About
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About Matt
Matt Cauthorn is responsible for all security implementations and leads a team of technical security engineers who work directly with customers and prospects. A passionate technologist and evangelist, Matt is often on site with customers working to solve the complex and mission-critical business problems that Fortune 1,000 and global 2,000 companies face. After years spent helping customers tap into the value offered by network-based analytics, Matt has been able to bring fresh thinking to security threat detection. Matt's collaborated with companies across various industries including banking, healthcare, energy, and retail. Prior to ExtraHop, Matt was a Sales Engineering Manager at F5 and before that he started his career in the trenches as a practitioner where he oversaw application hosting, infrastructure, and security for five international data centers.
Matt holds an MBA from Georgia State University and a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Florida. Matt's a security thought leader and blogger, frequently speaking at industry events, in webinars, and is commonly quoted in industry coverage.
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Posts
8.31.18
InfoSecurity Magazine: Advanced Persistent Agony
Have you ever seen a major data breach in the news and thought, 'Wow, they did a great job handling that situation and communicating it to the public?' If you're like ExtraHop's VP of Security, probably not. Learn how to fix the broken breach response template in this InfoSecurity Magazine piece!
Matt Cauthorn
12.1.17
Metcalfe's Law for IT Ops: Lowering Data Friction in Your IT Strategy
Metcalfe's Law explains the exponential impact of network effects. For IT, this can be a curse and blessing. This lightboard video teaches how this concept can affect your IT strategy.
Matt Cauthorn
11.13.17
How to Maintain Visibility with Perfect Forward Secrecy
ExtraHop Sales Engineering VP Matt Cauthorn explains how you can use perfect forward secrecy encryption while maintaining visibility.
Matt Cauthorn
9.21.15
What Is a Tinygram?
What are tinygrams? When do they arise? Are they a problem? What can I do about them and how do I do it?
Matt Cauthorn