Here Come the Cyber Cartels

03/23/21 • 31 min

This week we catch up with Tom Kellermann, Head of Cybersecurity Strategy at VMWare to discuss the explosion in, and growing aggression of, cyber cartels and the differences in attack motives across nation-state attackers and the offer that just can’t be refused by the “untouchables”. We also dive into the little known mission of the U.S. Secret Service and mandate to investigate financial crimes dating back to the Civil War - and the tell signs that cyber financial attacks foreshadow for future government attack vectors. (Learn more by getting a copy of the upcoming "Modern Bank Heists" report.) We also also take a look at the cyber road ahead and moving away from a backward-looking prevention approach to one that is more of a clandestine cyber offense strategy akin to a SuperMax prison that takes an inside-out approach to security, while also considering how to turn the tables on cyber cartels through disinformation strategies. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e125

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Optimism For The Cyber Path Ahead?!

Hacker turned lawyer. Professor. Geologist. Policy influencer. Just a few words to describe this week’s guest Evan Wolff, partner in Crowell & Moring’s D.C. office and Co-Chair for the firm’s Privacy and Cybersecurity Group. After a career spent in cyber risk management and helping organizations through more than 1,000 breaches, Evan shares why he is optimistic for the cyber path ahead as well as insights around collective defense, re-victimization of companies after a breach, the new administration’s cyber focus, recent discussions on reporting and notification, efficiencies of a national data breach law, and the criticality of incident response plans. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e124

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The next two weeks we catch up with SC Media Editor-in-Chief Jill Aitoro for a two-part discussion on the latest hot cybersecurity news drivers such as the continuing Microsoft Exchange hacker feeding frenzy and continuing discoveries from the SolarWinds supply chain attack. Both of which raise more questions than answers in how we collectively solve for these security challenges including pathways such as legal requirements for notifications, who do you notify and who is notified first, security ratings systems for software suppliers and businesses and managing such a system on a global scale across organizations small and large. We also explore the role of superadmins and where the line of offensive strategies against nation-state attackers should be drawn for enterprises. And in celebration of March 2021 as Women’s History Month, we discuss the path forward for enabling future female business leaders in security and the power of mentoring and advocacy for the up and coming generation of diverse leaders and thinkers across the industry to solve what is admittedly one of the most significant challenges of the modern era – cybersecurity. For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e126