Why are we so Slow to Detect Data Breaches?: http://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/why-are-we-so-slow-to-detect-data-breaches/d/d-id/1139970? I like this quote: {“The longer it takes to respond, the more firmly rooted the attacker will become, and more difficult and costly it will be to find and remove all of their implants,” says James Phillippe, leader of threat and vulnerability services for the … Read more
The story at Quartz.com: http://qz.com/356274/cybersecurity-breaches-hurt-consumers-companies-not-so-much/ The reason is that the retailer themselves are not fully liable, since the financial institutions that issued the credit and debit cards had to reissue the cards hackers are out there. And of course Sony: “The now infamous Sony breach supposedly perpetrated by North Korea at the end of … Read more
Bloomberg Market Makers morning Cyber roundup: Bloomberg market makers had the FBI agent for NY (Leo) on just a little while ago. “It is best to not depend on perimeter security (such as only a firewall) Best to detect and react, We can help you call us” Also the CEO of Palo Alto Networks … Read more
Do I really need to list the last year’s events? Sony was a class on its own Hacked and data exfiltrated, and then deleted, who did it does not really matter. HomeDepot and Target started with a breakdown (HomeDepot and Target malware) and escalated to millions of CC# breaches. Anthem was a failure http://krebsonsecurity.com/2015/02/anthem-breach-may-have-started-in-april-2014/ and Deep Panda … Read more
How can we most efficiently solve a labor shortage in Cybersecurity? We can’t hire robots(Lely Vector) like in Dairy farms: Where automation replaced jobs that were not being filled by mostly immigrant labor(80%). Don’t get me wrong we should automate as much as possible, since that will help with our IT security positions. Definitely use … Read more
