Cybersecurity Team Will ‘lie, Cheat and Steal' to Protect Blue Cross Patients' Data

In a small room in a downtown Dallas historic building, a team of cybersecurity analysts sits facing a large digital map of the world that shows orange dots over nations including Denmark, Liberia and Russia.Every few seconds, a line on the screen traces a long orange path between two countries. Each line represents a virtual “knock on the door” to a computer network by a hacker trying to get access to medical data. It’s Kevin Charest’s job to make sure they don’t succeed.Charest is the chief information security officer for the Health Care Service Corp. Operating out of a room on Munger Avenue, the high-tech hub is responsible for protecting the records of the nearly 15 million participants in Blue Cross Blue Shield plans in Texas and four other states.“I haven’t slept since 1979,” Charest said. And he’s not entirely joking.  Continue reading...