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Bioinformatics is essential for the management of data in modern biology and medicine. By finding more secure solutions we will be creating greater opportunity and more efficiency in medical research. ~Audrey Bentley

Bioinformatics is essential for the management of data in modern biology and medicine. By finding more secure solutions we will be creating greater opportunity and more efficiency in medical research. ~Audrey Bentley

BentleyBioSec Blog My Ramblings of all things Information Security

Jan 26
Jan 26 My Case Study of last year's Ambry Genetics Attack...

Audrey Renée Bentley
Cyber Security, Genomics, Information Security, Bioinformatics, Law

Jul 17
Jul 17 GENOMICS: To Comply in The Cloud Pt. 1

Audrey Renée Bentley
Genomics, Cyber Security, Information Security, Bioinformatics, Cloud Computing

The first part of a three part series for Securing Genomic Data in The Cloud. This is mainly introductory and includes the basics of Cloud Computing and background on Genomic Data.

Apr 23
Apr 23 The Genetic Connection of COVID-19....

Audrey Renée Bentley
Genomics, Bioinformatics

Nov 15
Nov 15 Breach at Whole Genome Sequencing company Veritas Genetics...

Audrey Renée Bentley
Genomics, Information Security, Bioinformatics, OSINT

The breach at Veritas Genetics and details of what Whole Genome Sequencing is and what that means for privacy concerns going forward as Personalized Medicine continues to become more popular.

Sep 25
Sep 25 The DOJ Announces Interim Policy on Forensic Genetic Genealogy

Audrey Renée Bentley
Genomics, Information Security, Law, OSINT

The Department of Justice puts forth guidelines for law enforcement and genetic genealogists to follow to help address privacy concerns…

Aug 23
Aug 23 The Big Little Lie that is Anonymized Data Part 1

Audrey Renée Bentley
Genomics, Information Security, OSINT, Bioinformatics

Is it possible for data to truly be anonymized anymore? Most of the Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing companies claim that it is safe to test with them because your Genetic data will be de-identified. I show you how it can be re-identified using Open Source Intelligence and free software.

Jul 21
Jul 21 Consumer Genetic Testing Companies Come Together to Form the Coalition for Genetic Data Protection

Audrey Renée Bentley
Law, Information Security, Genomics

Who is in the Coalition, What is their purpose, Will they be able to make an impact?

Jul 18
Jul 18 Researchers Discover Vulnerability in Genomic Software That Could have Led to CyberAttack..

Audrey Renée Bentley
Cyber Security, Bioinformatics, Genomics, Information Security

Jul 16
Jul 16 Consumer DNA-testing company Vitagene left 3,000 user’s private info exposed for years...

Audrey Renée Bentley
Genomics, Information Security, Law, Bioinformatics

THE INFORMATION EXPOSED RANGES FROM CONSUMER’S FULL NAMES, BIRTHDATES, AND ACTUAL GENETIC DATA ITSELF..SOME OF THE RAW DNA WAS EVEN STORED WITH USER’S NAMES..

May 18
May 18 Privacy-Preserving String Searching...

Audrey Renée Bentley
Bioinformatics, Information Security, Genomics

More methods for preserving privacy in Bioinformatics..including: Secure String Searching with the Burrows-Wheeler Transform and Oblivious Transfer Protocol…

May 15
May 15 Consumer Genetic Testing and Privacy Concerns Part 2. Updated July 14th

Audrey Renée Bentley
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Information Security

The shortcomings of the privacy laws that pertain to Genetic testing and what can be done..

May 15
May 15 Consumer Genetic Testing and Privacy Concerns Part 1.

Audrey Renée Bentley
Bioinformatics, Information Security, Cyber Security

Genetic testing fears and the reality of re-identification.

May 9
May 9 Secure Read Mapping...

Audrey Renée Bentley
Bioinformatics, Genomics, Cyber Security

Read Mapping is one of the most important and prevalent operations in DNA sequence analysis…

May 9
May 9 Intro to Bioinformatics and Security

Audrey Renée Bentley
Bioinformatics

A basic introduction of Information Security in Bioinformatics.

 
 
 

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