Accelerate Your Business Growth

Navigating the Cyber Threat Landscape

08.14.2023 - By Diane HelbigPlay

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Welcome back to another episode of "Accelerate Your Business Growth"! In today's episode, we have a special guest joining us - Scott McCrady. With over 25 years of experience in networking, telecommunications, and information security, Scott brings a wealth of expertise to the conversation. Together, we dive into the world of cybersecurity, exploring the different types of threats businesses face and how to stay vigilant in the ever-changing landscape. Scott shares valuable insights on the importance of having a comprehensive security program and offers a compelling alternative to the traditional in-house approach.

With 25 years of experience working in the networking, telecommunications, and information security space, Scott McCrady is currently serving as the CEO of SolCyber Managed Security Services. Scott has worked with large companies and start-ups, among them IBM and EDS, where he held Security Engineer and Team Leader positions. Previous to SolCyber, McCrady built the Asia-Pacific-Japan business at Symantec; he ran the global Managed Security Service and the Symantec and Accenture Joint Venture.

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The Challenge of Keeping Up with Cyber Attacks: "And what a lot of people don't know, and candidly in small business, you don't really need to know, but a lot of the attackers are subcontracted out to government agencies at different times. and so they could be organized crime that actually is out trying to make money, but at various times, they could be co-opted into a government, to go do hacks or attacks on behalf of the government."

— Scott McCrady 00:14:45

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