In the latest Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report, 39% of data breaches were linked to organized crime. We take a close look at the tactics of these cyber “bad guys” in our latest podcast with 25-year industry veteran and cybersecurity superhero, Brian Dykstra.

Brian is the President & CEO of Atlantic Data Forensics and has an extensive career thwarting cybercriminals in his current role as well his prior background serving as the co-founder and CIO of Mandiant.

Brian Dykstra joins Meditology Partner and CyberPHIx host Brian Selfridge to discuss what the “bad guys” in cybersecurity are doing and how your organization can prepare and respond to their attacks. This podcast features the following topics:

• Cybercriminal activities targeting healthcare entities are compared and contrasted with other industry verticals.
• Examples of highly sophisticated email fraud approaches favored by savvy cybercriminals are described in detail along with prevention and detection approaches.
• They are using our superpowers against us: the rise of attacks that leverage innovative intrusion and theft methods from “Red-Team” penetration testing tools.
• Ransomware attack trends and defensive approaches.
• Network maturity models and security controls approaches for bolstering defenses against cyberthieves.
• Suggestions for fundamental protection, detection, and response practices that have been time tested to protect organizations from cybercriminals.