Frances Dewing, Rubica CEO, to Speak at 2019 RSA Conference Revealing Results of a Study Illustrating the "Weak Link" Criminals Use to Infiltrate Digital Lives

SEATTLE, Feb. 28, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Frances Dewing, Co-Founder and CEO of Rubica, the world's first proactive cybersecurity service for consumers, will speak March 6th at 1:10pm PST at RSA Conference 2019, the largest annual gathering of security professionals in the world, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California. In her talk, "The Emerging Grey App Threat: Mobile Kids Apps Are The Gateway To Parents," she will reveal the results of a study done on children's mobile apps being the "weak link" cybercriminals use to infiltrate adults' digital lives. Dewing's presentation will include Rubica's safety ranking of popular kid games and how they provide access to sensitive information from the whitepaper titled: "Cyber Crime and Privacy Risks in Free Mobile Apps for Kids: A True CyberSecurity Report."

Dewing will discuss why parental controls on devices are sometimes not enough. She will detail how secondary applications, advertised in download prompts within mainstream free gaming apps, serve as an entry point for cybercriminals. "You have to ask yourself," says Dewing. "Why would a child's puzzle game need access to your phone contacts and precise geolocation?"

At RSA, Frances and her Rubica co-founder Roderick Jones, also founder of Concentric, a leading company protecting heads of nation states and billionaires, will discuss why the consumer space is an important market opportunity for a proactive cybersecurity firm.

"Cybercriminals will always innovate around the latest technical protections, so in security there is always a need for continuous monitoring and reacting, "says Dewing. "Despite how technologically sophisticated and well-funded hackers are, they prey on simple human deception and unfortunately kids are an easy target and entry point into their parents' digital lives."

About Frances Dewing: Frances Dewing is Co-Founder and CEO of Rubica, the first proactive cybersecurity product for consumers. Prior to forming Rubica with former Scotland Yard's Special Branch detective Roderick Jones in 2016, Dewing served as in-house council and COO of Concentric Advisors, now one of the largest personal security firms for heads of nation states and global billionaires. At Concentric, Dewing was instrumental in building the business in Seattle and Silicon Valley and creating Concentric's billionaire cybersecurity service.

About Rubica: Rubica believes in human-centric security – the idea that cybersecurity requires both smart tools and smart people to detect and mitigate threats – and that cybersecurity should be accessible to all people. We exist to protect individuals' "digital rights" and ultimately reduce the incidence of cybercrime. Rubica is the only solution that is powerful enough to protect a world-class corporation but designed specifically to provide security and privacy for individuals, families and teams. Architected by top security experts from the NSA, DOD and Scotland Yard, and originally designed for heads of nation states and global billionaires, the easy-to-use consumer products are the only ones of their kind. For more information, visit Rubica.com and follow @Rubica.

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