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Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)

Ed Cabrera

Chief Cybersecurity Officer

Eduardo Cabrera is responsible for analyzing emerging cyber threats to develop innovative and resilient enterprise risk management strategies for Fortune 500 clients and strategic partners. Before joining Trend Micro, he was a 20-year veteran and former CISO of the United States Secret Service with experience leading information security, cyber investigative, and protective programs in support of the Secret Service integrated mission. He started his career investigating transnational cyber criminal groups targeting the financial and retail sectors. He proudly served on the Presidential Protective Division for President George W. Bush before transitioning to lead cyber forensic operations in support of Secret Service large-scale data breach investigations. He served as the Secret Service Strategic Advisor to the DHS National Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) where he led an interagency effort to share real-time actionable threat intelligence with Information Sharing and Analysis Organizations (ISAO) and critical infrastructure partners. He is a guest lecturer at New York University Polytechnic Institute, Computer Science and Engineering Department and was a contributing subject matter expert on law enforcement; cyber security strategy and policy; and computer forensics and network intrusion incident response for the 2014 Risk and Responsibility in a Hyperconnected World; 2012 Homeland Security Advisory Council Task Force on Cyber Skills Report; and 2012 Insider Threat Study: Illicit Cyber Activity Involving Fraud in the U.S. Financial Services Sector. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA). Twitter: @Ed_E_Cabrera

The Culture of Cybercrime in West Africa

  • Posted on:March 9, 2017
  • Posted in:Cybercrime, Security, Underground Economy
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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As part of our ongoing research into the cybercriminal underground markets of the world, Trend Micro researchers today released a report detailing Cybercrime in West Africa. This report leverages our ongoing partnership with INTERPOL to provide survey data and a deeper understanding of the regions cybercriminal ecosystem. While tactics play a role in the success…

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Healthcare Under Attack: Trend Micro Reveals All

  • Posted on:February 23, 2017
  • Posted in:Healthcare, Security, Underground Economy
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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Healthcare organizations (HCOs) around the world are under attack. The data they store and process has become a valuable commodity on the cybercriminal underground and has even been linked to nation state attacks. In 2015, more than 113 million records were stolen in the U.S. alone, according to the Department of Health and Human Services….

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Devices Exposing Critical Industries and U.S. Cities

  • Posted on:February 15, 2017
  • Posted in:Critical Infrastructure, Security
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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As connected devices continue to intertwine with daily life, the security of those devices and the information they process is a growing conversation. To gain a better understanding of cyber assets exposed to the internet, Trend Micro researchers took a comprehensive look at the exposed assets in the 10 largest U.S. cities – New York…

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Will 2017 be the Year IoT Threats Go Mainstream?

  • Posted on:January 26, 2017
  • Posted in:Business, Internet of Everything, Security
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is changing the way we live and work forever. It makes us more productive, healthier and happier, and it enables businesses to work smarter, more efficiently and with greater agility. There’s just one problem: from a security perspective IoT devices are fundamentally flawed. And the bad guys are getting pretty…

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Securing Our Smart Cities: Why We All Need to Be Aware of the Threats Out There

  • Posted on:January 17, 2017
  • Posted in:Critical Infrastructure, Security, Vulnerabilities & Exploits
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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Smart cities are redefining the way we live and work. Blending cutting edge IoT technologies with virtualization, big data, cloud and more, they represent an urgent and ongoing attempt to overcome the challenges associated with rapid urbanization. There’s just one problem. These vast, interconnected technology systems also raise serious privacy and security concerns. That’s why…

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Five Cybersecurity Resolutions Every CISO Should Have On Their List

  • Posted on:December 28, 2016
  • Posted in:Business, Internet Protection, Ransomware, Security
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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As we bid farewell to the final days of 2016, it’s time to start looking ahead to the New Year and what we hope to accomplish within the next 365 days. Year after year, some Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) set lofty goals of securing all data to fullest extent wherever it resides in their…

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Malware’s Newest Leading Lady: Alice

  • Posted on:December 20, 2016
  • Posted in:Business, Financial Services, Malware, Security
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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This week our threat researchers from our Forward-Looking Threat Research Team (FTR) discovered a new family of ATM malware called Alice.Ā Unlike other ATM malware families, Alice’s main focus is to empty the safe of ATMs.Ā  Alice does not steal information, it only enables its users with physical access to machines to steal as much money…

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Leaking Pagers – How Insecure Tech Can Leave Your Organization Hopelessly Exposed

  • Posted on:December 13, 2016
  • Posted in:Critical Infrastructure, Healthcare, Security, Targeted Attacks
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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In the third and final installment of the ā€œLeaking Beepsā€ series, Trend Micro’s Forward-Looking Threat Research team reveal the risks posed by pager technology used in IT systems throughout various industries, including, healthcare, ICS, universities and enterprises. Once again, we were surprised by the vast amount of unencrypted data cybercriminals are able to access by…

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Company Crown Jewels for Sale: How Espionage as a Service Affects Enterprises

  • Posted on:November 28, 2016
  • Posted in:Security
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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In an earlier post, I shared my rallying cry to help enterprises transition from being the hunted to the hunter by deploying proactive and resilient strategies. At the heart of this approach is developing a thorough understanding of enterprise risks, which is necessary to proactively secure critical data and infrastructure. While most enterprises are becoming…

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Risk and Reward of Alternative Payment Systems

  • Posted on:October 26, 2016
  • Posted in:Cybercrime, Security, Underground Economy
  • Posted by:
    Ed Cabrera (Chief Cybersecurity Officer)
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The explosive growth of alternative payment systems (APS) globally has posed great opportunities for businesses and consumers alike but equally has posed significant challenges for international law enforcement and regulators. Not only are we seeing innovation and disruptive technology from non-banking payment service providers growing out of Silicon Valley but we are also seeing traditional…

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