Cyber Webinar
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April 1, 2022
Webinar on Cybersecurity, Cyber Risk, and Cyber Safety
PARTICIPANTS
- Moderator - Michael Steep, Executive Director, DTDC Program, Stanford
- Stephen Cardot, Founder/CEO Cloudcover
- Michael Duff, Stanford CISO
- Andrew Grotto, Director, Program on Geopolitics, Technology, and Governance, Stanford
- Diana Kelley, Co-Founder and CTO of SecurityCurve and Chief vCISO at SaltCybersecurity
- Oumou Ly, Senior Advisor, Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
- Eric Stephens, Executive Director, IT Security Controls and Engagement, MISO
MAIN TAKEAWAYS:
- The world has changed with an explosion of data collection and sharing - including IoT devices and infrastructure. The work/home divide is blurred. Consumer & enterprise security needs rethinking.
- Good, basic cyber hygiene is important. Cybersecurity doesn’t have to be expensive - patching your systems & keeping your software updated, using a password manager, and enabling multi-factor authentication will do 90% of the work necessary to protect your digital assets.
- Company buy-in can be advanced by demonstrating how cybersecurity will help a business reach its goals more effectively.
- Cybersecurity is a team sport - a collective responsibility. It's a national security concern; small & medium sized businesses have an important role , b/c most crucial infrastructure is privately operated - collaboration is critical.
- Ecosystem level awareness is needed - the work of CISA and the NIST Security Framework are both valuable.
- Automation - including AI and ML - is becoming an essential aspect of current cybersecurity protection and response. It enables a proactive, and even predictive, posture through the whole ecosystem.