2024 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR) Briefing

Join representatives from Verizon’s Threat Research Advisory Center (VTRAC) as they provide an overview of the 2024 Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR).

Speakers will include:
 
Detective Lieutenant Brian Gavioli, Unit Commander, Criminal Information Section, Commonwealth Fusion Center
 
Detective Lieutenant Brian Gavioli is the Unit Commander for the Criminal Information Section and oversees the Commonwealth Fusion Center’s Massachusetts Cybersecurity Program that provides Cyber Threat Intelligence, Information Sharing, and Cyber Incident Response with private, local, state, and federal partners, with a focus on the protection of critical infrastructure.  He is a member of the Massachusetts Cyber Incident Response Team, which was established by the Governor, and is a Task Force Officer with the FBI Boston Cyber Task Force. Prior to his current position, Brian was assigned to the Cyber Crime Unit where he worked as a digital forensics examiner for over 16 years.
 
Brian has also presented and instructed other law enforcement officers within the Commonwealth and nationwide on the subjects of investigating cybercrime, internet-related child exploitation, internet safety, digital forensics and incident response (DFIR), cybersecurity, and the use of open source intelligence (OSINT) during investigations.
 
Darrin Kimes, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, Verizon Threat Research Advisory Center
 
Mr. Kimes has a background in federal law enforcement where he retired after a 25 year career as a U.S. Secret Service Special Agent. For Verizon, Mr. Kimes researches topics such as ransomware, data collection and analysis, threat actor discovery, and threat hunting.

For 17 years, Verizon has gathered data and analyzed security incidents to produce the DBIR with the goal of providing “a place for security practitioners to look for data-driven, real-world views on what commonly befalls companies with regard to cybercrime.” Find out what’s new in the world of exploits, and what remains persistently challenging.

To obtain a copy of the 2024 DBIR in advance of the briefing, please go to: https://www.verizon.com/business/resources/reports/dbir/.

This Massachusetts Cybersecurity Month Event is being presented by Verizon in partnership with the Commonwealth Fusion Center and the MassCyberCenter.