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Car manufacturers, for the most part, are concerned about risks to the mass fleet, not to one car, said David Kennedy, CEO at TrustedSec. “It’s the technology inside the car that needs to be protected, which means having a team come in and tear apart the system to find the vulnerabilities so that the area…

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Preventing large company data breaches. With the rise of digital technology, businesses are becoming ever more vulnerable. What can be done to prevent large company breaches? GRC Practice Lead, Alex Hamerstone, addresses the challenges that complex IT… Continue reading Alex Hamerstone Addresses Complex IT Infrastructures of Large Companies→

This USB fan isn’t going to be blowing anyone away with viruses. Two TrustedSec Senior Security Consultants analyzed the USB drives given at the Trump-Kim Summit for malware. The conclusion and breakdown show no malware.
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TrustedSec CEO Dave Kennedy was quoted in a June 2018 WIRED story regarding exploits conducted by Chinese state-sponsored hackers even after agreeing to a digital truce to ban hacking private companies and stealing trade secrets.
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Practice Lead for the Governance, Risk, and Compliance, Alex Hamerstone, talks with Morning Dose TV about why you need to be concerned about Russian malware after the FBI urged Americans to unplug and reset their home routers.
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TrustedSec GRC lead, Alex Hamerstone, spoke with Cleveland’s 5 On Your Side Consumer Alerts about the ways that credit card chip data is being stolen and used.
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Speaking to WIRED, David Kennedy gives his opinion on a new recommendation from Twitter for all users to change their passwords. The recommendation came in light of a disclosure from the company that passwords were recorded internally in plaintext with… Continue reading TrustedSec CEO David Kennedy Weighs In On Twitter’s Plaintext Password Disclosure→

Following Facebook’s personal data privacy scandal, the social networking company announced a new initiative to allow users the ability to wipe their records from the site. Alex Hamerstone went on morning dose to provide some insight into what t… Continue reading Alex Hamerstone explains what it means to clear your “Facebook history” on morning dose→

Have you seen the new privacy language Facebook has rolled out due to GDPR changes? Our GRC practice lead, Alex Hamerstone, breaks down why US users may benefit from European regulation.
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Dave Kennedy was called on to provide expert analysis on the first day of Mark Zuckerber’s most recent Congressional Hearings. In a limited timeframe in between sessions, Dave provides his opinion on whether the value of Facebook will diminish d… Continue reading David Kennedy Answers If Facebook’s Value Will Diminish on ‘After The Bell’→