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In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity, organizations face a constant struggle: how to best allocate limited resources to maximize their defensive posture. No one has enough budget, personnel, or tools to defend against every conceivable…
Thanks again Topmate for putting me on a billboard in New York Times Square! I have enjoyed using the Topmate platform to mentor and provide 1:1 guidance for:- Cybersecurity Product/Service evaluation- Cybersecurity leadership questions- Career…
My article on Help Net Security highlighting how the banking industry is leveraging their powerful lobbying groups to try and undermine the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission 4-day cybersecurity reporting rule, which has been in place for over…
Banking industry lobbyists are pressuring the SEC to gut the four-day breach disclosure rule — an essential safeguard for shareholders and potential victims. Their arguments are misleading, self-serving, and designed to protect profits over public…
Russia is one of the most aggressive nations when it comes to state coordinated cyberattacks — and Ukraine has been at the center of their crosshairs for 3 years. This report, provided the State Service of Special Communications and Information…
As cryptocurrency becomes more popular and the adoption rises, we see a related increase in the number of cybercrimes, fraud, and malware schemes. Criminals like to hunt and plunder where there is money! If you hold cryptocurrency or are using Web3…
Another big healthcare sector data breach, impacting 480 thousand Catholic Health patients. Their 3rd party vendor Serviceaide is the root cause of this exposure.This is the latest in many healthcare data breaches this year! Year-to-Date we are at a…
Very excited to share that I’m now offering cyber security leadership coaching!With over 35 years of experience, I have become an outspoken advocate, mentor, and respected authority in the field of cybersecurity.I can work with you on…✅…
This is how you handle cybercrime digital extortion! Coinbase was compromised by trusted 3rd party partners, which exposed customer data — but customer keys to their assets were still safe. The cyber criminals then attempted to extort $20 million…
Compromising the hardware layer, especially the CPU, is the Holy Grail of cyberattacks. Recent work by Christiaan Beek, a leading cybersecurity researcher at Rapid7, into developing a ransomware proof-of-concept that infects at the hardware layer,…
There are many cybersecurity and privacy risks to consider, both from the user and the enterprise, when it comes to Microsoft's new OneDrive feature that will connect their personal OneDrive with their work device! LinkedIn:…
Many don’t realize that cyberattacks against Critical Infrastructure sectors, can cause more than an inconvenience of a temporary power outage. Critical Infrastructures are a favorite of aggressive Nation State cyber threats. In addition to…
Join me on Thursday May 1st, 11am PT as a guest with Defendify on a live webinar where I’ll discuss practical cybersecurity leadership for IT teams!Communicating cyber risk in business terms to secure support and resourcesImportance of planning and…
Something happened this weekend — starting on Monday my cellphone has been lighting up with unknown callers — a 30x increase! I rarely give out the number so I assume one of the following:1. Ended up on a cybercriminal call-list because of a Data…
