Government Information Security Podcast

Although chip cards are now commonplace in the U.S., there is still much work to be done securing card transactions online and offline. Randy Vanderhoof of the U.S. Payments Forum discusses 2019 initiatives.

With an operating system that's used by 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies, Microsoft closely monitors cyberattack trends. Joram Borenstein, general manager of Microsoft's Cybersecurity Solutions Group, discusses his top three concerns for 2019.

Fraud detection requires an omnichannel approach to behavioral analysis that involves monitoring users' access to networks via the web, mobile, a call center or other channels, says Shai Cohen, a vice president at RSA.

"Self-sovereign identity" projects based on blockchain technology are likely to gain significant momentum in 2019, says analyst Avivah Litan of Gartner Research.

What impact would potential changes to HIPAA have on the healthcare sector? And what's the likelihood that HIPAA, indeed, will be modified - especially provisions that touch on privacy and security? Privacy attorney Kirk Nahra sizes up what's ahead.

Mastercard has launched a "fusion center" designed to increase its speed of response and coordination among departments in the event of a cyberattack, says CSO Ron Green, who explains the initiative.

Leading the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report: Microsoft's Joram Borenstein highlights his top three areas of focus for 2019. Plus, Randy Vanderhoof of the US Payments Forum on securing card transactions in the coming year.

Healthcare C-suite executives shouldn't have to worry about cybersecurity, contends John Houston, CISO at Pittsburgh-based integrated health delivery network UPMC. But for the second year in a row, cybersecurity was named the top priority for senior executives in a survey of 40 U.S. health systems.

Hardware authentication and user behavior analytics are among top promising security technologies that Michael Prakhye, CISO at Adventist HealthCare, will closely examine in the year ahead.

Aite Group's Shirley Inscoe predicts that more banks will implement robotic process automation in 2019 to make fraud investigations more efficient. She explains how the technology can help.