Pearson-Kelly Technology and Springfield Tech Council hosted the second Cybersecurity Community event on Thursday, March 3 at The Riff with speakers Jay Ryerse, VP of Cybersecurity Initiatives at ConnectWise and Tyler Stilley, CISO at Pearson-Kelly Technology. To watch the recording and download the free content, visit https://bit.ly/34AHSIs

TOP TAKEAWAYS:

✔️ Russia-Ukraine could launch a cyberwar like we've ever seen

✔️ People. Process. Technology. You need all three for success.

✔️ New legislation requires reports to CISA of all cyber incidents

✔️ If you haven't had a cyber event, it's only a matter of time

👉 Threat groups have already taken sides in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, and they've stated critical infrastructure will be their first target after sanctions are imposed.

👉 Without people, process and technology all working together, your cybersecurity practices are doomed to fail. You need people to man the tech, processes to make it consistent and technology to make it efficient.

👉 The U.S. Senate passed legislation on March 1 requiring businesses in 16 critical infrastructure sectors to report hacks within 72 hours and ransomware payments within 24 hours.

👉 Hacker groups are specifically targeting small businesses because of their lack of cybersecurity infrastructure. Don't let you business fall victim because you thought it couldn't happen to you. It can and it will.