There’s still time to register for CyberSecure, our virtual conference that will provide you with strategies and practical guidance on breach prevention and incident response. #CyberSecure#TechReviewEvents
It starts tomorrow, Wednesday, and will teach you how to ensure cyber resiliency, holistic risk management, and moving toward a zero-trust future. #CyberSecure#TechReviewEvents
And @KimberlyGrauer on how the paradox of cryptocurrency crime gives defenders unprecedented insight into criminal activity and the latest trends in this space. #CyberSecure#TechReviewEvents
That not only means that countries face a huge logistical challenge to distribute them—which is complicated by the fact the two most promising vaccines require ultra-cold temperatures—but they also have to grapple with hard choices over who gets them first.
Here’s how the US, China, the UK, and other countries are planning to distribute covid-19 vaccines to their populations. technologyreview.com/2020/12/04/101…
For the last session of #CyberSecureMIT, we’re speaking with @JamilFarshchi, Equifax’s CISO who was brought on after its data was breached in 2017. The Equifax hack was one of the biggest thefts of sensitive personal information of all time. technologyreview.com/2020/02/10/349…
“In the security industry today, we don’t have enough data to measure risk," says Farshchi. Most organizations have a dataset of one, which is their company. #CyberSecureMIT
To build a cyber-resilient organization, he says he asks:
-What are the predominant threat factors for any organization?
-What are the core controls that help you to be able to defend and minimize a particular threat?
Bilateral agreements and global accords can be the beginnings of an international counter-strategy to cyberattacks, says Choucri. #CyberSecureMIT#TechReviewEvents
"We’ve seen a 400% increase from 2018 to 2020 in the number of ransomware incidences we have responded to," says @JohnHultquist of @FireEye . "It’s clearly overshadowing other threats right now."
Why? Money.
"Money is just flooding in to these actors," says @JohnHultquist. "It’s clearly very profitable."
In one incident, a ransomware attacker demanded $36 million. From March 2019 to March 2020, another actor increased their ransomware demands 180%. #CyberSecureMIT
At #CyberSecureMIT, we’re speaking with the company’s senior vice president, @HalvorMolland, about this response strategy, which resulted in unprecedented transparency and a distributed workstream that included forensics, communication management, and rebuilding.
.@NorskHydroASA's decision to shut down its information-systems infrastructure happened at a relatively low level, says @HalvorMolland. It was “based on risk analysis and training we had in the past. This was the right decision to take.” #CyberSecureMIT#TechReviewEvents