Scott Aurnou

Scott Aurnou

Scott Aurnou, Esq., CISSP, is an attorney, information security consultant and founder of The Security Advocate. He spent over a decade as a litigation attorney in the NYC area, served as lead counsel for a private client services group at Smith Barney, and has provided consulting, legal and management services to a number of organizations, ranging from multinationals to security and risk management startups. He has published security related articles in national publications including the New York Law Journal and SC Magazine. In addition, he has developed and delivered numerous presentations on information security and data privacy issues for executives, managers, and professionals.

Scott is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP/US), Certified Information Privacy Technologist (CIPT), and Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP). He also serves on the Cybersecurity Advisory Board at Rutgers University and authored the Introduction to Information Security LiveLessons video training series for Pearson Publishing.

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Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on a 300% increase in the incidence of ransomware attacks, and how to prevent it from happening to you.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on a testimony before Congress that the U.S. is currently “in a state between peace and open warfare with foreign adversaries” and that China and Russia pose and existential threat.
Scott Aurnou joins Jim Blasingame to report on a new Court of Appeals case that established new precedent on individuals being able to have standing to sue for a breach of their private information.