How I Got Here: Brad Arkin

Dennis Fisher talks with Brad Arkin, CSO of Adobe, about his start with punch cards, finding bugs in online poker software, working at @stake and his challenges at Adobe. Download: 11arkin.mp3...

Brad Arkin Named Adobe CSO

Adobe has named Brad Arkin to the newly created position of CSO, a major expansion of responsibilities for Arkin, who has been leading the company’s product security and privacy initiatives. Adobe has been in the security spotlight for several years now, as attackers have focused their attention ...

Brad Arkin

In a keynote on Thursday, Brad Arkin, Adobe’s Senior Director of Product Security and Privacy spoke on driving up the cost of exploits in products like Reader and Flash Player in an attempt to thwart would-be attackers. Fixing every security bug is often impossible, so instead of writing flawless...

Tough Road Ahead for Adobe on Security

Microsoft and its endless portfolio of products have been the favorite targets of attackers for more than a decade now. But if the events of the past year or so are any indication, it looks like that dubious distiniction now belongs to Adobe. The last 12 months have been rough for Adobe, the make...

Brad Arkin on Adobe Reader Zero-Day Flaws and Security Response

Dennis Fisher and Ryan Naraine talk with Brad Arkin, Adobe’s director of product security and privacy, about the new zero-day flaws in Acrobat and Reader, Adobe’s security response process and the challenges of getting updates to end users. Podcast audio courtesy of sykboy65 Subscribe to the...

Adobe Patch Day set for June 9

Adobe’s first ever quarterly patch for the Reader and Acrobat product lines is set for June 9, the same day Microsoft is scheduled to deliver its batch of security updates. As previously announced, Adobe plans to deliver security updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 7.x, 8.x, and 9.x for...

Brad Arkin on Adobe's Quarterly Patch Updates, the JBIG2 Flaw and Secure Software Development

Dennis Fisher talks with Brad Arkin, director of product security and privacy at Adobe, about the company’s new quarterly patch release program, its Secure Product Lifecycle and how the JBIG2 flaw spurred major changes at Adobe. Download Subscribe to the Digital Underground podcast on Podcast aud...