Publications

The 2022 Triangle InfoSeCon event hosted by Raleigh’s ISSA was on September 9th, 2022. To a full crowd, Stern Security‘s Founder & CEO, Jon Sternstein, gave a presentation titled: “Break Down Silos & Secure the Planet”. The presentation abstract was the following: People tend to cluster in their own silos and tribes in both society […]

In its second annual Velocity healthcare data breach report, Stern Security has critically analyzed over 5,000 data breaches since the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) began tracking the information in 2009. Stern Security utilized data from their HealthcareBreaches.com website as well as published information from HHS to create this comprehensive study. Stern Security […]

In its first annual healthcare data breach report, Stern Security has critically analyzed over 4,000 data breaches since the Department of Health and Human Services began tracking the information in 2009. Stern Security utilized data from their HealthcareBreaches.com website as well as published information from Health and Human Services to create this comprehensive report. This […]

Stern Security’s Founder and Principal, Jon Sternstein, presented at the 2019 NCHICA Incident Response 101 Forum. His presentation was titled, “Creating the Incident Response (IR) Plan Using Playbook Scenarios”. The full presentation can be read below. Presenter: Jon Sternstein August 2nd, 2019 Research Triangle Foundation12 Davis DriveResearch Triangle Park, NC

The 2019 Academic Medical Center Conference featured a presentation by Vidant Health cybersecurity leadership alongside Stern Security’s leadership. The presentation was titled, “Healthcare Security Project Strategies” and covered several major healthcare security projects with details about what worked and which strategies made the projects successful. Presenters: Kirk Davis & Jerry Hare (Vidant Health), Jon Sternstein […]

Pick up the Spring 2018 Edition of the North Carolina Dental Gazette to see our Principal, Jon Sternstein, and his featured article titled “Cybersecurity Tips for Small Practices”.

Stern Security’s Founder and CEO co-authored one of Cisco Press’ hottest security training courses – Security Penetration Testing (The Art of Hacking Series) LiveLessons.  The course consists of over 10 hours of expert cybersecurity training.  This is an excellent way to provide cost-effective training to security staff!

The September 2017 (Volume 15 Issue 9) edition of the ISSA Journal features an article by our Founder and Principal, Jon Sternstein.  The title of the story is “Healthcare Security Ailments and Treatments the World Needs to Know” and provides valuable insight into healthcare data breaches.  All of the graphs shown can be recreated on […]

At the August 2016 NCHICA Annual Conference, Chuck Kesler (CISO, Duke Health) & Jon Sternstein (CEO, Stern Security) teamed up to present on the ransomware threat in healthcare.

2016 NC HIMSS Annual Conference Multifactor Authentication – 2016’s Essential Security ProjectDuke Health’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Chuck Kesler, and Stern Security’s CEO, Jon Sternstein, teamed up to present on multi-factor deployment strategies at the 2016 NC HIMSS Annual Conference. Date: April 20 & 21, 2016 Location: Hilton North Raleigh/Midtown Hotel3415 Wake Forest Rd, […]

In February 2016, PenTest Magazine’s was dedicated to “Cloud Pen testing”.  This special edition featured an article by Stern Security’s Founder, Jon Sternstein. Here is an excerpt from the article: “A pair of eyes intently stares at the computer screen while ten fingers are furiously typing on the keyboard. The penetration tester smiles as he […]

11th Academic Medical Center Security & Privacy Conference Todd Greene (Carolinas HealthCare) and Jon Sternstein (Stern Security) teamed up at the 11th Academic Medical Center (AMC) Security & Privacy Conference hosted by North Carolina Healthcare Information & Communications Alliance, Inc. (NCHICA). They presented on “Implementing Multi-factor Authentication for Clinical Applications” Date: June 22-24, 2015 Location: […]