Nicko Van Someren

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Nicko Van Someren

Nicko Van Someren

Nicko serves as Absolute’s Chief Technology Officer where he oversees the direction and strategic vision of Absolute’s product architecture and security roadmap. He has more than two decades of experience leading, developing and bringing to market disruptive security technologies. 

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Nicko Van Someren

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Open laptop—illustrating remote work and endpoint security.
Expert Insights

The Best Laid Plans of Mice and Men Often Go Awry: A Look at High Profile Data Breaches

There has been plenty of hindsight-biased conclusions about how, if Okta got breached, they must have been doing something wrong. What there hasn’t really been a lot of is discussion about what, if anything, might have been done to prevent or mitigate such an attack.
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AI workspace with ChatGPT—focusing on artificial intelligence in cybersecurity.
Expert Insights

The Accelerating Pace of Cyber Threats: A Historical Perspective

The rate of technology development has been accelerating for as long as technology has existed; there’s no reason why it should stop any time soon and there’s no reason why attack tools shouldn’t follow the same trend. To get an appreciation of how technological development has accelerated, Absolute CTO Nicko van Someren takes a look at the timelines.
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Products & Solutions

The Pressing Need for Self-Healing Apps and Network Resilience

Unlock the power of self-healing apps for enhanced security, reducing vulnerabilities and downtime while boosting cyber resilience across endpoints.
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