CYBER24

Over the past couple of weeks, a large portion of the workforce has faced a quick transition from office life to working remotely. Some organizations were well prepared to make that change, many employees had already been working remotely, but some faced significant challenges. 

In this episode of CYBER24, presented by VLCM, we connect remotely with Dan Schuyler to get his expert insight on what business leaders should consider to keep their employees productive and their data and systems secure. 

Over the past week, national leaders have asked businesses to allow employees to work from home and Utah added a big earthquake to the mix. 

For leaders in the Utah Dept. of Technology Services, this meant putting plans into action to allow workers to connect while away from the office. In this episode of CYBER24, presented by VLCM, we sit down (uh, make that, connect remotely) with Mike Hussey, the state’s CIO and Phil Bates, the state’s CISO, to discuss the challenges of transitioning to an online workforce and the security measures that had to be in place. 

Plus, we talk about online scams and how quickly hackers swoop in to take advantage of a disruption in our normal routines. 

For all the talk about the importance of cybersecurity, despite an increase in the number of businesses and other organizations being targeted by hackers, for all the new regulations aimed at protecting consumers while forcing businesses to take data protection seriously, there are still far too many businesses that hesitate to put proper protections in place. Many fail to properly train their employees on security basics and it is still far too common for the C-suite to make cybersecurity the IT guy’s problem. 

In this episode of CYBER24, presented by VLCM, we sit down with Matt Sorensen of Formidify to take a closer look at the common excuses businesses give for not taking the issue seriously and ways the security industry may not be speaking the language of its most important potential customers. 

Detecting increasingly sophisticated malware attacks requires complex defenses. Security companies are using more and more advanced types of machine and deep learning to blacklist malware and prevent it from ever getting to your employees or your computer systems. We take a closer look at how they do it and how your business can benefit from smarter defenses on this week’s episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM. 

Anthony Booyse
Paul Whittier

In this week’s episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM, we discuss how a leading security company educates your employees to help them keep your data safe online. We also discuss the sophisticated technology they use to keep malicious links from getting to your employees in the first place. 

Anthony Booyse, Sophos
Paul Whittier, Sophos

The state of Utah is exploring the possibility of using blockchain technology to make voting more secure and more convenient. In this episode of CYBERR24, presented by VLCM, we sit down with Utah’s top technology official to learn more about the technology that might make voting from your phone a possibility, how they will accommodate non-tech voters and how tests of the tech have gone so far. 

Panel 

Anthony Booyse, Sophos

Mike Hussey, Utah Dept. of Technology Services

We know internet users love to click on links, often with too little regard for how trustworthy the source may be. And that can have bad results for everyone. Some experts say we need to do more than just try and train users to be smarter about their web security practices. In this episode of CYBER24, presented by VLCM, we sit down with Anthony Booyse of Sophos to learn more about his company’s approach to preventing malicious links from causing you problems. 

We also look at Google’s recent announcement that it wants to phase out third-party cookies. What will this mean for how businesses serve ads to potential customers online? We break it down. 

The internet of things (IoT) has been steadily creeping into our lives. From smart appliances to smart light bulbs, there are more and more devices that make our lives more convenient. But these devices operate on our personal and business networks. Any vulnerability on any one of those devices is a potential security risk for you, your family or your business. 

In this episode of CYBER24 presented by VLCM, our expert panel takes a deep dive into IoT, the security vulnerabilities it presents and what network segregation can do to keep you secure. 

Panelists
Anthony Booyse, Sophos
Paul Whittier, Sophos
Dan Schuyler, VLCM

Many considered 2019 to be the year of ransomware as the number of incidents shot up significantly. High profile targets — big cities like Atlanta and Baltimore — were targets. So were softer targets like school districts right before school resumed in the fall. So were small towns and smaller businesses with less sophisticated defenses. 

But as businesses get better at having backup, they become less likely to pay. So the bad guys have evolved their attacks. 

A new trend shows more hackers not only hitting targets with ransomware, but they have begun to steal the data and release small amounts of it to turn up the heat on victims and make sure they pay. 

On this episode of CYBER24, we look at this new trend and discuss whether it will become the new norm. 

We also take a look at a cyber attack on the head of Amazon and discuss how CEOs are becoming potential targets for cybercriminals.

If you are in business in the year 2020, you almost certainly collect, stores and use data. At the beginning of 2020, new regulations went into place that likely pertain to your day-to-day operations. In this episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM, we discuss the differences between privacy and security; new regulations like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) or internationally, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); and a new approach to getting and staying compliant, developed by a company right here in Utah.