Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans
During the Cold War, back when Richard “Dickie” George was a mathematician at the National Security Agency, security meant something different than it does today. The foes knew one another well. And if there was plenty of skulduggery to go around, at least there were some recognizable rules of engagement. “Back when it was us and the Soviets, there was about one big espionage event every 10 years,” he said, speaking at the Healthcare IT News Privacy & Security Forum in Chicago on Tuesday. In the 21st Century, the threat landscape is very, very different, said George, now a senior advisor for cybersecurity at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab. To wit: There were more than 41,000 cyberattacks on government agencies in 2010 alone. That number has only risen. And the malefactors are only getting more insidiously creative. “They just caught a refrigerator sending out 100,000 phishing emails,” said George. “A refrigerator! It’s a different world.” A different world, and a dangerous one. That was the theme that emerged – and was driven home again and again – at the Privacy & Security Forum. Healthcare, especially, is at risk: Medical data is the number one aim for hackers and medical devices are […]
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