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Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)

Christopher Budd

Global Threat Communications

Christopher Budd is a global threat communications manager with Trend Micro. His focus is on communications around online security and privacy threats to help people understand in plain English the risks they face and what they can do about them. In addition, he focuses on managing crisis communications utilizing a framework and processes he helped put in place. Prior to Trend Micro, Christopher worked as an independent consultant focused on helping clients build crisis communications frameworks for online security and privacy incidents. Christopher draws on his experience as a ten-year veteran of the Microsoft Corporation, where he oversaw and managed worldwide internal and external communications around security and privacy incidents affecting Microsoft customers. During his tenure at Microsoft, he pioneered new strategies and tactics embracing new media technologies that dramatically improved the handling of communications around incidents and helped, as he likes to say, “make awful news just bad”. Christopher is a seasoned spokesperson and speaker and presenter. He has been an expert on television and radio numerous times. At Microsoft he led a live monthly security webcast for over six years. He has also given numerous presentations on communications and technology at a variety of technology and non-technology conferences. He has also given numerous presentations on communications and technology at a variety of technology and non-technology conferences. He is a columnist at Geekwire.com on security and privacy and he is a fellow of the Ponemon Institute.

This Week in Security News

  • Posted on:September 30, 2016
  • Posted in:Current News
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…

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Data Protection Risks of Using Pagers in Healthcare

  • Posted on:September 26, 2016
  • Posted in:Healthcare, Mobile Security, Security
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Why are hackers going after health care facilities?

Doctors and pagers are two things that have been closely linked since the introduction of pagers in the 1960s. For decades, the doctor checking his (and later his or her) pager has been a staple in movies and television. And while you might have expected pagers to have gone way like rotary telephone (or any…

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This Week in Security News

  • Posted on:September 23, 2016
  • Posted in:Uncategorized
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…

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This Week in Security News

  • Posted on:September 16, 2016
  • Posted in:Current News
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…

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Ransomware is a growing risk on Macs

  • Posted on:September 14, 2016
  • Posted in:Industry News, Security
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Mac users have to be wary of malware.

Macs have become increasingly vulnerable to ransomware.

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Businesses beware: New open source ransomware threatens the enterprise community

  • Posted on:September 14, 2016
  • Posted in:Industry News, Security
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Recently, brand new open source ransomware samples were discovered that demonstrate specific characteristics showing that the enterprise community is more of a target than ever.

Recently, brand new open source ransomware samples were discovered that demonstrate specific characteristics showing that the enterprise community is more of a target than ever.

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Encryption hides and supports a growing amount of all malware

  • Posted on:September 14, 2016
  • Posted in:Industry News, Security
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Encryption is a double-edged sword sometimes.

What risk is there from encrypted malware?

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The French Cybercrime Underground Economy

  • Posted on:September 14, 2016
  • Posted in:Cybercrime, Security, Underground Economy
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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All crime reflects the culture that it happens in. Whether something is even a crime or not depends on the culture of where you are. What is perfectly legal in one country can be a serious crime in another. What makes the difference, generally, is the different cultures in those counties. Cultural reflections in crime…

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Angler: The Rise and Fall of an Exploit Kit

  • Posted on:September 14, 2016
  • Posted in:Malware, Ransomware, Security
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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In late 2013, the then-infamous Blackhole Exploit Kit (BHEK) disappeared after the arrest of “Paunch,” its author earlier in October 2013. In March of 2015 we published our report “The Evolution of Exploit Kits” and noted how in 2013 a new exploit kit, Angler, quietly emerged onto the scene and by the end of 2014…

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This Week in Security News

  • Posted on:September 9, 2016
  • Posted in:Current News
  • Posted by:Christopher Budd (Global Threat Communications)
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Welcome to our weekly roundup, where we share what you need to know about the cybersecurity news and events that happened over the past few days. Below you’ll find a quick recap of topics followed by links to news articles and/or our blog posts providing additional insight. Be sure to check back each Friday for…

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