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It’s been a boom time for social engineering. Pandemic panic, desperation as income concerns grew, and worry over health and wellness made it easier for criminals to tap into fear.
Social engineering, of course, means attacking the user rather than the computing system itself, trying to extract information or incite an action that will lead to compromise. It s as old as lying, with a new name for the computing age and that s a perfect metaphor for how social engineering tactics evolve. It s generally the same tricks wrapped up in new packaging and that s exactly what we are seeing,” said Perry Carpenter, chief evangelist and strategy officer at KnowBe4, a security awareness training company.
The panel began by setting out the trends that have pushed data privacy issues to the fore over recent years. These include the growth and fragmentation of data privacy legislation, both in the US and across the world, which has expanded consumer rights, the increased usage of the internet and social media and emergent technologies such as AI and facial recognition. “It’s an incredible time to be in privacy,” noted Jen Mailander, deputy general counsel, data, privacy and cybersecurity, Fannie Mae.
In this landscape, organizations must review their whole data collection process to ensure consumers “own” their privacy, according to Robert Eckman, CISO at Kent State University. “What rights are they giving that data subject as they are collecting it – are they informing them of its legitimate use?” he asked.
CompTIA Introduces New Cybersecurity Advisory Council
Top security executives will offer advice and guidance on staying ahead of cyber threats
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DOWNERS GROVE, Ill., Jan. 15, 2021 /PRNewswire/ CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry, has expanded its leadership in cybersecurity with the formation of a new Cybersecurity Advisory Council.
The council, comprised of 16 experts from a multitude of disciplines and organizations, will provide guidance on how technology companies can address pressing cybersecurity issues and threats and implement new practices and protocols to keep their customers safe.
Combatting threats requires a collaborative effort that brings together expertise from across the cybersecurity spectrum
[author: Jane Anderson]
Security threats to health care entities will continue to escalate in 2021, as bad actors with significant capabilities target pandemic-weary organizations still struggling with a stay-at-home workforce, cybersecurity experts report.
This year’s threats will look familiar: phishing, ransomware and information technology (IT) changes will all play a role, experts told
RPP. However, those threats are evolving to become more sophisticated, making defense against them more difficult even as new tools arrive.
“As artificial intelligence is being rolled out on the defensive side, bad actors have similar tools that allow for a once-complicated task or hack to be as simple as the push of a button,” reported Roger Shindell, founder and CEO of Carosh Compliance Solutions.