The Risk Roundtable: EP 14. What security incident won the year?

Wrapping up a wild 2020, the Risk Roundtable crew looks at the security event or incident that took home the prize of most impactful. And no, COVID was not allowed! Was it "truth decay", domestic terrorism, ransomware, or any number of other incidents? The only thing that could be determined was that Dave was not getting any points for his submission. Then the gang played a little Roundtable Roulette and shared some of the areas that they would be looking at moving forward while also recognizing the courage of their teammate Bridget Johnson, who recently wrote about the passing of her mother from COVID (https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/my-mom-died-of-covid-19-and-disinformation-was-the-virus-accomplice/). Also discussed were security situations around the vaccine dissemination and holiday shopping scams....fa-la-la-la-oh no! References brought up in the show: Coveware: Ransomware Recovery First Responders. Q3 Ransomware Demands rise: Maze Sunsets & Ryuk Returns My Mom Died of COVID-19, and Disinformation Was the Virus’ Accomplice, December 3, 2020 Bridget Johnson // https://www.hstoday.us/subject-matter-areas/emergency-preparedness/my-mom-died-of-covid-19-and-disinformation-was-the-virus-accomplice/ use a quote. COVID vaccines… WSJ Your Boss Can Restrict Your Holiday Plans in the Pandemic, https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-boss-can-restrict-your-holiday-plans-in-the-pandemic-11607301504 06 dec. Shopping scams… Jen’s fa-la-la post… Security Awareness – ’Tis the Season to be Scammy, Fa-la-la-la-la… 20 November 2020, https://faithbased-isao.org/security-awareness-tis-the-season-to-be-scammy-fa-la-la-la-la Rand: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RR2314.html Gate 15 SUN: https://paper.li/gate15#/ - cold calls Thank you all for listening this year and we are excited to continue bringing up security matters and how they may impact organizations in 2021! We hope you all have a happy holidays and enjoy the time however you choose to celebrate. Stay safe!