May 11, 2017
Dale Drew, the CSO of Level 3 covers the following
security topics in a conversation with Neil Hughes.
The evolution of the botnet
Botnets are becoming more sophisticated – which means they are
becoming harder to detect, track and take down. Dale has some
interesting stats around costs to rent botnets and the percentage
of internet traffic that is bad/botnet traffc.
The state of healthcare security
Despite breaches increasing in volume and sophistication, only
about 1/3 of healthcare organizations are highly concerned over a
breach impacting critical care in the next year according to a
study conducted by HIMSS Analytics we recently announced.
A few other key takeaways:
Nearly 80 percent of survey participants identified employee
security awareness as the source of their greatest concern
regarding threat exposure. Respondents identified which systems
have the greatest need for network uptime – including those needed
to deliver critical care.
The majority of organizations employ multiple risk mitigation
practices – and Dale can walk through what those as well as what
organizations are looking to do in the next two years.
The big threat for 2017 = Ransomware
Startling recent findings include victims are paying and nearly
half of consumers haven’t heard of ransomware.
About Dale Drew
As Chief Security Officer, Dale is responsible for Level 3's Global Global Security Program; Corporate and Product Security Policies, Logical Security, Physical Security, Voice/VoIP Fraud, Managed Security, Corporate Risk, Governance, Federal Programs and Corporate Investigations programs. Dale manages Level 3's centralized Global Security organization that encompasses both responsibility for Level 3's internal assets, and all product and service portfolios.
About Level 3
Level 3 Communications is a premier global communications provider headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, that provides communications services to enterprise, government and carrier customers.
Anchored by extensive fiber networks on three continents and connected by undersea facilities, our global services platform features deep metro assets reaching more than 500 markets in more than 60 countries.