No Breach Required: $52 Million in Cybersecurity Fraud Settlements Built on Paperwork, Not Incidents (<– add to your schedule)
We present original research quantifying the gap between what federal contractors certify about their security posture and what vulnerability telemetry actually shows, combining data science with False Claims Act enforcement analysis to estimate the real FCA exposure across the defence industrial base. We then ask whether the industry’s own risk-scoring tools, built to make triage rational, are inadvertently building the evidentiary record that makes fraud prosecution easier.
Michael Roytman:
Michael Roytman is the CTO of Empirical Security. Previously, he was the Chief Data Scientist of Kenna Security, and a Distinguished Engineer at Cisco. He served on boards for the Society of Information Risk Analysts, Cryptomove, and Social Capital. He was the co-founder and executive chair of Dharma Platform (acquired, BAO Systems), for which he landed on the 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 list. He currently serves on Forbes Technology Council.
Max Voldman:
Max Voldman is a partner at Whistleblower Partners LLP, in Washington DC. Max’s practice is focused on representing whistleblowers under the federal False Claims Act and numerous state law equivalents, and the whistleblower programs of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Max has represented whistleblowers in various industries, including government contracting, healthcare, and education.