Robert Herjavec

The Wall Street Journal: Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec Says Complexity Will Drive More Specialization in Security

The Wall Street Journal: Shark Tank’s Robert Herjavec Says Complexity Will Drive More Specialization in Security

Herjavec Group founder sees growth in managed security services, identity and access management Robert Herjavec, founder of IT security firm Herjavec Group and a star on the angel investment reality show “Shark Tank,” says security workers will become increasingly specialized as technologies tied to sub-fields such as identity and access management become more complex. “The level of complexity is increasing and becoming... Read More
June 1, 2018
Cybersecurity CEO: Who Has Your CEO’s Login ID and Password?

Cybersecurity CEO: Who Has Your CEO’s Login ID and Password?

Privileged Account Management (PAM): what you should be thinking about Los Angeles, Calif. – May 23, 2018 I recently spoke at the FS-ISAC conference and it became clear that even in the financial services space, safeguarding user identities and managing access permissions across the enterprise is one of the biggest challenges faced by CISOs! Last year, Herjavec Group contributed to... Read More
May 24, 2018
BetaKit: Cybersecurity Experts Tackle Privacy Protection Ahead of Control Conference

BetaKit: Cybersecurity Experts Tackle Privacy Protection Ahead of Control Conference

Over the last several years, many Canadian researchers and news outlets have commented on the rise of political propaganda bots on social media platforms. There are reports of Twitter bot usage in Quebec politics as early as 2012, and yet it seems these trends continue unabated without any meaningful regulation. Reasonable calls for a digital campaigning code of conduct seem... Read More
May 1, 2018
Dark Reading: 12 Trends Shaping Identity Management

Dark Reading: 12 Trends Shaping Identity Management

In 2018, Identity and Access Management (IAM) has garnered a crucial role in ensuring organizations have strong cybersecurity practices. From mitigating insider threats to establishing proper cyber hygiene, the importance of IAM can no longer be questioned. Our Founder & CEO, Robert Herjavec, believes that "Identity is its own solar system ... it's own galaxy". Enterprises are faced with challenges... Read More
April 30, 2018
Cybersecurity CEO: Manufacturing Is The New Healthcare in 2018

Cybersecurity CEO: Manufacturing Is The New Healthcare in 2018

Aside from financial gain, hackers are also targeting the manufacturing sector for the intellectual property Los Angeles, Calif. – Apr. 16, 2018 The healthcare industry has had a bullseye on its back for the past two years. The media has splashed headlines about antiquated systems, ransomware attacks and even Grey’s Anatomy dedicated an episode to a hacker taking over the... Read More
April 17, 2018
Robert Herjavec Highlights the Importance of a Federal Data Privacy Law after the Facebook Data Breach

Robert Herjavec Highlights the Importance of a Federal Data Privacy Law after the Facebook Data Breach

Following the discovery that the private data of 87 million Facebook users was accessed by data mining company, Cambridge Analytica, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testified in front of Congress, discussing everything from data privacy to Facebook’s business model. This event has spurred significant conversations about data security, privacy and how aggressively corporations need to protect and control consumer data. Herjavec... Read More
April 16, 2018
CNBC: Facebook Fallout

CNBC: Facebook Fallout

Following the recent controversy of Facebook's data scandal linked to Cambridge Analytica, our CEO & Founder, Robert Herjavec, spoke to CNBC about social media privacy concerns and why it's time for the federal government to step in to regulate the private data of its citizens from private corporations.  "If the government truly wants to protect us, it needs to put constraints... Read More
Forbes: Mr. Zuckerberg Goes To Washington: The Climb Up To Capitol Hill

Forbes: Mr. Zuckerberg Goes To Washington: The Climb Up To Capitol Hill

If the public has learned anything about Mr. Zuckerberg's trip to Washington, it's about how brutally honest the committees have been in their critique of Facebook’s global mistake, costing 87 million users their privacy. While Facebook is definitely to blame when it comes to the poor handling of its users data, it became very clear throughout Tuesday and Wednesday's hearings, that there is... Read More
April 12, 2018
Mediaplanet: How to Protect Against Today’s Feeding Frenzy of Cyber Attackers

Mediaplanet: How to Protect Against Today’s Feeding Frenzy of Cyber Attackers

With a keen ability to interpret industry trends and understand enterprise security demands, Robert Herjavec, Founder and CEO of Herjavec Group and Investor on ABC's Shark Tank, shares his expertise on how Canadian enterprises can secure their organizational data in today’s changing digital environment. Mediaplanet: What kind of changes have you seen in Canadian organizations and their outlook on data... Read More
March 22, 2018