IoT Security Guy

Rob Black, CISSP, is the “IoT Security Guy.” He is the Founder and Managing Principal of Fractional CISO. Besides IoT and cybersecurity, Rob has extensive web services and cloud solutions experience. He has held product and corporate security leadership positions at PTC ThingWorx, Axeda and RSA Security. Rob received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. He holds two Bachelor of Science degrees from Washington University in St. Louis. One is in Computer Science and the other is System Science and Engineering. He is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). Rob is the inventor of three security patents. He speaks at conferences and blogs about IoT security.

Rob consults, speaks, and writes on IoT security.

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IoT Security: How to Protect Connected Devices and the IoT Ecosystem

Four Steps to Securing Your IoT Identity from Employees

Episode 98: using Physics to crash hard drives and making sense of IoT standards

Cybersecurity Risk Assessment – A Better Way

Why blockchain won't transform IoT security

The Internet of Secure Things: Vulnerabilities Beware!

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Topics the IoT Security Guy covers:

IoT attacks
IoT cybersecurity standards
IoT Identity and Access Management
IoT security architectures
IoT security market overview

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patrick wardle@patrickwardle·

13 Jan

Omg we did it! 🤩

Thanks to the community feedback (and ya, bad press) Apple decided to remove the ContentFilterExclusionList (in 11.2 beta 2)

Means socket filter firewalls (e.g. LuLu) can now comprehensively monitor/block all OS traffic!!

Read more: https://www.patreon.com/posts/46179028 https://twitter.com/patrickwardle/status/1327726496203476992

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Rob Black @IoTSecurityGuy·

14 Jan

Thinking twice about that browser plug-in? It can see all the things you do in your browser! Be thoughtful about your #cybersecurity and #privacy

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/human-root-trust-rob-black

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Rob Black @IoTSecurityGuy·

11 Jan

Today is the day to switch from #WhatsApp to #Signal. How do I know?

Our web traffic jumped 2,000%. Almost every new visitor hit the page below discussing the security differences between the solutions. #WhatsappPrivacy #WhatsappNewPolicy

https://fractionalciso.com/whatsapp-vs-signal-vs-telegram-security-in-2020/

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LiveWorx: One Cybersecurity Standard to Rule Them All

Boston Cloud Security Alliance: Quantitative Cybersecurity Risk Assessment

One Cybersecurity Standard to Rule Them All

The 5 Crazy Mistakes Administrators Make with IoT System Credentials

Crush Common Cybersecurity Threats with Privileged Access Management

Everything You Need to Know About IoT Safety, Security, and Blockchain: Myths, Tips, and Trends To Consider

Off the drawing board: can IoT security standards work?

August MeetUp: Building Defensible IoT Security Architecture

Upcoming Events:

LiveWorx: One Cybersecurity Standard to Rule Them All

Boston Cloud Security Alliance: Quantitative Cybersecurity Risk Assessment