“You could have known this would happen…”

Why Organizations Fall Victim to Known Cybersecurity Weaknesses

When we think of cyber incidents and hacks, we often picture attackers exploiting exciting new vulnerabilities to harm their victims. However, the reality is quite different. The vast majority of cyber incidents happen because attackers take advantage of known vulnerabilities — often ones for which patches have been available for months — or because employees clicked on something they shouldn’t have. This issue has been recognized for more than a decade. So, why are we still unable to address these well-known problems? Why hasn’t the market provided adequate solutions?

In this webinar, we break down these issues to understand why we misunderstand the underlying causes. This is the starting point for actions that can help organizations protect themselves.

Join us live as no recording of this live event will be available afterwards.

Date: December 2, 2024 | 15:00 - 16:00 (CET)

Speaker:

   Dr. Michel van Eeten

Michel van Eeten is a professor of cybersecurity at Delft University of Technology. His team analyses large-scale Internet measurement and incident data to identify how the markets for Internet services deal with security risks.

He has conducted empirical studies for the ITU, OECD, European Commission, Department of Homeland Security and the Dutch government. Topics range from botnet mitigation, threat intelligence and abuse reporting, network measurements, information sharing, security metrics, to cybercrime markets.