Saturday 11 June 2016

How Bala Cynwyd cybersecurity firm monitors threats for businesses, schools

A LONGTIME Villanova professor accused of accessing child pornography on a campus computer in March had someone looking over his shoulder – a security firm the university had hired to monitor its computer network.

Within 20 minutes, BTB Security, identified the building and floor that the computer was located on and alerted Villanova, kicking off an investigation that led to the arrest of Christopher Haas, a tenured associate professor of history and classical studies.

The discovery was one of many security breaches that BTB, a cybersecurity and digital-forensics company, says it uncovers for clients every year.

On the seventh floor of a nondescript redbrick building in Bala Cynwyd, employees monitor computer networks of their more than 150 clients, 24/7, 365 days a year, said Ron Schlecht Jr., managing partner of BTB, which stands for Beyond the Basics. For the full article click here 



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