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Cybersecurity CEO: Ransomware Attacks On Hospitals Predicted To Increase 5X By 2021

Cybersecurity CEO: Ransomware Attacks On Hospitals Predicted To Increase 5X By 2021

Healthcare CIOs face an increasingly hostile cyberscape. Los Angeles, Calif. – Nov. 21, 2018 In April’s Cybersecurity CEO column, I explained that manufacturing is the new healthcare. The industry has been under constant attack - from malware like Cryptolocker doing real damage, to insider threat on the rise, to the lack of security controls around interconnected IoT and OT environments... Read More
November 21, 2018
Defend against Cloud-Based Data Theft with Identity Access Management (IAM)

Defend against Cloud-Based Data Theft with Identity Access Management (IAM)

Contributed by Lewie Dunsworth, CISSP, CISO, & SVP of Herjavec Group Phishing attacks will soon become ‘so last year’ in comparison to cloud-based data theft. Whether you, as a business, have begun to leverage SaaS-based cloud applications or have started the arduous task of migrating your entire data center, leveraging IaaS solutions, the cloud has become a greater target for... Read More
October 18, 2018
It Takes a Cyber Savvy Village to Raise…Well, a “Cyber Savvy Village”

It Takes a Cyber Savvy Village to Raise…Well, a “Cyber Savvy Village”

Contributed by Herjavec Group Senior Security Consultant, David Mundhenk The theme for week 3 of Cybersecurity Awareness Month is ‘It’s Everyone’s Job to Ensure Online Safety at Work’. However, I firmly believe that ensuring online safety at work often starts in the home. With Halloween just around the corner, it’s a great time to remind ourselves that there are scary... Read More
October 17, 2018
Cybersecurity CEO: The World Will Need to Cyber Protect 100X More Cloud Data by 2021

Cybersecurity CEO: The World Will Need to Cyber Protect 100X More Cloud Data by 2021

Secure private and public clouds will wipe out traditional data centers over the next 3-4 years. Los Angeles, Calif. – Oct. 16, 2018 The degree of difficulty in protecting businesses from cyber attacks grows in proportion to a number of factors. Emerging threat actors, the prominence of interconnected devices and the most critical in my opinion – the VAST amount... Read More
Herjavec Group Cybersecurity Cast: Ensuring Online Safety at Work

Herjavec Group Cybersecurity Cast: Ensuring Online Safety at Work

Herjavec Group has launched its very own podcast, The Cybersecurity Cast! Produced by Herjavec Group, The Cybersecurity Cast features discussions on the latest news, trends, vulnerabilities, and exploits in the cybersecurity space. Topics include healthcare, ransomware, identity and access management, and more. Episode 9: Ensuring Online Safety at Work In 2003, the Department of Homeland Security began a collaborative effort... Read More
October 16, 2018
Cybersecurity Risks In the Age of Smart Manufacturing

Cybersecurity Risks In the Age of Smart Manufacturing

In the March edition of Cybersecurity CEO, Herjavec Group Founder & CEO, Robert Herjavec, predicted that manufacturing is the new healthcare. Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting the manufacturing and supply chain industries since malware like Cryptolocker have proven to do real damage historically and upwards of 40% of manufacturing security professionals don’t have a formal security strategy. Typically, organizations in... Read More
October 3, 2018
Cybersecurity CEO: NCSAM 2018 – C-Suite And Boardroom Executives Should Spread The Word

Cybersecurity CEO: NCSAM 2018 – C-Suite And Boardroom Executives Should Spread The Word

Herjavec Group is proud to be a National Cybersecurity Awareness Month Champion Los Angeles, Calif. – Sep. 17, 2018 I remember the first time the President of the United States called a presidential address on cybersecurity – May 2009. This represented a monumental shift for our industry as the world stopped to recognize the evolving threat landscape and the likelihood... Read More
September 17, 2018
Cybersecurity CEO: Let’s Get Young People Excited About Fighting Cybercrime

Cybersecurity CEO: Let’s Get Young People Excited About Fighting Cybercrime

Podcast interview with Cybersecurity Ventures in Morristown, N.J. Los Angeles, Calif. – Aug. 16, 2018 Cybersecurity Ventures predicts that there will be 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs by 2021, up from 1 million in 2014. Clearly, this is a huge challenge and we all need to come together to find a solution. We have to make cybersecurity an attractive professional pursuit... Read More
August 22, 2018
Mediaplanet: Fighting Corporate Cyber-Attacks Takes Strategy

Mediaplanet: Fighting Corporate Cyber-Attacks Takes Strategy

Cyber-attacks have become a major threat to companies around the globe. To avoid them, businesses must stay on top of key security procedures. As head of the Herjavec Group, a leading cybersecurity firm, Robert Herjavec offers his expertise on the steps companies must take to stay protected. As the industry has changed since Herjavec Group began, do you believe that... Read More
June 29, 2018
PCI DSS 3.2.1: What Your Business Needs To Know

PCI DSS 3.2.1: What Your Business Needs To Know

Herjavec Group Contributor: David Mundhenk, CISSP, PCI QSA, PCIP The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a worldwide standard, published and maintained by the PCI Security Standards Council (SSC). It is endorsed and enforced by all major credit card brands and their approved acquirers, and is intended to protect cardholder data wherever it is processed, stored, or... Read More