Lori Mac Vittie
Distinguished Engineer and Chief Evangelist
Lori Mac Vittie is the principal technical evangelist for cloud computing, cloud and application security, and application delivery and is responsible for education and evangelism across F5's entire product suite. Mac Vittie has extensive development and technical architecture experience in both high-tech and enterprise organizations. Prior to joining F5, Mac Vittie was an award-winning Senior Technology Editor at Network Computing Magazine, where she authored articles on a variety of topics aimed at IT professionals. She holds a B.S. in Information and Computing Science from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay, and an M.S. in Computer Science from Nova Southeastern University. She also serves on the Board of Regents for the DevOps Institute and CloudNOW, and has been named one of the top influential women in DevOps.
Research by Lori Mac Vittie (23)
Article | Nov 3, 2021
What is Multi-Cloud and How Does It Affect Security?
A look at multi-cloud security strategies, including the emerging practices of omni-cloud, Functions as a Service, Containers as a Service, cloud security posture management, and data sovereignty.
13 min read
Article | Jan 6, 2021
F5 Labs’ Cybersecurity Predictions for 2021
We considered the shape of the coming year in cybersecurity. Phishing, APTs, malware, old vulnerabilities… it’s not all bad … well, actually, it is.
10 min read
Article | Mar 7, 2019
Intentionally Insecure: Poor Security Practices in the Cloud
Cloud-based breaches that expose our personal data are growing at a surprising rate as organizations intentionally degrade their cloud-based security controls.
5 min read
Blog | Jun 26, 2018
The Biggest Risk to Application Security May be the Business
Prioritizing speed over security can jeopardize the safety of your applications and data.
4 min read
Blog | May 11, 2018
Drupalgeddon 2 Highlights the Need for AppSecOps
If you aren’t aware of Drupalgeddon 2, then you’ve either been living off the grid or don’t use the popular content management system (CMS).
7 min read
Article | Jan 16, 2018
State of App Delivery 2018: Security Again Edges Out Availability As Most Important App Service
Forty-three percent of organizations say security is essential when deploying apps, and more than two thirds use multiple security solutions to protect clients, infrastructure, and web apps.
3 min read
Article | Jan 10, 2018
A Spectre of Meltdowns Could be in Store for 2018, Including Fileless Malware Attacks and More Costly Bots
Every week another bug, vulnerability, or exploit is released - we need a multi-layered security strategy (beyond our standard patch “spin cycles”) to deal with threats like Spectre and Meltdown.
4 min read
Article | Dec 14, 2017
The Credential Crisis: It’s Really Happening
With billions of data records compromised, it’s time to reconsider whether passwords are our best means for authenticating users.
3 min read
Article | Nov 21, 2017
If Your Security Question List Looks Like a Facebook Favorite List, Start Over Now
Seriously, how many colors are there? And how many of us share the same love of one of those limited choices?
3 min read
Article | Oct 17, 2017
New Threat May Slip Through the KRACK in BYOD Policies
Combating this vulnerability might mean you have to force updates on employees’ personal devices or deny them access altogether.
4 min read
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