Paubox Spring Summit recap: The cyber threat landscape evolution with Tony UcedaVélez

Tony UcedaVélez, CEO and founder of VerSprite, shared his industry knowledge during his presentation aboutThe Cyber Threat Landscape Evolution: How the Pandemic Changed the Attack Surface in Healthcare.  Panel overview: Attendees learned about the proliferation of cyber threats during the pandemic and post-pandemic era, risks to data security in transit for healthcare professionals, and the importance of endpoint protection. 

Key takeaways:

• Old habits die hard. Train your staff and train them often. Training should be quick, effective, relevant, and fun. 
• Multi-factor authentication should be applied to everything.
• Invest in email security and defend your endpoints. 

Additionally, UcedaVélez touched on the rising number of cybersecurity attacks on the supply-chain side of healthcare. Bad actors are leveraging any information they can to launch attacks against organizations. Healthcare providers should create a threat model simulation to elucidate any vulnerabilities and understand how their organization could be compromised.

About Tony UcedaVélez