Terry Davis

You can never have too much security, can you?Definitely, you can have too little.Often people will tell us that they have anti-virus or a firewall, so they are fine. This is wrong for two reasons.First, anti-virus and firewalls are not enough. An anti-virus will only stop known viruses. They won’t contain new or unknown viruses […]

This week we have had the opportunity to do what we love most…hit the road and meet with clients in person. We thought we would share our insights with you.First, no two organizations are exactly alike. Even when we meet with two county governments in the same part of the state and next to each […]

Although this is a question that elicits a qualitative answer, I will attempt to provide a quantitative response.11 seconds – the average time between ransomware attacks34% – number of local government organizations that were victims of ransomware attacks in the last year$1,500 – the amount per employee lost to phishing attacks50% – the number of […]

60% of all small businesses that are hit by a cyber attack will go out of business within six months. If that happens, the people that work there will lose their jobs, and the owners will lose money. The employees can find other jobs, and the owners can regroup and start another business.However, when we […]

In the January 20, 2022 issue of “Be Cyber Safe”, we talked about the Infrastructure Bill signed into law by President Biden in 2021, which created the $1 billion State and Local Cyber Security Grant Program. The federal government is providing this grant funding to help local communities improve their cyber security. These funds will […]

This week, President Biden signed the Strengthening American Cybersecurity Act. It sounds like a great idea to “strengthen American cyber security”. But how exactly are we going to do that?The quickest and easiest way to improve cyber security across the country is through information sharing for trend analysis, threat alerts, protection measures, etc.The new law […]