The 13th annual SecureWorld Boston conference kicked off Wednesday morning with a podcasting crew, free-flowing coffee, and foam swords.
Big data was a hot topic on the Exhibitor Floor, and in an early morning session with Mike Lipinski, CISO and Chief Security Strategist of Securonix, who discussed objectives of data organization and analysis.
Seventy-two percent of organizations are not prepared to detect or respond to insider threats, according to Lipinski. Traditional security and privacy tools aren't solving the issues of alert fatigue or scaleability, so we must move from defending perimeters and networks to defending the data itself.
John O'Leary, President of O'Leary Management Education, led a session called "Medieval Lessons in Modern Security," based on the 2017 SecureWorld theme.
Just as castles had numerous walls, moats, and drawbridges to keep them safe, modern security also must use a multi-layered approach.
"You can't assume one defense is going to stop them all," said O'Leary.
According to research from Trend Micro, 2016 saw $1 billion in losses, and a 748% increase in new ransomware families.
However, Ed Cabrera, Chief Cybersecurity Officer of Trend Micro, said he predicts a tapering off in new ransomware families in 2017 as many of them will start consolidating.
In order to increase cyber resiliency, we must increase visibility into our data, and our agility in securing it.
"You can't secure what you can't see," said Carlos Gonzales, Vice President of Global Hybrid Cloud Security for Trend Micro. He added, "Security is a shared responsibility."
SecureWorld Boston continues Thursday with more discussion, networking, and medieval swag.
For more on the 2017 conference theme, "Surviving the Siege: Medieval Lessons in Modern Security," see coverage in CSO.