Lysa Myers

Lysa Myers

Security Researcher


Education? 20 years helping – helping users, analyzing malware, talking with people implementing security technology, and testing security software.

Highlights of your career? Seeing the first few droplets before the Melissa virus storm hit, surviving the Worm Wars of 2004, my first presentation at VB in 2006, and having an article published in USA Today in 2013.

Position and history at ESET? Joined ESET: 2013. Current title: Security Researcher

What malware do you hate the most? The ExploreZip family – it overwrote files, thus destroying the data. Plenty of people lost a lot of work as a result of those outbreaks.

Favorite activities? Adventuring and whimsy-seeking.

What is your golden rule for cyberspace? An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

When did you get your first computer and what kind was it? 1981 Commodore VIC-20. And then I continued using a variety of early-80s technology until roughly 1993 (oof!).

Favorite computer game/activity? Checking my Twitter feed.


85 articles by Lysa Myers

Privacy

Encryption 101: What is it? When should I use it?

Encryption 101: What is it? When should I use it?

Privacy

Encryption 101: What is it? When should I use it?

More than perhaps any other security topic, encryption really seems to perplex a lot of people. So, let's take a closer look – from basics to best practice.

Lysa Myers04 Feb 20165 min. read


Secure Coding

Birds of a feather code together

Birds of a feather code together

Secure Coding

Birds of a feather code together

Lysa Myers, a security researcher at ESET, looks at the diversity challenges and opportunities in information security - while there is much to be done, there's a lot to be optimistic about she says.

Lysa Myers18 Nov 20155 min. read


Digital Security

Are healthcare organizations ready to get serious about security … now?

Are healthcare organizations ready to get serious about security … now?

Digital Security

Are healthcare organizations ready to get serious about security … now?

ESET security researcher Lysa Myers looks at a few of the questions she has been hearing more often about the recent surfeit of insurer breaches.

Lysa Myers07 Oct 20152 min. read


Digital Security

Virus Bulletin small talk: Diversity in tech

Virus Bulletin small talk: Diversity in tech

Digital Security

Virus Bulletin small talk: Diversity in tech

Ahead of next week's Virus Bulletin conference, ESET's Lysa Myers offers a teaser of what to expect of her "small talk" with colleague Stephen Cobb.

Lysa Myers25 Sep 20151 min. read


Women in security - why are there so few?

Women in security - why are there so few?

Women in security - why are there so few?

With the annual Executive Women’s Forum conference in Arizona on the horizon, Lysa Myers looks at the importance of having more women in technology posts.

Lysa Myers15 Sep 20154 min. read


Kids Online

Make password into a story and more parental hacks

Make password into a story and more parental hacks

Kids Online

Make password into a story and more parental hacks

It’s important to ensure your child's data and devices are secure at school and at home. Check out our to back to school digital security guide.

Lysa Myers24 Aug 20153 min. read


5 security tips to defeat cybervillains at Comic-Con 2015

5 security tips to defeat cybervillains at Comic-Con 2015

5 security tips to defeat cybervillains at Comic-Con 2015

The crowds at Comic-Con are a tempting target for cybvervillains, so get prepared with these top tips for keeping your data and devices safe.

Lysa Myers08 Jul 20156 min. read


Less Technical

A beginner's guide to starting in InfoSec

A beginner's guide to starting in InfoSec

Less Technical

A beginner's guide to starting in InfoSec

Much ink has been spilt about the shortage of people trained in information security – especially the lack of women in the industry. Lysa Myers discusses.

Lysa Myers16 Jun 20154 min. read


Cybercrime

Credit Unions and the Data Security Act of 2015

Credit Unions and the Data Security Act of 2015

Cybercrime

Credit Unions and the Data Security Act of 2015

Credit Unions lost a lot of money due to recent breaches, so financial institutions are eager to see merchants held to higher standards for data security.

Lysa Myers11 Jun 20153 min. read