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It turns out that most of the hacks on a system are the result of someone using legitimate credentials, explained Monzy Merza (@monzymerza), chief security evangelist for Splunk, in our conversation at the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas.

What do gamers and security professionals have in common? A lot more than you may think; gamers have the right mindset for security. When David Spark asked three dozen infosec professionals if gaming helped them hone their security skills, he got some fascinating comments.

It’s time to learn new ways from old. That was the theme for my recent keynote at the 2015 RSA Conference Asia Pacific and Japan last week in Singapore. Although my keynote specifically addressed why the Asia Pacific region can lead the next evolution of security, it’s an applicable message for all of us in the information security industry. Consider some challenges that affect all of us.

Just a few years ago, if you were planning a new infrastructure deployment to support new workloads, you would have expected questions related to architecture, networking, air conditioning, server room real estate and so on. But today you shouldn’t be surprised if the discussion quickly moves towards clouds, blue skies and space. I am, of course, referring to cloud services such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure and Rackspace.