Influencers
Justin Silbert , GCIH , GCFE , CISSP CISO of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ,
Lowering risk by putting response before incident
As individuals , some people are good at improvisation , that is , dealing with things as they come and creating the best outcome for it . But , organizations in the midst of an incident are notoriously terrible at improvising . There is no better example than Equifax , whose initial response was fraught with missteps .
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C . G . J . Putman , Abhishta , Lambert J . M . Nieuwenhuis University of Twente , Enschede , The Netherlands
Business Model of a Botnet
Botnets and malware over the last couple of years have proven to be a serious threat to cybersecurity . A botnet is a network of various computers which can be controlled by attackers . The controller of the network is called the botmaster . It gives commands to the network by making use of various communication channels .
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Rob Beason , CISSP , GSLC , Security + Volunteer work .
Radical idea in ics cybersecurity ?
Many of the ideas in this article are shared by other thought leaders in the industry . The main theme from the article is that due to the inherent flawed design of the Internet , there will be a resulting lack of assurance for industrial control systems connected to it .
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John Dickson Vice President , IT Infrastructure & Cybersecurity at Republic National Distributing Company
Overcoming a False Sense of Security
The internet of things ( IoT ) revolution is helping manufacturers and distributors around the globe work smarter and achieve better outcomes than ever before . Companies now gather data from sensors , video cameras and other devices .
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Mary Beth Marchione
The Marketplace Calls on Entities to Demonstrate Cyber Risk Management
In today ’ s day and age , most companies are faced with the “ when ,” not “ if ” reality of a data breach occurring within their organization . As a response , the AICPA has recently created a framework designed to help businesses demonstrate they have effective risk management practices in place as it relates to cybersecurity – “ System and Organization Controls ( SOC ) for Cybersecurity .”
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Gaylynn
Fassler , MS