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Protect Your Digital Information: Cybersecurity Essentials
Tom Stamulis Owner & Managing Director True North Group
Agenda• Why is Cybersecurity Important? • Who Wants Your Data? • What Data Do They Want • Top Techniques To Steal Your
Data • Myth vs. Reality? • Steps You Can Take
Thomas Stamulis Owner & Managing Director, True North Group
• 20-year U.S. Army veteran Counterintelligence Agent
• Over 25 years in the cybersecurity industry
• Co-Managed a cybersecurity program with over 35M in annual revenue to over 130 companies and 490 global sites
• Founded True North Group in 2019
Experience
• Senior-level cybersecurity positions at:
Previous Positions
BS Cybersecurity Policy & Management University of Maryland, University College
Education
• Previous positions in U.S. Army & Big-4 Professional Service Firms (PwC & KPMG)
Cybersecurity is here to Stay
Who Wants Your Data?
Travelers Insurance Company
What Data do they Want
• PHI - Protected Health Information • Health & Medical Records of patients and employees
• PCI - Payment Card Information • Credit & Debit Card Accounts Numbers
• PII - Personally Identifiable Information • Names, addresses, phone, SSN, etc.
• Intellectual Property • Marketing Strategies, Manufacturing Processes, Trade
Secrets and other non-public information • Other Proprietary Information
• Including Business Partner Information and Client Data
Top Techniques to Steal Data
• Criminal Hacking - 45% • Human Error - 22% • Social Engineering - 22% • Malware - 17% • Unauthorized Use - 8% • Physical Actions - 4%
2020 Verizon Data Breach Report
Myth or Reality
58% of cyber attack victims are small and medium businesses
Industry regulations are the bare minimum security controls
Software alone won’t protect your IT infrastructure
Anti-virus & Anti-malware are enough to
keep us safe
We are compliant with our industry regulations
and that’s enough
Cybercriminals don’t target small and
medium businesses
We have never had a cyberattack, our security
is strong enough
Cyber threats become more complex. It’s not
if, but when
Myth Fact
Myth or Reality
Modern malware and hacking techniques make it difficult to
Cybersecurity is an ongoing, new threats
are released daily
Insider threats are just as likely and harder to
detect
Cybersecurity threats only come from outside
your organization
Complete cybersecurity can be achieved
You’ll know immediately if your company is
breached
Cybersecurity is the IT department’s responsibility
All employees are responsible to help keep the company protected
Myth Fact
Complex Passwords Really Work
Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Business• Get Professional Help
• The SBDC offers no cost cybersecurity consultation • Inventory Your Assets and Data
• You can’t protect what you don’t know • Install a Firewall to Protect Your Network
• A Firewall is the front door to your home • Encrypt all Devices
• If your data is encrypted, you only lose a device • Back up, Back up & Back up
• If you don’t backup, don’t bother securing your data
Steps You Can Take to Protect Your Business• Regularly install updates and upgrades
• It’s the easiest way to protect your devices & it’s free • Train Your Employees
• Turn employees from a security liability to a security asset • Control physical access to your computers
• If I can get to it, I can steal it • Limit Employee Access to Data
• Tight controls over access, limit insider threat damage • Use Strong Passwords and Multi-Factor Authentication
• Require unique and complex passwords with MFA
Questions?
Additional Resources• FTC - Small Business Advice
• https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/small-businesses
• Windows 10 Upgrade
• https://www.zdnet.com/article/heres-how-you-can-still-get-a-free-windows-10-upgrade/
• Free Antivirus Vendors
• https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/best-free-antivirus-software/
• Free Security Awareness Training
• https://go.kaspersky.com/stay_secure_course.html
• The Best VPN Service of 2020
• https://www.techradar.com/vpn/best-vpn
• 10 Best Hardware Firewalls for Home and Small Business Networks (2020)
• https://www.networkstraining.com/best-hardware-firewalls-for-home-small-business/
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