State DOJ Recommends Businesses Take Time to Train on Basics of Cyber Security
Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 -- 8:40 AM
(WRN) -The state justice department is recommending that businesses take some time to train their employees on basic cyber security.The state justice department is recommending that businesses take some time to train their employees on basic cyber security. Special Agent Marshall Ogren says phishing emails that try to get users to log into a phony page are one of the most common forms of attack on businesses.
"People shouldn't be entering their username and password into a form they don't trust, or they should double check where they're entering their username and password."
Ogren says the crooks are after classified or sensitive information.
"And what they can do is go into that email account and get email content of transactions that have happened or contract negotiations that's happening or something like that."
Ogren says that if a criminal or bad actor can get to an unlocked computer or server inside your building, they could get lots of classified info.
"They could have access to the entire network, and if that person is an administrator on their computer, that allows them to run highly sophisticated programs. Programs that could do quite a bit of damage."
Ogren says proper information security training is key in preventing these sorts of crimes.
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