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Colonial Pipeline, the steamship service to the islands in Massa- chusetts, the meat company JBS, and many others.
Collectively, what these hacks have shown that businesses across all sectors are vulnerable, and this isn’t a problem for other people to worry about.
That has always been the case, said those we spoke with, but the recent spate of cyberattacks and the relentless coverage of them have served as a needed wakeup call for business owners of all sizes, most of which — the number varies depending on who you talk to, but it’s at least 50% — are simply not ready to handle or respond to the kind of attacks seen lately.
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Charlie Christianson likens cybersecurity to an onion; both have, or should have, many layers.
Which brings Christianson back to his onion, and Phil Bianco to diabetes, or type 2 diabetes, to be exact.
“It’s always easier to prevent diabetes than to treat it after the fact,” said Bianco, chief technical officer with Melillo Consulting, which has three offices in the Northeast, including one in Spring- field. “It’s the same thing with security — it’s always easier to manage things prior to the incident and be prepared for that and act appropriately.”
“The goal isn’t to have one be-all, end-all product or solution that’s going to protect you — it’s a variety of things. It’s about trying to put as many layers between the threat on the outside and the asset, which is at the core.”
Elaborating, he said there are many elements to the process of managing before something bad happens, everything from having your system assessed so that vulnerabilities can be iden- tified to acting on the recommendations listed in that assess- ment; from training employees on how spot suspicious e-mails to knowing what to do and whom to call when your system is attacked.
And while Melillo and all other firms in this business sec- tor will do remediation — coming in after the hack and putting
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