North Carolina cybersecurity expert how to protect yourself cyberattacks

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CONTINUE TO IMPACT BUSINESS OWNERS IN NORTH CAROLINA AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY IN BUSINESSES OF ALL SIZES CANE B VULNERABLE TO THOSE ATTACKS. SO IT’S IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED. I’D LIKE TO WELCOME STEVE COBB NOW. HE IS THE CHIEF INFORMATION SECURITY OFFICER FOR ONE SOURCE, WHICH IS BASED IN GREENVILLE, BUT SERVES CLIENTS ALL THROUGHOUT OUR STATE STEVE. THANK Y SOOU MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. SO LET’S FIRST BEGIN WITH SOME OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS ATTH SEEN WITH YOUR CLIENTS AND RECENT MONTHS WITH THESE CYBER ATTACKS. YEAH, UNFORTUNATELY, ESPECIALLY WELLLL A OF THE COUNTRY BUT IN NORTH CAROLINA AS WELL A LOT OF WERE ATTACKS TAKGIN PLACE A HUGE SURGE MORE SPECIFICALLY MAYBE RANSOMWARE WE’VE SEEN THAT AFFECT NOT ONLY BUSINESSES BUT EDUCATIONAL K TOUHRGH 12S AND HIGHER EDUCATIONAL COMPANIES JUST ATTACKERS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A LOT OF THE FEAR AND UNCERTAINTY ABOUT ESPECIALLY ARNDOU COVID-19 AND USING THOSE AS LEVERAGE TO PRAYN O BUSINESSES AND AND OTHER ORGANIZATIONS. SO WHAT CAN WE DO TO KIND OF GET AHEAD OFHE T GAME TO PROTECT OURSELVES FROM THESE ATTACKS? YEAH. SOME SOME PRACTICAL TECHNICAL THINGS THAT CAN BE DONE. BUT A LOT OF IT IS AWARENESS, RIGHT SO TRAINING YOUR EMPLOYEES AND TRAINING OF YOUR USERS SO THAT THEY’RE FAMILIAR WITH WHAT SAY A FISHING ATTACK LOOKS LIKE THIS ONE THE MOST PREVANTLE WAYS. WE SEE ATTACKS ORIGINATE UNDERSTANDING WHEN EMAILS COME IN YOU KNOW WHO THEY’RE FROM AND WHAT THEYON CTAIN THAT’S A BIG STEP DOING THINGS LIKE MULTI-FACTOR AHEUTNTICATION AND JUST PARTNERING WITH SOMEBODY WHO’S SECURITY AWARE OF TECHNICAL COMPANY THAT CAN HELP GIVE YOU GUIDANCE AND AND CAN ANDON CSULTATION. WNO WE HAVE TRAINING WITHIN OUR COMPANY THAT WE ARE REQUIRED TO UNRGDEO TO HELP PROTECT US HERE. BUT WHAT ABOUT JUST PEOPLE AT HOME WITH THEIR LAPTOPS, YOU KNOW, JUST PERSONALLY YEAH, THERE ARE A LOT OF FREE SITES THAT YOU CAN GO TO TO GET SOME TRAINING AVAILABLE SO YOU CAN RFO THATND A SEARCH FOR BUT I ENCOURAGE SO THIS ISN’T JUST A BUSINESS PROBLEM REALLY IT IS A CULTEUR PROBLEM AND IT HAPPENS. IT AFFECTS HOME USERS AS YOU MENTIONED JUST LEIK IT DOES BUSINESS USERS. THE THE IDEA SHOULD BE THAT WE TRY TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE ON THE INDICATORS TO LOOK FOR AND THEN UNDERSTAND HOW TO RESPOND TO THOSE THINGS WHEN WE WE SEE THE COME ACROSS OUR BROWS OR OR FLAL IONT OUR OUR EMAIL INBOX. YES SPEAKING OF RESPONDING PROPERLYAY S IT’S ALREADY HAPPENED YOU FIND OUT AND IT’S LATE. I MEAN, WHAT’S THE FIRST THAT THEN TO MAKE IT BETTER. WELL, WE HOPE YOU HAVE PLANNED FOR IT. BUT A LOT OF COMPANIES DON’T PLAN FOR IT. SO THE FIRST SPTE IS REAYLL TO ALIGN YOURSELF WITH PROFESSIONALS WHO’VE BEEN THROUGH THE EXPERIEENC AND CAN UNDERSTAND WHAT TO EXPECT NEXT. WE ALWAYS ENCOURAGE BUSINESSES, ESPECILYAL TO STA TRTHINKING ABOUT THIS NOW ONCE AGAIN THAT AWARENESS SITUATION AND PLAN FOR THIS HAVE AN INSTANT RESPONSE PLAN IN PLACE. SO WHEN YOU’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CRISIS, YOU'R’ NOT TRYING TO FIGURE THOSE THINGS OUT, BUT IF YOU DO ONE SOURCE CAN PROVIDE MESO HPEL THERE. WE DO INSTANT RESPONSE. THE OTHER ORGANIZATIONS, BUT WE’D LIKE TO SAY IF YOU’RE IN NORTH CAROLINA, WE LIKE TO PROTECT THINK THAT WE’RE PROTECTORSND A DEFENDERS FOR NORTH CAROLINA SPECIFICALLY REACH OUT TO ONE SOURCE WE CAN HELP YOU. GREAT STEVE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME IN YOUR HELP. AND LIKE HE MENTIONED YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO WORK WITH STEVE AND THENE O SOURCE TEAM AT

North Carolina cybersecurity expert shares tips on how to protect yourself from cyberattacks

Updated: 11:03 AM EDT Oct 6, 2021

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