Articles by Deb

Articles, Podcasts, and Videos by Deb Radcliff, Cybersecurity Analyst and Writer

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Deb Radcliff has been covering the cybercrime beat since 1996 after researching a best-selling book about Kevin Mitnick, an infamous hacker on the run from the FBI. She has since written thousands of articles about cybercrime and cybersecurity for business, tech, and consumer magazines. She started her popular Online Crime Bytes blog in 2000 to post to a non-technical audience about cybercrime and continues to post to that blog today. For a history of Deb’s articles, visit the archives.

For fifteen years, Deb also managed and grew a cyber security content program at the highly-esteemed SANS institute, where she was also responsible for revenues. She is considered a thought leader, speaking regularly about the dangers of tech to business and book reading audiences.

Some Highlighted Articles From CSO Online:

Deb Radcliff gets an exclusive interview with Joe Sullivan, former CSO at Uber, after he was convicted and sentenced for "covering up" a breach to the FTC, May 2023.
How the new deepfake danger will impact cyber insurance, June 2023
When blaming the user is unfair—or just plain wrong, December 2022
The metaverse brings a new breed of threats to challenge privacy and security gatekeepers, January 2023
If your organization isn’t already moving into the metaverse, it soon will be. Be warned: today’s security protocols and privacy laws may not apply to 3D worlds.

The deepfake danger: When it wasn’t you on that Zoom call, September 2022
Deb interviews the co-founder of the largest crypto currency platform in the world after his image and voice were deep-faked in 20-minute Zoom calls with investors.
How the Russia-Ukraine war makes ransomware payments harder, June 2022
The war in Ukraine has increased sanctions against paying ransom demands to cybercriminal groups and cryptocurrency intermediaries based in Russia.
10 pioneering women in information security, March 2022
As Women's History Month comes to close, we introduce you (hopefully not for the first time) to some women who broke new ground in infosec, national security, and computer science

Archives

Privacy, data protection regulations clamp down on biometrics use, December 2020
The highly sensitive nature of biometric data and new regulations aimed to protect it are cause to rethink how it's used for authentication.
Avoiding the snags and snares in data breach reporting: What CISOs need to know, October 2020
Ambiguities in a growing list of US reporting requirements keep CISOs up at night: Will they be compelled to report every breach even if they can prove the data was untouched? Experts advise on how to avoid trouble.