Cyber Chat Podcast

Threat intelligence covers many different aspects relevant to an organization, including strategic intelligence, operational intelligence, tactical intelligence, digital risk monitoring, and the people and process behind them. Despite being interconnected, they are often viewed individually within organizations, said SurfWatch Labs chief security strategist Adam Meyer. Meyer recently created a mind map to show how those different aspects tie together and should be viewed under one large threat intelligence banner. On this episode of the Cyber Chat, we talk to Adam about the mind map and how it can help organizations better understand threat intelligence. Download the free whitepaper, "Using a Cyber Threat Intelligence Mind Map to Visualize and Improve Your Cybersecurity Program": http://info.surfwatchlabs.com/How-to-Build-CTI-into-Your-Security-Program

In today’s cyber threat environment, many organizations are struggling to determine how to mitigate the array of risks they are facing. But don’t despair, said Andy Jabbour, the co-founder and managing director of Gate 15, there is hope. Andy recently wrote a series of blogs outlining how the Preparedness Cycle, which is often used to prepare for traditional threats, can easily be applied to cyber threats as well. On this episode of the Cyber Chat, we talk to Andy about the preparedness cycle and how organizations can best implement that cycle to reduce their cyber risk. For more on the Preparedness Cycle: https://blog.surfwatchlabs.com/2017/09/06/talking-the-preparedness-cycle-and-reducing-cyber-risk-with-andy-jabbour/

The digital footprints of organizations are expanding. With that expansion comes more avenues of attack for cybercriminals to exploit and more areas of concern for organizations to address. On this episode of the Cyber Chat, SurfWatch Labs chief security strategist Adam Meyer discusses the challenges businesses are currently facing due to their expanding level of presence and how organizations can respond to those new challenges to better manage their cyber risk.

Cyber threat intelligence has become increasingly popular over the past few years, and with that rise comes a variety of questions for organizations around the topic: what types of threat intelligence are available, how can that intelligence can be implemented at different levels of an organization, and most importantly, how can it help to limit the overall cyber risk facing an organization. On this episode of the Cyber Chat, SurfWatch Labs chief security strategist Adam Meyer attempts to answer those questions and shed some light on this growing and evolving field.

Earlier this month, Banner Health announced a data breach affecting 3.7 million individuals. In late June, Banner discovered that intruders may have gained unauthorized access to the computer systems that process payment card data at certain Banner Health food and beverage outlets. Two weeks later Banner discovered that the intruders may have also assessed patient and health insurance records. Now the company is facing several potential class action lawsuits over the incident. On today’s Cyber Chat we talk with Michella Kras, one of the attorneys working on the Banner data breach case filed by Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro. We discuss the specific case, how data breach lawsuits can motivate organizations to improve security, and what companies can do to limit their potential liability.

In late June, ISACA discovered dozens of banks in Ukraine and Russia being impacted by cyber-attacks utilizing the SWIFT messaging system, adding to the growing list of financial institutions that have been targeted in 2016. Cybercriminals are continuing to find new ways to steal massive amounts of money from these organizations. On today’s Cyber Chat we talk once again with Mark Gazit, CEO of ThetaRay, about how financial sector attacks are evolving and what needs to be done to stay ahead of cybercriminals and combat these attacks.