189 - Adam Anderson - Cyber Security Attacks And Your Defense
Episode description
Adam Anderson is a long-time small business owner who also happens to be one of the leading authorities on small business cyber security. He is a serial entrepreneur, author, and founder and Chairman of Palmetto Security Group (PSG), an IBM Premier Cyber Security Business Partner. He recently launched Anderson Security Group. With 20 years in cyber security, and 13 as a small business owner, Adam is positioned to understand both sides of the cyber security equation in a way most aren’t. Adam got tired of answering all his business owner friends’ questions about cyber security, so he co-authored a book and created some tools for them. The book is called Small Business Cyber Security: Your Customers Can Trust You...Right? Adam is on a mission to help fellow business owners find the answer to the question, “Should I even care about cyber security?”
Today, Adam will educate us about cyber security. He will give us pieces of advice on how to protect your small business from cyber attacks that would make you lose your time and money and would detrimentally affect your business.
[2:31] Adam will discuss the vulnerability of a small business owner when it comes to cyber security
[3:40] The rate of hacked small businesses and how to make that threat irrelevant
[4:20] Social Engineering as a primary attack factor
[5:46] Damages brought by cyber security attacks
[7:17] The Block Chain Development & how to protect your small business by not spending much
[8:29] Taking a risk to use the right safeguard provider to protect the security of your business
[9:25] The definition of “technical debt”
[11:46] What are the proper questions to ask prior to choosing your safeguard provider
[12:18] The National Institute of Standards & Technology Cyber Security Framework
[14:01] Getting a Cyber Insurance Policy and its benefits
[15:40] Adam’s tip on effectively securing your business
[19:50] What are the risks cyber security faces that is a surprise to Adam
[21:42] Who is the most powerful technology buyer in a large corporation
[22:19] How do we know which of the vendors to trust with cyber security
[24:41] Adam shares about his book, Built To Survive
[26:51] How you can connect with Adam online
[27:12] Wrap up
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“The number one thing that you can do to start protecting yourself as a small business owner is to modify your belief.” - Adam
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