Mark Flegg, CSC global director of security services, is responsible for advising a global client base on digital risk and the preventative measures brands can take to safeguard their digital assets. During his 18-year career, Mark has acquired a wealth of experience in cyber security technology focusing on domain management systems, domain name systems (DNS), digital certificates SSL (TLS), and distributed denial of service protection software and mitigation. To raise awareness of digital threats to businesses, Mark regularly presents programs dealing with domain security and cyber security assets at leading industry conferences and events.
Unsuspecting website visitors are often unaware when they have landed on a spoofed page or are re-directed to malware-hosting web servers designed to steal their sensitive data and information. This attack is known as subdomain hijacking, or subdomain takeover. A web user's private information is then traded on the dark web, and cybercriminals profit, further fueling the expansion of identity theft in the online world. more