Every time there is a major crisis I feel like the cybercriminals should cut us a break and yet every time it seems like they double down. You may recall over the years when a major natural disaster, health crisis or social issue dominate the news there are a flood of crisis related phishing campaigns using the topic as a pre-text for launching an attack.
Using popular topics and references is a key way that attackers can increase the probability of getting someone to click on their phishing lure to launch something like a ransomware attack. In this talk will cover some of the ways we can prepare for the next calamity.
• Phishing detection and defense practices
• Techniques for ransomware prevention
• Training your employees to be resistant to Social Engineering techniques
Join us for a discussion on how to prepare both your people and security infrastructure for the next wave of attacks. The cybercriminals are phishing – let’s talk about how to stop your employees from clicking on the bait.
Bios:
· Tony Lauro is Director of Technology & Security Strategy for Akamai Technologies. Over the past seven years Tony has worked with Akamai’s top global clients to provide application security guidance, architectural analysis, web application and adversarial resiliency expertise.
· Steve Winterfeld is our Advisory CISO. Before joining Akamai, he served as CISO for Nordstrom bank and Director of Incident Response and Threat Intelligence at Charles Schwab. Steve focuses on ensuring our partners are successful in defending their customers and determining where we should be focusing our capabilities.