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Distributor's Link Magazine Spring 2018 / Vol 41 No2

78 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S

78 THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK Bryce Austin Bryce Austin is the CEO of TCE Strategy, an internationally-recognized speaker on emerging technology and cybersecurity issues, and author of Secure Enough? 20 Questions on Cybersecurity for Business Owners and Executives. With over 10 years of experience as a Chief Information Officer and Chief Information Security Officer, Bryce actively advises companies across a wide variety of industries on effective methods to mitigate cyber threats. For more information on Bryce Austin, please visit www.BryceAustin.com. WHAT DO MY EMPLOYEES NEED TO KNOW ABOUT CYBERSECURITY? A cybersecurity awareness culture is critical to the success of your company. Employees need to understand how their actions positively and negatively impact the cybersecurity posture of your company. If you are not educating your employees on cybersecurity best practices, you are missing the biggest opportunity for improvement in your entire cybersecurity profile. Your employees have business-need access to a lot of important data, and their ability to protect that data—or to inadvertently let it walk out the door of your organization—is strong. Lack of education was at the heart of a number of incidents of a major security breach. You have probably heard about the new HR employee that got an email from the president of the organization asking for all the W2 information on every employee, so that person sent them exactly as instructed. The employee did not recognize the fact that the email came from a hacker impersonating the CEO, and a major security breach took place. Entire business models are based on this kind of fraud. Let’s pretend that I am going to build a site with the world’s best collection of cute pet pictures. I’ll give you the first 10 for free (and those 10 are the most adorable pictures you have ever seen), but to see more, you need to set up a username and password. The access is still free, though. No big deal, right? Wrong. In this scenario, I own this CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLE website and I am a criminal, and my business model is to try to use the username and password you just entered at every major banking website, on all major email providers, on your company’s VPN portal, and anywhere else that I think you might have used the same username and password. I will then extract any valuable information I can from those sites, sell the information for a profit, possibly ransom your own data from you to make even more money, and then move on to the next victim. Need some numbers to illustrate why educating your employees about cybersecurity practices is important? ¤ Per IDG’s 2016 Global State of Information Survey, 48 percent of data security breaches are caused by acts of malicious intent. Human error or system failure account for the rest. ¤ According to the Ponemon Institute, 60 percent of employees use the exact same password for everything they access. Meanwhile, 63 percent of confirmed data breaches leverage a weak, default or stolen password. So where can your company start? Start with a training program. Your employees need to be educated on cybersecurity best practices. So where can your company start? Start with a training program. Your employees need to be educated on cybersecurity best practices. One of the issues that any cybersecurity awareness training program should address - implement real password policies. CONTINUED ON PAGE 144

SEMS AND SPECIALS INC THE DISTRIBUTOR’S LINK 79 6483 Falcon Road, Rockford, IL 61109 TEL 1-800-888-7367 FAX 815-874-0100 EMAIL sales@semsandspecials.com WEB www.semsandspecials.com STRIVING FOR QUALITY AND OFFERING SOMETHING ‘SPECIAL’ Since 1990 Sems and Specials Incorporated has continually worked to improve our Quality Management Programs. With that value in mind, Sems and Specials Incorporated is proud to announce on January 17, 2018 we received our IATF 16949:2016 Certification. The IATF 16949:2016 Certification is an internationally recognized standard awarded to manufacturing companies having an Outstanding Quality Management System. This provides for continual improvement and emphasizes defect and waste reduction through manufacturing consistencies. Sems and Specials Inc. has seen significant growth in distributors that service American, European, and BUSINESS FOCUS ARTICLE Japanese automotive subcontractors along with many other transportation related segments such as truck, agriculture, motorcycle, recreational vehicles and construction. Sems and Specials Inc. continues to provide Exceptional Service, Outstanding Reliability, Competitive Pricing, and Technical Product Knowledge. With our vast production capacity, we strive to maintain a high level of On-Time Delivery in an ever changing landscape. This new certification will enhance current business and provide new opportunities for our distribution partners. “Don’t Forget the SPECIALS at Sems and Specials.” We welcome all opportunities. SEMS AND SPECIALS

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