Cybersecurity and Your Role in Securing the Homeland

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Information Security “There are now only two types of American companies: Those that have been hacked and Those that don’t know they’ve been hacked. ” Common saying among security experts

Quadrennial Homeland Security Review Report February 2010 “Among the forces that threaten the United States and its interests are those that blend the lethality and high-tech capabilities of modern weaponry with the power and opportunity of asymmetric tactics such as terrorism and cyber warfare. We are challenged not only by novel employment of conventional weaponry, but also by the hybrid nature of these threats. We have seen their effects on the American homeland. Moreover, we must remember that we face a determined and constantly adapting adversary. ”

Security Concerns Trust Mobile Security Confidentiality Secure Communications Privacy Patch Management Access Controls Policy Enforcement Authentication Configuration Management Vulnerability Management & Code Upgrades Monitoring Secure Middleware Nation State Threat Actors Infra. Gard PSA 10/17/17: Common Internet of Things Devices May Expose Consumers to Cyber Exploitation" and "Booter and Stresser Services Increase the Scale and Frequency of Distributed Denial of Service Attacks"

Recent Cybersecurity Impacts February 2018 Connecticut State Agencies Experience Cyberattack March 2018 Connecticut Judicial Branch Computer Systems Attacked with Ransomware City of Atlanta Hit with Cyberattack - Six days after a ransomware cyberattack, Atlanta officials are filling out forms by hand Atlanta has shut down courts and people can’t pay their on-line Water Bills. Baltimore City 911 System Hacked bt Transformation 7

What is our Government doing about it? *Sensitive slides to be referenced here*

A Hacker Attack Occurs Every 39 seconds Affecting one in three Americans each year

It is estimated that from 2017 to 2021 $1 TRILLION Will be spent globally on cybersecurity

Total cost for cyber crime committed globally $100 Billion dollars.

The average cost of a data breach in 2020 will exceed $150 Million as more business infrastructure gets connected.

$21. 00 - $1200 Going rate for a social security number is about $21. 00 Your full identity is worth about $1200. 00 on the Darknet

By 2021 Cybersecurity jobs worldwide will reach 3. 5 Million UNFILLED

By 2020 there will be ~200 Billion Connected Devices Globally

What does it all mean? Last year, IBM’s chairman, Ginni Rometty said: “Cyber crime is the greatest threat to every company in the world. ” During the next five years, cyber crime is likely to become the greatest threat to every person, place and thing in the world.

I. O. T. (Internet Of Things) Home Work Play Smart Cities

Io. T provides Digital Thieves a larger attack surface

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Mirai Malware - enslaves poorly-secured Internet of Things (Io. T) devices

What can you do protect your information?

Follow these simple steps Turn off Bluetooth (If you do not need it, turn it off…) BTLE: (locks, gun safes, medical device, etc) Use a VPN whenever possible. Especially on Public Wifi Opera Web Browser offers a “Free” VPN solution in their browser. Never use Open or free Wi-Fi Patch, Patch (Except for casual browsing - be willing to accept the risks) (Update all of your software) Remember a captive portal page does NOT mean security https: //haveibeenpwned. com/ Encrypt all of your devices (Desktop, Laptop, Mobile devices. Password, Biometric… Whatever) Open. DNS Back-up your Data Use a Antivirus program (Use ANY, there are free ones available) (Do it now or you will regret that you didn’t) Ransomware Separate business and pleasure Never click on links or open attachments in emails

https: //www. dhs. gov/how-do-i/report-cyber-incidents Report Malware and vulnerabilities to DHS cert@cert. org and soc@us-cert. gov.

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