Tenable Challenge

[Elisabet Schwartzkopf]

Thesaid order dated November 3, 2023, was passed under the premise that for an application under Section 124 of the Act, the sine qua non is a defence under Section 30(2)(e) of the Act by the Defendant and prima facie tenable independent plea of invalidity in the plaintiff's pleadings.

The plaintiff successfully secured an interim injunction against the defendant vide an earlier order dated February 10, 2023 which prohibited the defendant from using the impugned marks FABIO or FAB! O for any purpose whatsoever and restrained from manufacturing, packing or selling their vanilla cream-filled chocolate sandwich biscuits under the packaging and trade dress, which was held deceptively similar to the plaintiff's trade dress. Subsequently, the plaintiff applied Section 124(1)(b) of the Act to initiate rectification proceedings against the FABIO registered mark of the defendant.

The issue that emerged before the Court was thus whether the application filed by the plaintiff to initiate rectification proceedings against the defendant's mark FABIO challenging its validity tenable.

Section 124(1)(b) of the Act provides an instance where the defendant raises a particular defence of non-infringement owing to its trademark registration under Section 30(2)(e) of the Act, and the plaintiff challenges the validity of such trademark. Relevant portions of Section 124 and Section 30 of the Act have been provided below for the reader's ease of reference:

(i) if any proceedings for rectification of the register in relation to the plaintiff's or defendant's trademark are pending before the Registrar or the [High Court], stay the suit pending the final disposal of such proceedings;

The Court opined that in order for Section 124(1)(b) to apply, the defendant must first assert the defence of non-infringement under Section 30(2)(e) of the Act by relying upon their trademark registration, and the plaintiff must contest the defendant's trademark validity in its pleading.

As Tenable's cloud infrastructure grew, so did the complexity of managing and optimizing cloud costs, especially within Kubernetes environments. Kubernetes, while powerful for container orchestration, introduced challenges in tracking and allocating costs due to its dynamic nature. Tenable needed a solution that could provide deep visibility into total cloud spend across all vendors, down to the pod and container level, enabling Tenable to identify and address inefficiencies and ensure optimal resource allocation.

After thoroughly evaluating various DevFinOps solutions, Tenable chose Finout because of its multi-vendor support and its ability to provide detailed cost allocation in dynamic Kubernetes environments, ultimately surpassing the total lifetime value of any competitive offerings. Finout stood out for its exceptional granularity, offering insights into cost drivers at a level of detail Tenable had not experienced before. This advanced visibility far exceeded basic cluster billing solutions, allowing Tenable to pinpoint cost inefficiencies with precision and hold internal development teams accountable for cloud resource usage.

Tenable's success story with Finout highlights the transformative impact of strategic partnerships in optimizing cloud resource management and driving cost efficiency. By leveraging Finout's innovative solution, Tenable has enhanced its cloud cost efficiency and set a new standard for resource optimization in dynamic Kubernetes environments. This partnership exemplifies how organizations can harness the power of DevFinOps to drive innovation, efficiency, and success in the digital age.

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Tony DiPeitro, Technical Director for the Defense Critical Infrastructure Division with the NSA shares the challenge of operational technology being geographically disbursed, and as flexible as their cloud counterparts.

Brandon Tarr, Vulnerability Analyst for CISA takes us through the five-phase method that helps seek out weak points.

Mr. DiPietro received his Bachelor of Arts degree in from Villanova University and attained his Master of Science in Information Technology from University of Maryland Global Campus. Mr. DiPietro maintains multiple professional certifications including Project Management Professional (PMP), Global Industrial Cyber Security Professional (GICSP), and CISSP.

Josh BrodbentJosh BrodbentRVP, Public Sector Solutions EngineeringJosh has more than 20 years in IT experience and has architected identity and privilege access management solutions for over 3 million user accounts. He joined BeyondTrust in 2018 as a Senior Solutions Engineer and was quickly selected to lead the team. Prior to BeyondTrust, he was a senior Solutions architect for Quest Software. He began his career by founding a managed service provider (MSP) at 12. He held multiple industry certifications by 14, making him the youngest in the nation to do so. That MSP went on to become successful, and ultimately his launching point into Public Sector architecture and support.

Marty EdwardsMarty EdwardsVice President, Operational Technology SecurityMarty Edwards is a globally recognized Operational Technology (OT) and Industrial Control System (ICS) cybersecurity expert who collaborates with industry, government and academia to raise awareness of the growing security risks impacting critical infrastructure and the need to take steps to mitigate them.

As Vice President of Operational Technology Security at Tenable, Edwards works with government and industry leaders throughout the world to broaden understanding and implementation of people, process and technology solutions to reduce their overall cyber risk.

Jane brings a lifetime career in media and government to her role. She has held senior roles at the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As a consultant and public relations lead, she worked to execute priority issues for two powerhouse government contracting firms creating successful communications strategies for issues like, technology modernization, AI, data analytics, cybersecurity, customer experience, human centered design, health and economic policy, the government workforce and employee engagement.

Spotting vulnerabilities is a major part of this challenge. According to the SANS 2020 IT Cybersecurity Spending report, the leading drivers of cybersecurity spending are regulatory compliance (69.4%) and reducing incidents and breaches (59.1%). This proves too many companies are still taking a reactive, rather than a proactive, approach to security, often waiting until only after a serious breach has occurred to invest. With one 2019 estimate putting the average cost of a breach at $3.92M worldwide, this is a headache worth avoiding if you can, not to mention the operational hassle and impact on your reputation.

JetPatch works hand in hand with all of the abovementioned products and can seamlessly integrate with your chosen tool to help you close the cyber gaps by providing an intelligent, end-to-end automated, workflow across your different IT environments.

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There's a lot stacked against security teams working hard to keep their organizations safe. Notably, business-technology environments are growing in complexity, such as those brought on by digital transformation, including increased data, endpoints, regulatory demands, and more determined threat actors. Finding and keeping the skills necessary to run an effective cybersecurity program is also challenging.

Another challenge security teams face is consolidating the number of security vendors they must manage. The typical midsized organization may have 60 security tools, while enterprises can have over 100.

"Many organizations have too many security tools in use, and whether they are getting value from them all is debatable," says Michael Farnum, advisory CISO at technology services provider Trace3. Farnum stressed, when it comes to security tooling, less can often be more if it means increased focus on the security work that matters in reducing the most risk.

It's not just security teams taking measures to consolidate or get more done with existing tools. Collaboration among cybersecurity vendors also consolidates capabilities. Such collaboration is essential for finding cybersecurity intelligence, information sharing across industries, and improving security defenses.

The Sophos and Tenable partnership aims to help organizations attain a more comprehensive view of their externally facing attack surface and make the identified exposures more manageable. The current digital transformation trends put more data to use, and the need to amplify existing security staff capabilities will continue to drive demand for external attack surface management, threat intelligence, and incident response services.

The collaboration reveals organizations' demands for more actionable intelligence and vulnerability information. Today, it's not enough to know that certain threat actors employ specific attack techniques or that software is at risk due to vulnerabilities. When securing organizations, these data points must be unified by their context and actual level of risk created. This is the only way organizations can know what vulnerabilities attackers are actively targeting within their organization. Unifying threat intelligence and vulnerability management will help organizations more proactively spot vulnerabilities, provide a more comprehensive understanding of the risks in their environment, and even decrease response times to exploited vulnerabilities.

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