Expert explains how businesses can protect themselves from cyber attacks

Pedro Rivera interviews Scott Beck

TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO BE81 DEGREES IN THE SACRAMENTOREGION FOR A HIGH TODAY.CYBERSECURITY ATTACKS THEY AREON THE RISE CYBER EXPERTS AREWARNING BUSINESSES AND TELLINGTHEM TO RAMP UP SECURITYMEASURES SO JOINING US NOWCYBERSECURITY EXPERTS COP THATJOINING US FROM CANADA TO TELLUS WHAT BUSINESSES NEED TO DOTO STAY SAFE.

THANK YOU FORJOINING US AGAIN.

WELL, IT'S APLEASURE TO BE HERE WITH YOUYEAH, ABSOLUTELY YOU KNOWYOU'RE THE FIRST PERSON ITHOUGHT OF BECAUSE WE'VE HADRECENTLY ABOUT BIGCYBERATTACKS THE RANSOMWARE WEKNOW UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS HAVEBEEN HIT OF COURSE THECOLONIAL PIPELINE CAUSE A LOTOF PROBLEMS THE ENTIRE EASTCOAST.

SO WHAT CAN SMALLBUSINESS OWNERS DO IN OURREGION, SOME OF THE EASY TIPSTHAT THEY CAN DO TO MAKE SURETHEY'RE SAFE.

FIRST ONE IS THETRAINER PEOPLE, 95% OF THESEEVENTS ARE CAUSED BY HUMANERROR WHAT I MEAN BY HUMANERROR.HAVE THE WRONG EMAILSOPENING UP ATTACHMENTSCLICKING THE WRONG LANES WEREBASICALLY INVITING THE BADGUYS IT AND ONCE THEY'RE THEREAND IT'S CAUSING HAVOC IN HERSYSTEM AND THEN THERE'S NO ONEMAGIC SILVER BULLET UNIT TRIEDTO PREVENT THE PROBLEMS AREHAPPENING.

BUT WE NEED TO BEPROBLEM AND WE NEED BE ABLE TORESPOND QUICKLY.

A LOT OFTHESE ATTACKS COULD BEMITIGATED IF WE HAD GOODBACKUPS IN PLACE WHERE IF WETOP PEOPLE INSTEAD OF ASSUMINGOUR PEOPLE KNOW WHAT TO DOWHEN THEY GET THAT E-MAILATTACHMENT OR IF YOU GET ANEMAIL SAYING HEY YOU GOT OVERTHIS TOPIC AND DOING A CERTAINAMOUNT OF TIME.

WE NEED TOTRAIN OUR PEOPLE SO THEY KNOWWHAT TO BE LOOKING FOR SO WEDON'T FALL PREY TO THOSESITUATIONS WHAT ABOUT BACKINGUP YOUR DAD, ESPECIALLYIMPORTANT INFORMATION ARE KEYINFORMATION.

IT IS YOUR KINDOF YOUR LAST LINE OF DEFENSEYOU YOUR LAST 2 THINGS YOU GOTFOR DEFENSE IS YOUR BACKUPSBECAUSE WITH RANSOMWARE YOU'RELOSING ACCESS TO YOUR FILESTHAT THE BAD GUYS GOT FULLCONTROL OF IT AND THAT'S WHERETHE RACE GOES FROM THEY WANTYOU TO PAY THEM ORDER TO GETACCESS TO YOUR FILES IMAGINECOPYCAT LOCALLY AND A COPYCAPPED OFF SITE IN A DATE AFARMER.

YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TOBE THE BAD GUYS YOU JUSTRECOVER YOUR FILES WHICHACTUALLY WHAT CLAUDIO ENDED UPDOLLARS IN RANSOM.

THEYREALIZE THEY STILL HAD TORECOVER FROM THEIR BACKUPSYSTEMS. AND THAT IS SOMETHINGELSE HERE AND WE KNOW A LOT OFBACK ON THEIR FEET RIGHTBECAUSE OF THE CORONAVIRUSPANDEMIC COULD BE TOUGH.BUT I MEAN IT MAY TOUGH FORTHEM BECAUSE THEY MAY THINKHAVE TO BUY ALL THIS STUFFSTUFF BUT THERE ARE WAYS THATYOU CAN DO WITHOUT BREAKINGTHE BANK.THERE IS WELL FIRST THINGIS TRAINING HOW DO WE TALK TOOUR PEOPLE YOU HIRE NEW STAFFMEMBERS WILL YOU PUT INTOTRAINING SO THEY CAN WORKTEACH THEM WHAT THEY SHOULD BEDOING WHEN THEY GET THOSEATTACHMENTS OR GET THOSE WERETHE E-MAILS SHOW THEM WHATTHEY SHOULD BE DOING KEEP YOURCOMPUTER SYSTEMS UP TO DATE ALOT OF THESE HACKS ONCE THEYGET IN ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OFSOFTWARE THAT HAS BEEN UPDATEDITS FRIED UPDATE THE SOFTWAREMAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GETTINGTHAT DONE AND THEN MAKE SUREWE HAVE THOSE BACKUPS IN PLACEPROTECTION DOESN'T HAVE TO BESUPER EXPENSIVE.

YEAH WE JUSTHAVE TO PREPARE FOR SO READYALL RIGHT REALLY QUICKLY WHERECAN PEOPLE GO TO FIND OUT MOREABOUT YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.TECH ABCK.

DOT SEE APERFECT THANK YOU SO MUCH FORJOINING US SCOTT, BECKERSECURITY EXPERTS ARE KEEPING