Changing Cultures by Dr. Jane A. LeClair Cybersecurity is a word that is getting a lot of attention these days. Hardly a week passes without the public being informed by the media of yet another major cyber breach. Major business organizations have been attacked, the digital systems of political parties breached, our critical infrastructure probed, even the White House has been attacked. Those systems were no doubt defended against intrusions with well configured firewall

Women in Cybersecurity By Dr. Jane A. LeClair The facts speak for themselves...there are literally hundreds of thousands of unfilled cybersecurity positions, there is expected to be a shortfall of one million skilled cyber professionals by the end of the decade and add to those figures the fact that the average salary in the cybersecurity arena is north of 90k. However, we have these facts as well...women make up more than 50% of the American workforce, but occupy less

Select small business audiences need focused cybersecurity training By Carolyn Schrader Now that everyone in your company has participated in basic cybersecurity awareness training and your IT people have done several phishing email exercises, it might be time for you to consider focused training for select employee audiences. Hackers continue to get more sophisticated, so your training needs to continue to expand. Nigerian payment scams still exist, but new innovative scams

Be ready for cyber scams by Carolyn Schrader Eight scams to be ready for include: 1. Social Media Scams with fake offers or discounts Everyone loves a deal. Unfortunately, the criminals rely on this human behavior. Fake offers and too-good-to-be- true discounts increase during the holiday shopping season. Businesses should alert their employees who might be shopping using a company computer or mobile device. Shoppers should patronized reputable, known shopping sites and be ca

Drones and Small Business Cybersecurity by Carolyn Schrader Drones are being used for many creative tasks. They are now used to deliver packages and take-out. Pizza express, anyone? Cowboys may no longer need to ride the fence to look for damage. A rancher can send a drone with instant video and GPS details to the ranch house. Repairs can be schedule efficiently. Farmers can send a drone over their fields to look at crop growth and water levels. They can then remotely turn on