Michael Gregg
Michael Gregg
From our June/July issue of NDDES Insights: Representatives from multiple state agencies in collaboration with rural electric cooperatives, internet providers, hospital facilities and others worked together June 27 during a tabletop exercise to share plans and identify interdependencies that might exist during a response to a cyber incident. The participants talked through potential cascading effects that might occur after a scenario in which a cyberattack disables the electrical grid for an extended period during cold weather conditions. NDDES and North Dakota Information Technology - NDIT sponsored the event.
“The key to dealing with security incidents and events is vigilance and preparedness, and these exercises address critical processes and problems before facing a real-world event,” said Michael Gregg, NDIT chief information security officer. “Working as one with our community partners is essential to the overall security of the state.”
Read the full story here: https://express.adobe.com/page/61ioJ6M31Y3Tj/
North Dakotans can practice good “cyber hygiene” by taking these four steps to protect themselves online.
Implement multi-factor authentication on your accounts and make it 99% less likely you’ll get hacked.
Update your software. In fact, turn on automatic updates.
Think before you click. More than 90% of successful cyber-attacks start with a phishing email.
Use strong passwords, and ideally a password manager to generate and store unique passwords.
Find more information about cyber security and to take a personal security risk and vulnerability assessment visit defend.nd.gov.
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