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!

Interested in having the IoT Security Guy speak at your event?
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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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Rob Black @IoTSecurityGuy·

23 Sep

Hey @CapitalGroup It's 2020. It seems every other financial institution has Multi-factor Authentication #MFA for client access. What gives? #CyberSecurity

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17 Sep

The recent unsuccessful Russian agent #cyberattack on #tesla has valuable lessons on what the rest of us can do to bolster our #cybersecurity. The three things that
can make all the difference are covered in the article.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/elon-musk-cybersecuritys-iron-man-rob-black/

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Catalin Cimpanu @campuscodi·

9 Sep

NEW: Academics have disclosed today a new attack on TLS.

-Named Raccoon, this attack allows hackers to break TLS encryption 'under certain conditions'
-Attack is described as "really hard to exploit" and its conditions as "rare"

https://www.zdnet.com/article/raccoon-attack-allows-hackers-to-break-tls-encryption-under-certain-conditions/

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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