Deke George, a co-founder of NetSPI, is a business-oriented IT executive. He has significant entrepreneurial experience as both a member and founder of multiple startups. He began his career as a founder of the computer forensics program at Ontrack (now Kroll-Ontrack). In this capacity, he has worked on high-profile computer fraud and computer evidence cases in the United States and abroad. As an entrepreneur with a focus on creating client oriented solutions, Deke has been involved in a variety of roles including consultant, sales, and leadership for a number of technology based organizations. Deke holds a B.A. in Physics from Middlebury College in Vermont. Security Industry
There were a number of very good presentations this year and the after-hours parties were great, but from a security industry standpoint, Black Hat 2011 seemed like it had less energy this year.
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...you've got to look comprehensively at risk within all aspects of your IT environment. Because while you may not be looking at these things, it's certain that at some point, someone looking for the easiest way in will be looking at exploiting these weaknesses.
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"...I think we’re seeing a sea change in attitudes and accountability with regards to information security."
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There was a great quote in a recent Ponemon study sponsored by Cenzic and Barracuda: "Most organizations have been hacked, yet 88 percent still spend more on coffee than on app security."
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I like to watch industries evolve in how they deal with information security. It was interesting to watch retail evolve as PCI got more organized. The PCI Council put together the DSS with dates and penalties for breaches and non-compliance, …
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We held the Secure360 conference in the Twin Cities last week. Presentation topics included PCI, cloud computing, and problems within the security industry. While it can get tiring discussing the industry’s problems, I like trying to understand the difficult nature of …
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In late March Thales released an interesting report on the state of PCI – “PCI DSS Trends 2010: QSA Insights Report.” The report was written by the Ponemon Institute and it highlights the difficulty of taking into account risk, security …
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I was at the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) national conference last week in Atlanta. Overall, the conference wasn’t much different than past years. From an information security perspective the presentations and conversations were limited, but there were …
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It’s been discussed quite frequently that the Europeans are behind North America in implementing PCI, especially at the merchant level. . . The consensus at this year’s conference was that this situation is beginning to change.
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