Fixing the Internet One Digital Ecosystem at a Time

Note: This article was initially published in ExchangeWire on May 10, 2018.

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Over the past 14 years, The Media Trust has focused on one audacious goal: to fix the internet. The company has continuously monitored the internet for malvertising, creative quality, data leakage, and other compliance issues on behalf of organisations seeking to protect and monetise their mobile apps and websites. In this piece, ExchangeWire speaks with The Media Trust CEO Chris Olson; CRO Alex Calic; and European General Manager Matt O’Neill.

How The Media Trust delivers on its promise has evolved and expanded in scope over the years. The company’s products have noticeably shifted in approach from a reactive detect-and-notify to a pre-emptive identify-evaluate-notify-and-resolve. Olson and CTO Dave Crane started The Media Trust to meet publishers’ emergent need for a systematic way to verify whether an online ad published according to the contract with the ad buyer: on the right page location, to the right audience, at the right time. Next, they pioneered malware scanning and spawned services for malware prevention, creative QA, and data protection. Today, the company helps their clients address the three dimensions of digital risks – security, privacy, and quality – from a single platform known as ‘Digital Vendor Risk Management’. “We work with most of the largest publishers, advertising exchanges, demand side platforms (DSPs), brands, and e-commerce companies”, explains Olson.

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5 Reasons to Swing by The Media Trust Booth at RSA 2018

While it might be the biggest cybersecurity event of the year, RSA 2018 can be overwhelming. The crowds, lectures, sparkly gadgets, and more can confuse the senses and make you forget about your top security priorities. Don’t worry, The Media Trust is there to answer your questions about digital security and compliance. No matter what your industry (banking, ecommerce, media, government, hospitality, etc.), your corporate mobile apps and websites have the potential to be your greatest business assets or largest source of security, revenue, and reputational risks. Learn how we close the gaps in your security and compliance posture that traditional web appsec tools don’t.

Here are five reasons to swing by our booth next week:

1. Identify and Remedy your Digital Shadow IT
   Many industry experts will caution you against shadow IT, only a handful will tell you where to look for it. We not only expose the shadow IT on your enterprise mobile apps and websites but also detect concealed threats like malicious code injection, unauthorized data collection, latency issues, as well as help remediate these issues via our Digital Vendor Risk Management platform.

2. GDPR Compliance – we walk the talk
Your mobile apps and websites are out of control – no, this isn’t a hyperbolic statement. With third parties contributing anywhere between 50-75% (sometimes as high as 95%) of your code base, controlling data collection activity that violates the GDPR directive isn’t straightforward. Speak to us about how to regain control of your digital assets.

Catch our session, GDPR Compliance–You forgot your digital environment, on Thursday, April 19, between 1:45 pm – 2:30 pm at Moscone West 2018. Session ID: GRC-R12.

3. Attack intel (not the just threat intel)
Our Malware Attack Data enables you to block active attacks targeting your endpoints through frequently whitelisted, premium websites – news, travel, social networks, and more. Let’s talk about how our attack data can augment your AVs, firewalls, web filters, and blocking solutions.

4. Free website audits
Want a sneak peek into your mobile app and website shadow IT? Get a free website audit and discover the surprising number of domains and cookies (including user identifying cookies) operating outside the perimeter of your IT and security tools

5. Coffee, martinis, and comfy couches
If you don’t want to talk security and compliance, and are just curious about The Media Trust or are badly in need of caffeine, drop by and say hi! Here are our Coffee and Martini Bar hours – 
Coffee Bar: 10:00 am – 1:00 pm, April 17-18, 2018
Martini Bar: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm, April 18, 2018

We’ll be there at Booth #2507, South Hall, Moscone Convention Center, San Francisco. Enter the South Hall, turn right, and follow the inquisitive masses.