report 2015. The report presents an in-depth look at enterprise IT security...

Partner Data Breaches: You’re Only as Strong as Your Weakest Partner

by Cliff White September 10, 2022November 14, 2023 | Third Party Risk

A security system is only as strong as its weakest link. That’s one of the lessons your enterprise IT team can learn from the recent spate of partner data breaches....

Prevent Compliance Failures With Complete Content Auditability

by Cliff White August 15, 2022November 14, 2023 | Regulatory Compliance

The main goal of your secure content sharing channel is to protect your IP, PII, PHI, and other sensitive information. It is critical that you have complete confidence in this...

Lock Down Your Sensitive Data With Powerful Data Encryption

by Cliff White August 7, 2022November 14, 2023 | Managed File Transfer

If you owned a big, expensive diamond ring, would you leave it on the dashboard in an unlocked car or would you keep it locked in a safe and insure...

Lock Down Your Sensitive Enterprise Content to Prevent a Data Leak

by Cliff White January 24, 2022November 14, 2023 | Third Party Risk

Your enterprise content is everywhere. Literally everywhere. On laptops, phones, in on premise servers, and in the cloud. Employees can access content – much of it sensitive – from any...

Detect Anomalous Activity Ahead of a Data Breach With Heuristics

by Cliff White May 11, 2020November 14, 2023 | Third Party Risk

No one knows your business better than you. You know when it looks normal or when it looks strange. If you don’t have an office in Shanghai, then why are...

Protect Your Third-party Workflows With Security Infrastructure Integrations

by Cliff White March 3, 2020November 14, 2023 | Third Party Risk

CISOs must use every tool at their disposal to protect their PII, PHI, and IP. Most security-first organizations spend millions of dollars on security tools from firewalls and hardened networks...