Unpatched software – the single biggest security risk.

  Lately I have been going through recorded sessions from RSA Conference 2019. Thanks RSA for making these recordings available. This particular session “In the wake of an attack – Thoughts from a seasoned CISO” caught my attention and I listened to its playback. It is around 45 minutes for those of you who are […]

Healthcare is simply not keeping pace with cybersecurity

[Credits: Photo by rawpixel.com from Pexels] With the internet, things are moving at an alarmingly fast pace. This equates to increased attack surface and phenomenal increase in the number of vulnerabilities out there. Industries are trying to keep up. Evidently one industry which is struggling to keep the pace is Healthcare. In the healthcare industry, the […]

Will you be the next Equifax?

United States Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations recently published a report titled “How Equifax neglected cybersecurity and suffered a devastating data breach“. It details out what aspects contributed to the data breach at Equifax and how Equifax’s competitors (TransUnion and Experian) were able to successfully mitigate the threat. The report is around 71 pages long and […]

Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry

If you are in the health care industry, you might be aware of the voluntary cybersecurity guidance issued by Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for health care industry. This guidance is aptly titled “Health Industry Cybersecurity Practices: Managing Threats and Protecting Patients” (aka HICP), as the key to “protecting patients and their data” […]