Healthcare Insider Crime Cases Spotlight Challenges
Three recent criminal cases involving hospital insiders who allegedly committed a variety of fraud, identity theft or egregious privacy violations that victimized
Healthcare Hacks Face Critical Condition
It's not just SSNs and credit cards -- detailed patient records and full EHR databases are targeted by cybercriminals today.
Austin Bsides March 2016 Cyber Presentation
Dr. Hend Ezzeddinne, Cyber Security Practice Director for Expressworks, gave this talk at Austin Bsides conference in March. Folks there were quick to acknowle…
A Cyber Resilient Culture is the Key to Your Insider Threat Program
Having just attended the insiderthreat Summit last month I was surprised at how much focus was on identifying behavioral characteristics of malicious insider threats. Don’t get me wrong, proactively identifying malicious insiders is a critical part of an Insider Threat Program, but I believe that you also must consider the [...]
Should I Click on that Email?
You may remember the “I Love You” virus which struck back in May 2010. It is estimated that the virus cost us US$5.5- US$8.7 billion in damages worldwide and US$15 billion to remove. You would think that five years later we would have learned to be more cautious, but just [...]
When High-Level Executives Become the Easiest Target of Cyber Attacks
When I speak with IT security professionals, the number one challenge that they face is how to get upper management more involved. How do you motivate them to make cyber security a personal matter? The truth, show them why and how they are the prime target of cyber theft. Executive [...]
On Cyber Security, Technology and Human Behaviors
“This is one piece of the puzzle that we rarely think about.” My colleague and I just finished presenting at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ Security Control Oversight & Update Training (CSCOUT) conference. This might seem an unusual place for a behavioral change management practitioner, but the topic [...]