Jackie Goldstein

Web and Security Expert

Jackie is leading the community relationship in vpnMentor. He is responsible for managing, editing, and developing high quality interviews with security professionals. His background includes software and website development, as well as online marketing (i.e. SEO. PPC, CPA, etc.).

The SSL Store – Not Just Licenses (Interview With David Lynch)

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 16th September 2020

When Google announced that they would be penalizing the ranking of web sites that did not support the HTTPS protocol, a lot of people started to pay attention to, and started learning about, the HTTP and SSL protocols. Today, if you compare web hosting companies, the options and fees for SSL certificates are prominently displayed...

Nexus – Enabling Trusted Identities (An Interview With the VP)

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 16th September 2020

As Magnus Malmström, vice president of products at Nexus Group tells us, Nexus is an established European security company that underwent a significant “makeover” a year ago. They now focus on providing total security solutions – both hardware and software – to meet today’s current and emerging security requirements. This includes empowering the modern workforce...

ENVEIL — Never Decrypt Your Data (Always Keep Encrypting)

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 16th September 2020

It should not come as any surprise that the mantra repeated by Dr. Ellison Anne Williams, the CEO and founder of ENVEIL is “Encrypt Your Data.” As you will see, she actually goes further with her company’s tagline, which is “Never Decrypt.” It is not surprising because before establishing ENVEIL, Ellison spent over a decade...

Webroot – Cloud-Based Protection For Home Users and Businesses

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 1st September 2020

Although is not yet a household name, it may very well become one very soon. In my discussion with Paul Barnes, Senior Director of Product Strategy at Webroot, I learned that Webroot is the current leader in both retail sales share in the US and has the highest Net Promoter score for security software. Webroot...

ERPScan – Securing SAP and Oracle Enterprise Business Applications

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 11th July 2020

In this interview with Alexander Polyakov, the founder and CTO of ERPScan, we discuss a relatively new, or at least relatively unknown, form of security vulnerability detection. As Alexander explains, traditional vulnerability tools do not really address business applications such as SAP, PeopleSoft, or other enterprise business applications. Instead, they only focus on endpoints, databases,...

TechTerms.com – Teaching the Language of Technology

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 11th July 2020

No matter how technically savvy one might be, we still come across terms that we don’t know or are not sure we completely understand. Simply doing a Google search for the term can return an overwhelming amount of information, not all of which is 100% accurate. Furthermore, many of the popular definitions that are returned...

Array Networks – Agility and Performance

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 10th July 2020

Array Networks is a global leader in application delivery networking and security solutions. They offer enterprises the choice of either hardware solutions or functionally equivalent software solutions for deployment in their in-house data centers or in public clouds (i.e. Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure). In my discussion with Array Networks’ Paul Andersen, we discussed...

Apperian – Managing and Securing Corporate Mobile Apps

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 10th July 2020

“As the age of the workforce drops, employees expect all work-related functions and corporate information to be available on their phones or other mobile devices.” Perhaps more than anything else, this statement sums up the current state of corporate mobile computing today. However, as Mark Lorion, President and General Manager of Apperian, tells us, many...

Coronet – Allowing You to Safely Use Any Wi-Fi or Cellular Network

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 9th July 2020

Let’s be honest – how many of us think about security risks as we race into a coffee shop to check our email or the latest sports scores? Unfortunately, there are a lot of bad guys out there who know the answer to that question. They are waiting to take advantage of the situation and...

SecureMySocial – Making Sure You Never Share Something That You Shouldn’t

Jackie Goldstein | Updated on 9th July 2020

Most of us are too busy having fun on social media to recognize the many dangers that lurk there. We have gotten into the habit of sharing everything, which could easily lead to significant information falling into the wrong hands. This is true both for our personal information as well as for confidential company information....