As we near the end of one year of living with COVID-19, the pandemic is creating new U.S. daily records for infections, hospitalizations and deaths. "The whole country is on fire," says pandemic expert Regina Phelps.
Philip Reitinger has held senior cybersecurity leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. He's seen big breaches. And he says what he sees so far in the SolarWinds attack may be just the "tip of the iceberg" in terms of government and business entities that have been compromised.
To improve compliance efforts, organizations can turn to a number of technologies, including data analytics. Two experts share their views on making the most of automation and integration tools.
Security teams must explain to business leaders how customer identity and access management can help with customer retention, says cybercrime and fraud expert Lenny Gusel.
He was the first U.S. federal CISO, and before that he was an Air Force general. So when Gregory Touhill reacts to the coordinated supply chain attack on SolarWinds, he does so in military terms. His message to the global cybersecurity community: "Shields up."
The supply chain attack targeting SolarWinds was planned for months and intensified since the November election, says Tom Kellermann, head of cybersecurity strategy for VMware Carbon Black. "Unprecedented" is how he describes the scale of the attack and level of sophistication.
How could technology now in development potentially help fight against money laundering schemes that leverage the cryptocurrency Monero, which cybercriminals value for its privacy attributes? David Jevans of CipherTrace describes efforts to earn patents on fraud-fighting tech.
Fraud explodes in tough times, and do times come any tougher than they have with COVID-19? In this latest Cybersecurity Leadership panel, CEOs and CISOs describe their efforts to spot and stop emerging fraud schemes involving synthetic IDs, social engineering and greater insider risks.
Knowing your customer has become of more a challenge in a world where in-person interaction has become scarce. Andrew Bud of iProov discusses how identity proofing is evolving to meet the challenge.
E-commerce has skyrocketed in 2020, but so have transaction disputes. Ryan Battles of EY explains the cause, the impact, as well as how merchants can reduce incidents of this so-called "friendly" fraud.
Detecting "deepfake" images used by fraudsters is challenging, says Gartner Research analyst Avivah Litan, who describes key steps in the detection effort.
Social media poses special risks for minors. Data scientist David Stier, who has discovered leaks of minors' personally identifiable information on Instagram, shares insights on how social media companies should better protect PII.
Security education for employees is worthless unless it's highly targeted, says Angela Sasse, a professor of human-centered security at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany, who offers tips.
Citi, Equifax, Capital One - the list of financial institutions that have suffered high-profile cyber incidents is long, and the penalties they've incurred have been steep. To Scott Kannry, CEO of Axio, it all comes down to cyber risk - and he has new ideas for redefining it.
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