Not Ocean’s 14: Casinos are also an e-Target By Charles Parker II Casinos are no different than an accounting firm, hospital, or manufacturer in at least one sense when cybersecurity is the common thread. These entities hold data that people want to steal. This data is then sold or otherwise leveraged for their own uses to generate revenue or simply sold. One industry not researched at length has been the casinos. These businesses tend to focus more on the physical security a

Insider Threats: Roots and Remediation Insider Threats: Roots and Remediation Charles Parker, II Nearly half of the federal agencies responding to a survey indicated they have been a target of insider threats. 20% of the respondents noted they had lost data due to this. Insider threats continue to be in the news with varying levels of intensity and depth. This has encapsulated the minor cases up to national, confidential data and information being stolen. In less exciting a

InfoSec Training – Still Pertinent By Charles Parker II In each organization, there are the different areas of vulnerabilities. As with any organization, these can be located with the software, hardware, or staff members in general. With the first two, the infosec team can endeavor to harden the system to an appropriate level. The last item, the staff, provides a large attack surface. It is estimated that approximately 80% of the data leaks are due to staff. With other attack

Hacking Continues to Follow Economic Models By Charles Parker II In economics, there are the basic supply and demand curves. As these move up or down, and left or right, dependent on the circumstances, the price point changes. For instance, as the supply increases, the price decreases. This has been occurring with the price of healthcare or medical records. When the healthcare industry began to be targeted more than others, the attackers saw this as an opportunity to genera

Non-Profits: Methods to Better Their Defensive Posture By Charles Parker II Attackers have not been overly picky as to the selection of targets. The focus continues to be the money and data, specifically sensitive data and intellectual property, which would then be sold on the dark web. This set of vulnerabilities leading to issues is due to several reasons including, but not limited to the lack of adequate security. This lack of security is not due to the non-profit intentio

Convenience does not overrule common-sense and industry standards By Charles Parker, II In IT, convenience has taken much more of a focus as of late. Businesses don’t upgrade or update for a number of reasons. The user’s requests or “requirements” are being used as an example and may state this is needed for their respective role, regardless of how many times the subject matter is used per month or quarter. At best, the rationale for these tends to be shallow and not well t