Matt Marshall, Vice President of Engineering featured on Healthcare IT News

People who get paid to try to break into information systems are in a great position to give advice. Here at Redspin, Inc., a company of "ethical hackers" and IT security consultants, we've found that the healthcare companies most successful at safeguarding electronic information tend to follow these five best practices.

Redspin Vice President of Security featured on Healthcare Info Security

The risk of medical identity theft is growing as more hospitals and physicians adopt electronic health records and prepare to exchange this information, experts say.

Redspin CEO on FierceHealthIT

Want to throw a scare into CIOs, security officers and HIPAA compliance specialists, not to mention legal departments? Just direct them to DataLossDB.org, a project of the Open Security Foundation that chronicles electronic security breaches and other incidents of data loss from around the world.

Redspin Research on USA Today Online

"The interception of data is not technically difficult," says Matt Marshall, vice president of engineering at security assessment firm Redspin. "You just have to be at the right place at the right time." Data thieves today are hustling to position sniffers inside retailers, financial firms and health care companies, in particular. "Anyone who keeps sensitive information on their networks is actively being targeted," says Marshall.

Redspin Research on USA Today Online

Several attacks that launched last week (on Twitter) used tried-and-true e-mail spamming techniques. "We're seeing old scams migrating to the popular social networks," says Matt Marshall, lead researcher at Redspin, which tests network defenses.

Redspin Becomes Organizational Supporter of OWASP

Redspin Research on The Last Watchdog

Waves of Twitter Attacks Erode Trustworthiness of Tweets
"We're definitely seeing old email scams migrating over to Twitter and generally being adapted to all of the popular social networks," says Matt Marshall, VP of Security at Redspin, told LastWatchdog.

Redspin Research on WCBS News Radio 880 — New York
Paul Mumane brings you the latest on technology in Dishin' Digital on WCBS Newsradio 880 and wcbs880.com featuring Redspin VP of Engineering, Matt Marshall Sept 18th.

Redspin Research in CIOZone
We all know the Internet is a dangerous place. It's littered with ads for software to make your PC run faster, speed Internet downloads, screensavers with adorable pictures of kittens or puppies, and offers for free anti-virus protection. Unless the source is trusted, most people know to avoid such ads, as the most likely thing they'll be downloading is a Trojan horse or some other form of malware.

Redspin Research in CardLine
Several years ago, hackers attacked networks for the notoriety, notes Matt Marshall, vice president of security engineering at Redspin Inc., a Carpinteria, Calif.-based data-security company. "It's really become all about the money," Marshall tells CardLine.

Redspin Research in Outside Magazine
Redspin, Inc. was named to Outside magazine's second annual "Best Places to Work" list. Redspin was ranked No. 13 out of 30 selected companies.

Redspin Research in the news on Information Week
The security the business needs and the flexibility it wants are often at odds. Are AD security compliance assurance tools the answer? Maybe, but policy must come first.

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Redspin Research in the news on Computerworld Security
'Back-end servers are kind of a joke,' and the trouble doesn't end there

Redspin Research in the news on Newsweek International
"The increase in electronic ATM thievery is sounding a wake-up call, Abraham says."