CYBER24

Cybersecurity can mean different things to different businesses but it should never be ignored. A recent Forbes article makes the case that businesses should focus not only on cybersecurity (keeping hackers from committing a crime at your expense) but also on cyber resilience (keeping your business alive and getting back to full throttle after a cybercrime is committed). When a hacker is successful, your team is suddenly pulled from what they do best to deal with data recovery, regulators and upset customers. So, you should ask yourself what are we doing to prevent a hacker from causing us trouble and what are we going to do if a hacker is successful.

Panelists

Dan Schuyler, VLCM

Anthony Booyse, Sophos

Cybercriminals have ramped up their ransomware attacks and you may be surprised by the four ways they gain access to your system. In this episode of CYBER24, presented by VLCM, we break down how the hackers get past your defenses and look at alarming trends with ransomware attacks

Ransomware has become a serious issue for businesses across the United States with a 147 percent jump in attacks over the last two years. Businesses have adapted by adding cyber insurance policies to cover them - meaning helping them pay a ransom and get back to work. With the problem growing so fast, the Treasury Department is making a significant change, now threatening to fine companies that pay the ransom. It leaves businesses in a no-win situation, either paying a ransom and facing a government sanction or losing their data altogether.

In this episode of CYBER24, presented by VLCM, we talk with our panel of experts about the U.S. government's new approach, how it will impact business and why it makes it more important than ever to avoid falling victim to ransomware.

The fractional information security officer (FISO) - also known in some circles as a virtual or vCISO - has grown in popularity in recent years. In this episode of CYBER24, presented by VLCM, we look at why small and medium-sized businesses should consider this option to boost their security efforts without breaking the bank.

Guest Expert

Greg Johnson, CEO of Webcheck

Whether they will admit it or not, most people have really bad password habits. They use passwords that are too simple, too easy to guess and they use them for too many accounts. A 2019 study showed nearly seven out of ten people share passwords with colleagues and more than half reuse the same passwords for personal and work accounts. The bottom line: your employees don't have a good system or strategy to manage the hundreds of passwords we all need and that is putting your organization at risk. Utilizing a password manager can solve all those issues and greatly enhance your security. In this episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM, we take a look at the benefits of a password manager and how to choose the right one for your situation.

Panelists

• Anthony Booyse of Sophos
• Dan Schuyler of VLCM

In mid-March of this year, with the COVID-19 pandemic taking hold across the state, Utah Governor Gary Herbert closed state buildings and, in the process, moved many of the 24,000 state employees to remote work. Over the following days and weeks, attacks on the state network became more targeted and doubled to three billion per day. In today's episode, we talk with the men in charge of making sure the technology was in place and secure for it to happen and discuss the difference between a temporary transition to remote work and one that is permanent.

Guest

Mike Hussey, Executive Director, Utah Department of Technology Services

Phil Bates, Chief Information Security Officer, Utah Department of Technology Services

In this episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM, we continue our discussion of the importance of offsite storage with the CIO of Perpetual Storage. We discuss the difference between replication and backup, as well as the best way to use cloud and offsite storage to protect your business.

Panelists
JR Maycock, Perpetual Storage
Dan Schuyler, VLCM

By now you know just how important it is to back up your organization's data. Doing so can be the difference between your business surviving a data breach and a hacker closing your doors forever. Where and how you back up that data are also key risk management decisions. In this episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM, we discuss the benefits of offsite storage with the CIO of local business that specializes in protecting your data in a unique manner and location.

Panelists
JR Maycock, Perpetual Storage
Dan Schuyler, VLCM

Web applications occupy a large space within the IT infrastructure of a business. They simply just don’t touch a front end or a back end; today’s web apps impact just about every corner of it. They have also become complex, which has made them a prime target for sophisticated cyberattacks. As a result, web apps must be tested from the inside and out in terms of security before they can be deployed and launched to the public for business transactions to occur. In this episode of the CYBER24 podcast, presented by VLCM, we speak with the author of a new book looking at how your business can keep its app secure.

The more deeply we dive into cybersecurity as an issue for you and your organization, the clearer it becomes that problems stem from a lackluster commitment to the basics. In this episode of the CBYER24 podcast, presented by VLCM, we look at two-factor authentication and how it can frustrate efforts to hack your data.

Panelists

Anthony Booyse, Sophos