(Weekend Edition) I was going to start with “Crisis of Confidence” but our executives are not lacking confidence, I think it is a lack of understanding of theNEW reality of the conundrum we are in as far as Cyber Security goes. This article is also in the language of the executives: The LegalIntelligencer Why Cyberrisk … Read more
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
