Hackers Hold Hollywood Healthcare Hostage Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center paid a $17,000 ransom in bitcoin to hackers who seized control of the hospital’s computer systems holding them a healthcare hostage. The cyber assault on Hollywood Presbyterian occurred Feb. 5, 2016, when hackers using malware infected the institution’s computers, preventing hospital staff from being able to… Read More
Human Nature – The Proverbial Thorn in the CISO’s Keaster!
While pondering the recent Target and Neiman Marcus breaches and many of those that have come before, I cannot help myself but to look for common denominators. If you compare these companies to your house, there are doors and windows that allow movement into and out of those houses. If you open a window and it… Read More
The Inmates are Running the Asylum: Why Cyber-criminals are Winning.
I could tell you about the most recent incidents of cyber threats in the news, but with the explosion of cyber threats there would be little value in citing just a couple of cases. The shocking reality is that there have been literally thousands of actual breaches that have NOT been reported to law enforcement in just… Read More
Symbiotic Mutualism: A BYOD Love Story
The mass proliferation of consumer computing devices is in full force with only escalation on the horizon before us and any technologist who thinks that they can stop it or officially banish it from their little kingdoms should think again. Those troglodytes will only lead a frustrating existence in a world where resistance is truly… Read More
Weekly Digest for March 11th
mdpeters New blog post: Weekly Digest for March 5th https://michaelpeters.org/?p=1324 [obDADkenobi]. mdpeters New blog post: Juris Doctor 77 of 215 https://michaelpeters.org/?p=1329 [obDADkenobi]. mdpeters posted Risk management. mdpeters posted It-governance. mdpeters posted 3 items. Risk management Risk Assessment and Treatment: Risk management