John Polcari

Regional Sales Director @Appdome

Regional Sales Director - Northeast and Named AccountsVenafi · Full-timeVenafi · Full-timeJune 2021 - Present · 8 MonthsThere are 2 principle actors on a network: people and machines- People, who use usernames and passwords to identify & authenticate themselves, and- Machines, which use keys and/or certificates to identify themselves, authenticate, and ensure secure interactionsBillions of dollars have been spent protecting human identities to date, yet comparatively little to protect machine identities — organizations are just now realizing that protecting machine identity is as important as protecting human identities, if not more important. The problem is continuing to grow as the number of machines and things on the network is growing exponentially, much faster than the number of people.Today, the principle mechanism for establishing machine identity are keys and certificates. These are used to create secure tunnels between machines that keep their communications private and secure. However most organizations today are struggling to know where their keys and certificates are, and manage them effectively. Attackers know this and are using stolen or forged keys and certificates to attack networks and exfiltrate data, which is why Gartner predicts more than 50% of network attacks will use certificates in the near future.More About Venafi:Venafi is the undisputed heavy weight champion in Machine Identity Protection. Why? We created the category and are light years ahead of anyone that would consider competing! Gartner has recognized Venafi as number one in our space and as it turns out, one is NOT the loneliest number!Venafi is the inventor of the technology that secures and automates the protection of machine identities, holds more than 30+ patents in this area, and is used by many of the world\'s largest organizations.Contact me if you\'re interested in learning more!