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Episode 49: Ransomware breakout in Texas
As the federal and state governments have worked to enhance their cybersecurity infrastructure, cyber criminals have now seemingly set their sights on a new and, evidently, far more vulnerable target: cities and towns. Texas learned this the hard way earlier this...
Episode 48: Protecting data when employees work remotely
Last month, Utah Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox announced a pilot program testing the benefits of state employees teleworking showed increased productivity, reduced carbon output by eliminating the commute to an office and allows for more efficient use of state office space. ...
Episode 47: Cyber hacks on schools lead to a state of emergency
Across the country, parents are busy with back-to-school shopping while kids are squeezing every minute of rest and relaxation they can out of the final weeks of summer vacation. As schools prepare to welcome students back, many are becoming targets of hackers. In...
Episode 45: Trends to watch in cybersecurity this year
If there’s one thing we’ve learned through two seasons of the CYBER24 podcast (besides you need to do better managing your passwords) it’s that the bad guys are always going to be a step ahead of the good guys. It’s the nature of playing defense. Just when you stop...
Episode 44: CISA’s first emergency directive
In late January, the director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued agency’s first Emergency Directive, outlining current and potential risks posed to Federal agencies. The attack was a combination of simplicity over sophistication and...
Episode 43: How is the Federal Government Shutdown Impacting Cybersecurity?
As we sat down to record this week’s pod, the federal government had been shut down for 26 days with no end in sight. While the battle over a board wall continues in the nation’s capital, we at CYBER24 wanted to take a look at how a shutdown impacts our nation’s...