Tim Mackey, Principal Security Strategist for the Synopsys CyRC (Cybersecurity Research Centre):
Politicians, be weary of digital assistants
Cyber-attacks on 2020 candidates will become more brazen. While attacks on campaign websites have already occurred in past election cycles, targeted attacks on a candidate’s digital identity and personal devices will mount. With digital assistants operating in an “always listening” mode, an embarrassing “live mic” recording of a public figure will emerge. This recording may not be associated directly with a device owned by the public figure, but rather with them being a third party to the device. For example, the conversation being captured as “background noise”. With the high value of healthcare data to cybercriminals and a need for accurate healthcare data for patient care, a blockchain-based health management system will emerge in the US. Such a system could offer the dual value of protecting patient data from tampering while reducing the potential for fraudulent claims being submitted to insurance providers.
Martin Jartelius, CSO at Outpost24:
Organisations won’t be able to do without certain tools
Organisations won’t be able to do without tools to map new devices, track devices over time, identify risks to them including their users, identifying data and its exposure and then tools to help prioritize the risks to this now rather enormous attack surface.
Then come the basic tools such as all tools you need to manage this access, to isolate, log, track and monitor. Those are must haves to defend, but to do it efficiently, starting with knowing what there is to defend is a ..
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