Security Awareness Training
Security Strong Podcast
In this in-depth Security Awareness Training, host Jeremy Cherny explores how a security incident can occur, as well as how people can best protect their data to remain secure.
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Get To Know Microsoft Teams
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Host Jeremy Cherny discusses how to use Microsoft Teams as well as best practices. What is Microsoft Teams? If you haven't used it before, Microsoft Teams is a bit like texting or messenger on your phone in that it allows you to send messages to individuals, create group chats, and share files such as PDFs or photos. It’s much more than just that though. You can also create video chats for things such as one on ones, group chats, meetings, or video conferencing and because Teams can access apps such as SharePoint, Planner, and OneNote just to name a few, your team can work...
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Get to know Microsoft Planner
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Host Jeremy Cherny discusses best practices and how to use Microsoft Planner. What is Microsoft Planner? Microsoft Planner does not have a desktop component, it is strictly from the web. It's also from your apps on your phone and tablets. So right now, there is no desktop component. So you go to Office and sign in with your credentials. It's kind of like task management for teams. Some might call it light project management. There are a lot of different ways to look at it depending on how you're going to use it. We've started to use it here at Tobin Solutions for a few small projects. So we...
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What to expect from the future of Internet security with Steve Moscarelli
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Host Jeremy Cherny interviews Steve Moscarelli, Regional Sales Manager at Thales Cloud Security “I knew that the internet was going to be the future when I was in college. I had roommates working at the New Media Lab at MIT and they were involved in building a precursor to the internet for DARPA. I also saw very clearly that the internet was built with no security at all - which really propelled me into my career.” What are some of the things you read to stay on top of what's happening in the world of security? So I'd recommend that everybody pay close attention to Dark Reading. In many...
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Using common sense to stay secure with Joe Dietrich
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Host Jeremy Cherny interviews Joe Dietrich, Manager of Hosting and Storage for Dover Corporation “Dover Corporation is a diversified global manufacturer. We've got about 325 global locations with about 23,000 employees worldwide. What I do for Dover is lead teams that provide server and storage support, as well as Active Directory support and what we call data protection, which for us means backup and disaster recovery.” Why is security important? The systems and applications that run on the servers and storage that my team supports are things like Oracle, our payroll, our accounting...
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Best practices for keeping your business’ information secure
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This week, we're doing something a little different on the Security Strong Podcast. It's just me, we're doing kind of a fireside chat mode here. I'm sitting in a rocking chair near the fire and I am thinking about the various awesome guests we've had since we started the podcast, I'm thinking about what we do as a security company, and I thought why don't we share some of the best practices and go through a top list of things that you can do to stay secure. Security as a Process, Not a Product A lot of times when people think about security, they're thinking about buying the basics,...
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Security in the world of HR with Amy Fallucca
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Host: Jeremy Cherny interviews Amy Fallucca, CEO of Bravent “Bravent has been around for about four years. We are an HR consulting and recruiting company. On the HR side, we help with anything from handbooks, to advising on terminations, or employee performance. Then on the recruiting side, we work on a range of positions; professional, technical, and executive. We leverage technology to be really efficient in our process, and by doing that, we're able to save our clients money. We're typically about half the cost of contingent placement firms.” Can you speak a little about security...
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Improve security through Mobile Device Management with Max Palzewicz
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Host Jeremy Cherny interviews Max Palzewicz, Director of Operations at Rocketman Tech “I started out my career in public accounting, primarily working and advising small business owners. I got my CPA and I was able to join my dad and uncle's business coaching firm, Action Coach of Southeastern Wisconsin, where I worked for a few years. I carved out a niche for myself focusing on the financials for business owners, teaching business owners, how to be financially literate, how to read and analyze their financial statements, also how to process good numbers so they could make sound decisions...
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Know your data with Jason Claycomb
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Host: Jeremy Cherny interviews Jason Claycomb, Founder of INARMA “INARMA is a professional services firm. The short tagline is ‘We assess controls.’ So I really like how you think of security as a process and not a product - that’s exactly what we do. We help people with the process around security. Yes, there are products involved, but those are types of solutions and we help people pick the right solutions.” Why is security so important to you and your clients? We've all got sensitive data. There isn’t any business that does not have sensitive data in it or where the data isn't...
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E-commerce website security with Lori McDonald
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Host: Jeremy Cherny interviews Lori McDonald, President and CEO of Brilliance Business Solutions “I started my career at NASA Johnson Space Center as a flight controller for the space shuttle program where I met my husband. He went on to work for Rockwell Automation and got a promotion that brought us to Milwaukee. I was trying to figure out what was as cool as space and decided the internet looked like a cool place to be. So I started Brilliance Business Solutions, a web development company with a niche in helping manufacturers and distributors implement digital commerce solutions, in 1998....
info_outlineHost: Jeremy Cherny interviews Joe Skotarzak, General Manager at MotherG-Wisconsin
“At MotherG, we’re focussed on being a managed service provider. We really strive to help small businesses manage their technology. Security is a big part of that, so it’s certainly a focus area for us.”
Why is security important?
As we’re out there working with small businesses, every small business is dependent on some level of technology. Some of them it’s a tool that's foundational to what they do and how they compete and how they deliver. The downside is these cyber security threats. They can upset and turn the whole thing over. It’s important because it potentially could bring a business down. It’s foundational to make sure that it’s a part of every relationship and managing every client and their network.
How do you stay on top of the latest security threats?
It’s a multi-faceted approach to things. We do a lot of reading and talking. We’ve got partners who are specialists in this, both from the manufacturer perspective and from the delivery perspective. It’s a big part of all of our jobs and it’s always growing in importance. It’s a lot of reading, listening to podcasts, listening to experts. It’s a lot of talking to manufacturers and staying abreast of what they’re doing.
How do you address security awareness training for your end users and the different stakeholders that you work with?
Again, it’s a multi-layered approach. We use a lot of tools - KnowBe4 is a good one, it’s a service that really helps. They do spoof attacks to allow the business owner to have a really good clear understanding of how susceptible they are. We look at tools and resources and try to make those a part of our culture. People need to know what the rules are to keep things safe. We also make sure that our clients know that we’re their partner in this. We try to have interaction and really learn what our clients need and want.
What are the most important things that people can do to protect their online information?
The number one thing is to have an awareness and a little bit of paranoia that someone could be after you. We say that a healthy skepticism goes a long way. If something doesn’t look and feel right, maybe just take a breath before you do something. There’s a lot of phishing campaigns out there and we’ve seen an increase in them with COVID. Two-factor authentication is another big thing, just in terms of keeping your information safe. A lot of that stuff gets exposed unfortunately.
What do you see as the future of information security?
We see it as really an arms race with good guys and bad guys. We also see that cyber security is going to be a growing business. With small businesses leveraging more and more, there’s going to be more attacks as well. The days are gone when all you needed was an antivirus software.