We Talk IoT, the Smart Industry Podcast – Episode 7
Bentsi Ben-Atar is Chief Marketing Officer of Sepio, a super-secret Israeli company that specializes in protecting us against malicious hardware: rogue devices with mysterious names like “Packet Squirrel” or “Plunder Bug”. They are physically plugged into networks where they listen and siphon off critical business info.
Sepio Appoints New CRO & Former Palo Alto Networks CEO Lane Bess as Advisor to Fuel Next Stage of Growth
Sepio the leader in Hardware Access Control (HAC), today announced that Jay Smilyk has joined the company as Chief Revenue Officer (CRO), along with the addition of Lane Bess, former Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Zscaler and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Palo Alto Networks, to its Advisory Board.
Personal Health Records: Safeguarding Patient Data
Discover how Sepio’s Asset Risk Management (ARM) platform provides comprehensive visibility and control over hardware assets, protecting personal health records. Prioritize risk mitigation and ensure operational continuity with Sepio’s innovative solution. The recent ransomware attack on Duesseldorf University Hospital resulted in a tragic loss of life. Highlighting the alarming consequences of cyberattacks on healthcare facilities….
Sepio Announces Industry’s First Hardware Access Control Solution
Sepio, the leader in Hardware Access Control (HAC), announced today the launch of the company’s Hardware Access Control solution (HAC-1), which gives organizations complete visibility and control over essential hardware devices throughout the enterprise across the network and endpoint devices. “In 2016 we created Sepio to mitigate the risk of rogue hardware devices, our SepioPrime…
Sepio Launches Hardware Access Control Solution
Sepio announced today the launch of it’s hardware access control solution (HAC-1). The new solution is designed to give organizations complete visibility and control over essential hardware devices throughout their enterprise, across networks and endpoint devices.
Hardware Security Risks
With COVID-19 seemingly changing the world we live in forever, there are many adjustments that organizations need to make in order to adapt to the new world. Some of the obvious new norms that organizations are implementing include increasing the physical distance between employees’ desks in the office and staggering schedules to minimize the number…
Is returning to the office healthy for your cybersecurity?
Slowly but surely the world is returning to normal. Well…a “new normal”. This new normal consists of a new fashion trend (I can only imagine that the face mask market is booming), limited physical contact, glass screens separating people, staggered work schedules and increased physical distance between staff within the office. Not surprisingly, organizations are…
Energy Department watchdog finds research labs fail to secure ‘peripheral’ devices like USBs
Multiple Department of Energy research labs lack adequate security controls to safeguard devices like printers and USB drives, leaving the facilities susceptible to data theft, according to an inspector general investigation. “The confidentiality, integrity and availability of systems and data could be directly impacted by the vulnerabilities discovered by our test work,” the DOE inspector general said in…
You’re under attack and you don’t even know it.
Cyberattacks can happen to anyone; no-one is immune to them. Organizations are especially vulnerable to attacks, including data breaches, with almost 2 billion records leaked in January 2019 alone. Malware attacks were up 200% in 2019, of which this includes ransomware attacks. This means security is a must, not just a recommendation. However, security software such…
Security for Peripheral Devices at Energy Dept. ‘Inadequate’
Some units within the U.S. Energy Department lack adequate security controls and practices to mitigate risks posed by peripheral devices, such as USBs, printers, scanners and external hard drives, according to an inspector general report. In an evaluation of removable devices at four Office of Science locations within the Energy Department, the inspector general found…
Home Office Risks and Mitigation Measures
Work from Home (WFH) policies have been proliferating throughout organizations. Today. 70% of people, globally, work remotely at least once a week, and 53% work remotely for at least half of the week. However, with COVID-19 not ceasing, it is becoming more common for employees to work out of office; and this trend is likely…
As Offices Reopen, Hardware from Home Threatens Security
As COVID-19 quarantine restrictions ease, many companies are implementing plans for when their employees return to the workplace. And for good reason: Come September, the majority of senior technology executives expect more than half of their workers will be heading back to the office, according to a recent CNBC Technology Executive Council survey of senior technology executives….