by Anastasios Arampatzis Cyberattacks in the Healthcare Industry are Increasing The use of technology in the healthcare sector can be both life-saving and life-threatening. Advancements in technology, like 3D printing, virtual reality, robotics, and Internet of Medical Things (IoMT), improve the ability of healthcare organizations to provide better care for their patients. At the same time, criminals leverage this new technology to execute their malevolent causes by either stealing protected health information (PHI) and other sensitive data or disrupting the operation of healthcare providers. The recent COVID-19 pandemic serves as a good example of the attack vectors criminals are using. Taking advantage of the people’s increased need for timely and accurate information about the pandemic, cybercriminals launched an unprecedented campaign

A Playing Field Without Any Boundaries Have you ever been assigned the task of asset security in an organization? At first glance, asset security seems pretty simple, almost boring. After all, what’s the big deal tracking some laptops and mobile phones. However, once you dive into the details of what an asset is, you may quickly find yourself with the feeling that the entire earth has become overtaken by quicksand. The asset security responsibilities of an information security professional can be so vast, as to leave one feeling that they have no firm footing. Assets are anything that imparts value to an organization. Such a broad definition would place assets everywhere, both inside and outside of any company, and depending

By David Bisson All IT professionals who want a lucrative career should consider expanding their skill set to include security. Now is an opportune time to do so, because security is continuing to grow in importance for businesses and organizations. As noted in “Why Add Security to Your Skill Set and How to Do It,” about 44% of corporate boards participate in their organization’s digital security strategy. An even greater proportion (58%) receive security briefings on at least a quarterly basis. Boards are paying greater attention to security so that they can help keep their organizations out of the headlines. Even so, the skills gap is making it difficult for organizations to hire and retain qualified digital security talent, thus

We’re sure you have heard this before: the rate of technological change is accelerating. It is unpredictable and unprecedented. As the World Economic Forum acknowledges, the fourth industrial revolution brings “developments in previously disjointed fields such as artificial intelligence and machine learning, robotics, nanotechnology, 3D printing and genetics and biotechnology [that] are all building on and amplifying one another.” This unprecedented disruption of society by technology introduces many changes in the workforce as well. In the words of the World Economic Forum “more than a third of the desired core skill sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial to the job today.” The key to surviving and exceling the digital future of

One weak link in a chain is all that’s needed to topple a cyberdefense. Sometimes this comes down to an errant line of code in a hastily developed API, inadequate penetration testing, or old, unpatched, exploitable code hidden deep within a legacy system. But more often than not, it’s because of the actions of an individual – a single person who clicks on a malware payload within a phishing email, or who allows someone to physically access a workplace unchallenged, or whose work-from-home office features a Wi-Fi router that was never properly secured. Effective cybersecurity demands a zero trust platform. Based on the whitepaper entitled Proactive Cybersecurity Beyond COVID-19: Understanding the Technical and Human Challenges in an Interconnected World, this