By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Changeup Information Sharing
May 6th, 2013
We were talking with the CIO of a major healthcare company the other day who told us that his day had gone sideways because of the re-emergence of the ChangeUp worm / Trojan. This was news to me. I mean, yes, I’m a little behind in my reading, but I’d not heard much about ChangeUp [...]
New School Cyber Crooks Using Old School Malware Tricks
April 29th, 2013
You can teach old crooks new tricks, but many cyber criminals are discovering that the old tricks are working just fine. Indeed, recent security headlines feature old school malware attacks, like the MiniDuke. And old school botnets with creative new names are bum rushing the Internet. At the same time, reflective memory injection (RMI) attacks, which blend [...]
CISPA, FISMA Passed the House. Now What?
April 24th, 2013
CISPA, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, passed the US House of Representatives late last week and will move to the Senate for further debate. If this rings a bell, it should. Last summer, CISPA passed the House before stalling in the face of a Senate filibuster. Of course, it was not the only [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Is Education Key to Closing the Door on Hackers?
April 11th, 2013
I read with interest an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times the other day by Marc Maiffret (founder and CTO of BeyondTrust) entitled “Closing the Door on Hackers.” [By the way, as I’ve mentioned before, it’s interesting to see cybersecurity in the mainstream news, which seems to be happening more and more these days.] [...]
Are Journalists Sitting Ducks?
March 26th, 2013
Remember Mat Honan – a Wired reporter that covers consumer electronics? He had his entire digital life erased last summer. His Google account was deleted, his Twitter taken over, his iPhone, iPad and MacBook erased. How about the New York Times hack? Chinese hackers allegedly broke into the paper’s systems, stole passwords and watched reporters, [...]
Consolidated Data Centers Will Create More Risk in 2013
December 12th, 2012
I began my series of 2013 predictions with the obvious – malware will march on. I also think the rush to cash in on savings promised by moving from physical server realms to virtual environments (by both IT departments and security vendors) created unfortunate shortcuts and therefore it is an area ripe with risk. For [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Data Security on Corporate Radar – But Is That Enough?
August 28th, 2012
The latest (12th annual) Legal Study Report by The Corporate Board Member / FTI Consulting entitled Legal Risks on the Radar came out in late-July and spawned an interesting headline take-away, which I’ll put this way: Data Security Ranks No. 1 on Corporate America’s List of Concerns. To quote from the report itself: [I]ncreasingly, corporate [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Uncle Sam Has Yet Another Data Protection Bill
June 25th, 2012
The latest attempt at creating a US Federal data protection / data breach notification law was recently introduced in the Senate. The “Data Security and Breach Notification Act of 2012” (S.3333) was submitted by Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) with the support of Sens. Olympia Snowe (R-ME), Jim DeMint (R-SC), Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Dean Heller [...]
By: Chris Merritt - Dir. Solutions Marketing
Vermont Updates Data Breach Notification Laws
June 13th, 2012
Updates to the Vermont Data Protection and Breach Notification laws came into effect in May 2012. As readers of my posts know (yo G!), although I seem to play one in this blog, IANAL. With that said, since these laws seem to cover any business in the US and beyond, you should take a quick [...]
Chances are Someone is Trying to Steal Your Organization’s Information
March 29th, 2012
Chances are someone is trying to steal your organization’s information. Instead of expending all your effort in defensive posture controls, there are ways to actively seek out and disrupt attempts to steal your organization’s information. This is called counter intelligence and the exploits of the good old cold warrior, George Smiley, should be your hero. [...]
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