Hashtag Realtalk with Aaron Bregg

Episode 35 - Solar Winds Attack: What Can Your Business Learn From It?

February 17, 2021 Aaron Bregg Season 2 Episode 7
Hashtag Realtalk with Aaron Bregg
Episode 35 - Solar Winds Attack: What Can Your Business Learn From It?
Show Notes

In this episode I talk with Greg Franseth about the Solar Winds incident and how your business can learn from their mistakes.  Greg is the Senior Director of Professional Services and Internal Operations for Cadre Information Security

3 Segments:

  • High Level Overview of What Happened
  • Recent News of Chinese Involvement
  • What Can You Do To Prevent It?

Talking Points:

  • It's time to take Nation State actors more serious
  • How did this happen and go undetected for so long?
  • Do nation state actors 'truly' care about SMBs that are not attached to the government?
  • Should the Solar Winds issue worry you more as an SMB?
  • The bad guys are automating? Are you?

Ken Dickey's Blog About The Attack:

https://blog.cadre.net/exploring-the-ramifications-of-the-latest-supply-chain-attack

Episode Sponsor:

This episode is sponsored by Cadre Information Security. Cadre is a security solutions provider that focuses on network data security designs for businesses.  The company is based out of Cincinnati, Ohio.  As always part of the fee from sponsored episode go towards 'At Risk' students in West Michigan.