Tyz Law Group's Takeaways from RSA 2020
Tyz Law Group’s Dr. Erin Jones spent last week at the RSA conference participating in discussions on the state of the art and current trends in cybersecurity with industry leaders. Here are her top five takeaways from the conference:
Phishing and ransomware threats continue – Speakers report that these threats continued in popularity in 2019 and will likely remain so, and so companies should continue to train users and configure systems to resist these threats.
Data Protection Laws on the rise – Navigating the thicket of data protection and data breach laws will continue to challenge companies for the foreseeable future. GDPR and CCPA are just the start, and many additional states are planning additional data protection laws on top of their data breach notification laws in 2020 and beyond.
Keep Old-Fashioned Precautions in the Mix – Given the prevalence of online threats, speakers recommended adding low-tech and offline precautions to business resilience planning, like offline backups and maintaining paper copies of emergency plans and phone lists.
Use official applications to reduce data leakage – While reporting an astounding volume of data sent unsecured over the conference WiFi, the RSA Security Operations Center also reported that the amount of data sent securely had still increased over last year, with the use of up-to-date and reputable apps like Gmail and Outlook contributing to the positive trend.
Plan Ahead – Every session on incident response emphasized the need to plan the response in advance, including pre-drafting legal documents and customer communications and practicing required steps in advance wherever possible.
About Dr. Erin Jones: Erin represents cybersecurity and other technology companies in commercial and intellectual property disputes and related investigations, and provides strategic counseling on cybersecurity, privacy, data breach, and disaster recovery policies and regulatory compliance.