N. MacDonnell Ulsch

What happens when cyber economic espionage is not enough? Cyber sabotage. It's here, and our cyber adversaries will grow their cyber proxy armies and the threat will intensify!

Book on cyber threats and managing cyber risk.

Transnational criminal enterprises and money laundering, nation-state cyber attacks, vulnerable critical infrastructure, web scams, economic espionage, intellectual property and trade secret compromise, identity theft, mobile device proliferation, explosion of social media--are these and other factors creating a digital superstorm? And how do we manage the crisis?

Fox News interview on the Target data breach and international organized crime.

Interviewed on Fox News regarding credit card compromises in Boston, and how it is a larger concern involving transnational organized crime.

China, Russia, Syria, Iran, and North Korea, long established cyber threats, are evolving into a post-Cold War axis of cyber evil, which is escalating in intensity and should be taken seriously by any entity, government or private sector, possessing valuable proprietary information. The stakes are getting higher.

In brief, digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve, based in Costa Rica, is alleged by U.S. law enforcement authorities to have laundered billions of dollars of criminal proceeds through an intricate transnational network of unregulated and unauthorized money transfer operations.
The Liberty Reserve case affected a number of U.S. companies that were targeted for a variety of web-related frauds. These frauds included blackmail and extortion. U.S. Secret Service, the Department of Homeland… Show more

In brief, digital currency exchange Liberty Reserve, based in Costa Rica, is alleged by U.S. law enforcement authorities to have laundered billions of dollars of criminal proceeds through an intricate transnational network of unregulated and unauthorized money transfer operations.
The Liberty Reserve case affected a number of U.S. companies that were targeted for a variety of web-related frauds. These frauds included blackmail and extortion. U.S. Secret Service, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Internal Revenue Service executed arrest and search warrants in multiple countries, including Spain, Costa Rica, the Netherlands and the United States. Assets of Liberty Reserve were frozen in Hong Kong, Spain, Morocco, and China. Current and former executives of Liberty Reserve were charged with violating numerous anti money laundering statutes and operating as illegal money transmitters.
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The NSA breach involved several third parties. Managing third-party risk is vital. Reduce the risk that it will happen to you.

How to improve vendor risk management.

The article discusses Edward Snowden and creating a company whistleblower policy.

Seek outside risk management counsel in the event of a breach.

We are witness to a new wave of terrorist strategy, including cyber tactics.

Create a diversified group to assist in managing regulatory, financial,legal, technology, and reputation risk.

A look at global threats to information integrity and brand risk, and how to manage risk in an increasingly hostile environment.

Managing global risk.