This "security" thing continues to become more and more of an issue in our business lives, as well as personal. Recently the FBI posted a warning explaining what the potential losses are, including but not limited to: service disruptions, financial loss, and in some cases, permanent loss of valuable data - and that it is challenging for the FBI to keep pace. Knowing that the FBI only have about 800 cyber agents, including just 600 agents who conduct investigations, the agency doesn’t have the ability to address every attack, and must triage the most significant ones. You are on your own if the damage is less than a few hundred thousand dollars.
Check out the bulletin from the FBI here.
Some of the scarier highlights are:
We STRONGLY urge you to read the entire report and pay special attention to the last two sections on "Defense" and "Additional Considerations" and contact our office to setup a meeting with your vCIO to review how you are protected, and what other measures can be implemented to mitigate the risks of being compromised, and then if you are, how you would recover.
Thanks to our friends at www.knowbe4.com for the heads up!