Ssn 2 Ep 14: Zero Trust, Pt 2

Cybercrime is projected to cost the world 10.5 trillion annually by 2025. Hackers are looking for the easiest targets, make sure you’re not one of them. Zero Trust is a layered approach to cybersecurity that structures your network so you can do just that.

 

Today's episode looks at foundational elements you better already have in place.

 

Show Notes:

 

:37: The big business of hacking

 

1:13: Why and how cybercrime has accelerated since the pandemic

 

1:42: Some of the reasons home workstations are vulnerable to cyber attacks

 

2:00: DNS filtering

 

4:07: The business cost of a cyber breach and some of the recent stats

 

4:20: Threat actors live on your network for 280 days before they’re identified

 

4:55: What happens when you’ve been hacked and held for ransom

 

5:55: EDR—Endpoint Detection Response

 

7:15: Some indicators of threat actors can have other causes

 

8:23: Cloud configuration—and how it can pose a risk

Business Cost of Cybercrime

https://cobalt.io/blog/business-cost-of-cybercrime

 

9:47: Cyber awareness training

 

11:05: What happens to the stolen data from random individuals on home networks

 

12:09: What happens to a company’s data

 

12:30: Encryption

 

14:25: Backups—a two-fold process for backing up to the cloud

 

16:07: Zero Trust is a much deeper dive than the foundational things we’ve talked about today.

 

 

Your hosts: Rex Nance and Penny O'Halloran of East Atlantic Security, LLC @ https://EastAtlanticSecurity.com/

 

Voiceover Artist: Paul Kadach at www.voices.com