Former FBI agent turned cybersecurity expert Robert Anderson thinks no company is too small to take cybersecurity seriously.
Anderson, who led the FBI’s cyber crimes division and helmed the search for whistleblower Edward Snowden gave advice to local industry leaders at BizWest’s Cyber Crimes Exposed Power Breakfast Thursday.
Anderson advised attendees that there’s one big way companies of all sizes can reduce their risk.
“Two-factor authentication is probably the biggest thing you can do, in my opinion,” Anderson said.
The system, which asks users to confirm log-ins by phone or biometrics, can eliminate some dangers of password breaches.
Other tools commonly used by cybersecurity experts are endpoint protection, which secure the devices that connect to a company’s servers, and managed security service providers, which monitor servers for attacks as they happen. But not every company needs to be a digital Fort Knox.
“If you’re a 10-person company, 20-person company, I’m positive there’s no one at my company that would recommend you anything more than endpoint protection,” Anderson said.
Anderson pointed out that many cyber attacks aren’t hackers at all, and instead use preexisting tools to target anyone they can.
“Five or 10 years ago, it would have been limited; you have to be a hacker to hack in,” Anderson said.
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