RSA CONFERENCE 2022 SECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER FINDINGS REPORT

Those who have served in the military know there is a difference between concealment and cover. This analogy relates to cleartext vs. encryption. We can all make greater strides in becoming more secure, but we need to learn to stop giving away valuable information that can only hurt us. There’s a reason breaches are on the rise. We have valuable information and—based on analysis of this free public wireless network—we are giving away way too much of that information. The percentage of encrypted traffic rose two percent to 80 percent.

Encrypt, encrypt…trust but verify! We’re looking forward to monitoring traffic at next year’s RSAC and reporting the results to you. The RSAC SOC team is always looking for ways to educate and assist attendees; and we will continue to explore ways to notify attendees of insecure protocols, cleartext usernames and passwords, malware and crypto-mining.