RiskSense Co-Founder to Discuss Cyber Risk Management at Transportation Summit

Session Will Focus on How the Industry Can Pro-Actively Reduce Cyber Risk and Close Security Gaps

SUNNYVALE, Calif. & ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--

RiskSense®, Inc.:

WHO:			Mark Fidel is a cyber risk management expert and co-founder of RiskSense where he is responsible for corporate development. Fidel is a licensed attorney with over 14 years of experience in law and litigation and has held financial positions at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, in commercial insurance, and at Intel Corporation. Fidel holds a Bachelor of Arts and Economics degree from New Mexico State University, an Executive Master of Business Administration from the University of New Mexico, and a law degree from the University of Denver.
WHAT:			The U.S. transportation industry is in the cross-hairs of global cyber-crime attackers. The trucking industry is particularly exposed, as many carriers continue to rely on an outdated patchwork of information technology systems to conduct business electronically. In this session, “Who is Driving this Rig? Cyber Security Concerns in the Transportation Industry”, Mark Fidel will discuss the biggest security challenges facing companies and outline best practices they can use to pro-actively address cyber risks through threat prevention, detection, and response.
WHERE:			TrueNorth Transportation Risk Summit, DoubleTree Hotel, 350 1st Ave. NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. To register, visit https://register.eventmobi.com/tnrisksummit/page/1.
WHEN:			Thursday, August 18, 2016
HOW:			To schedule a conversation with Mark Fidel, contact Marc Gendron at [email protected] or 781-237-0341.

About RiskSense

RiskSense®, Inc., is the pioneer and market leader in pro-active cyber risk management. The company enables enterprises and governments to reveal cyber risk, quickly orchestrate remediation, and monitor the results. This is done by unifying and contextualizing internal security intelligence, external threat data, and business criticality across a growing attack surface.

The company’s Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) Platform transforms cyber risk management into a more pro-active, collaborative, and real-time discipline. The RiskSense Platform embodies the expertise and intimate knowledge gained from real world experience in defending critical networks from the world’s most dangerous cyber adversaries. As part of a team that collaborated with the U.S. Department of Defense and U.S. Intelligence Community, RiskSense founders developed Computational Analysis of Cyber Terrorism against the U.S. (CACTUS), Support Vectors Intrusion Detection, Behavior Risk Analysis of Vicious Executables (BRAVE), and the Strike Team Program.

By leveraging RiskSense cyber risk management solutions, organizations can significantly shorten time-to-remediation, increase operational efficiency, strengthen their security programs, improve cyber hygiene, heighten response readiness, reduce costs, and ultimately minimize cyber risks. For more information, please visit www.risksense.com or follow us on Twitter at @RiskSense.

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Source: RiskSense, Inc.