Healthcare organizations have an obligation to safeguard electronic protected health information (ePHI), whether it’s due to government mandates or to build trust among patients. If they fail to meet this obligation, the penalties can be steep. Between data loss costs and regulatory fines, healthcare organizations are losing millions from data breaches. A recent study by the Ponemon Institute, reported in 2017 each stolen healthcare record cost the victim organization $380, surpassing the global…
In part three of this series, meet RSAC Ambassador, James Lyne! James is Global Research Advisor at Sophos, and a frequent speaker at RSA Conference. We reached out to James to ask him a few questions as a repeat speaker and attendee, so read on for his thoughts on where to network and how he is prepping for his session and keynote. How many times have you attended RSAC? I have attended RSAC 7…
RSA Conference 2018 USA is approaching and at Blumberg Capital we’ve started discussing what we’re most excited to see. The show floor and breakout sessions are great places to investigate current and upcoming threats and find solutions for them. Of course, many people are interested in the typical security challenges, and while solving them is a requirement for conducting business today, the…
It was about 20 years ago that the Y2K problem had firms scrambling to fix the issue. At its core, it was a rather simple problem to fix. Firms just had to change a 2-digit year field to a 4-digit field. But the devil, as always, was in the details and firms struggled to understand how many applications they had, and where the date fields resided in their massive code base. Many Fortune 500 firms…
One of the biggest obstacles to securing the nation's critical infrastructure components, as well as to securing enterprise environments, is poor coordination. Whether it's the lack of a common vocabulary, a lack of agreement about best practices and recommended methodologies, or simply seeing security through different lenses, it's clear that without a common playbook from which to collaborate, …
In part two of this four-part series, meet RSAC Ambassador, Chester Wisniewski! Chester is Principal Research Scientist at Sophos, and a recent speaker at RSA Conference. We reached out to Chester to ask him a few questions as a past RSAC attendee, so read on for his thoughts on why to attend RSAC, where to eat, and which programs are must-attends: How many times have you attended RSAC? I can't…
As an information security professional, your work is never truly done. A new threat here. An advancing challenge there. All the more reason why you need to stay one step ahead of the cyber-curve. RSA Conference 2018 is here to help you do just that. As the world’s leading cybersecurity event, we bring together professionals from all sides of the field—CISOs to security engineers—to give you the…
In 2016, the IRS paid out nearly $239 million in “suspect tax refunds” and while the organization announced a steep decline in tax-related identity theft last year, fraud is an ongoing issue this time of year. In light of recent data breaches that made U.S. residents’ personal information more vulnerable than usual, it is likely that the number of fraudulent tax returns will increase in 2018. So, …
Although they’ve been on the security radar for years, Botnets have not gone away. Bots lurking on devices are trained to find valuable data like credit cards, logins, or credentials for financial transactions, and quietly exfiltrate them for monetization. Bot malware spreads randomly using software flaws or social engineering and attackers always want to maximize their ROI. Contemporary botnets…
*Warning this post or embedded links may contain spoilers* Note: This is part three of a five-part monthly series to kick off 2018 in which we take a look at characters from the Star Wars saga and how technology, topics, and trends from the cybersecurity world compare to characters and themes from the blockbuster films. We hope you enjoy our blog series in which the Resistance, filled with…
We’ve been listening closely to the recent discussions surrounding the lack of female keynote speakers at RSA Conference, and we want to address it head on. We hear you. We understand. The Conference leadership team is made up of women, like myself, and we’re very much aware of the importance and value of bringing more women’s voices, perspectives and experiences to the forefront of conversations…
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