MilliOnAir Magazine January 2018 | Page 44

It is difficult to recall that during WW2 it was legal within the German law to do atrocious things to the Jewish people. What is illegal for people to do may not be illegal when a government does it. We are NOT ready to combat these attacks as we as consumers barely understand what is happening. 

 

Awareness is the key to reducing risk.

One question we often see from parents is,” how can I protect my children from the nastiness of the cyber world?”. Your thoughts on this?

Once again Awareness is they key. Both parents and kids need to made more aware of the impact that their online activities have on their lives.

Does “total protection” exist online?

NO it does not nor will there even be such a thing. It does not exist in the physical world, the digital realm is only a reflection of it and us.

Most people are not cyber savvy, I mean most of us use cellphones & laptops but are not as security conscious, as we should be. What would be your top 3 security tips to do for anyone out there who wants to cover the basics?

#1 - Use common sense.

#2 - Ask questions ( use Google if you have to)

#3 - Pretend you were doing this in real physical life, ask yourself if you would give up the same information without knowing who and where it was going.

Why does it take so long to find out we’ve been hacked? What should be look out for? Are there any signs that let us know we may have been hacked?

It takes so long because hacks are designed to be covert. They use encryption to bypass detection in many cases. As a consumer you currently lack the tools to allow you to do anything about it. You would not know until it’s to late and usually its impact is extensive. 

 

Soon you will have the tool to know what you currently don’t and that is the key, the signs if you will. We can not prevent certain kinds of  hacks but we can reduce their impact by knowing sooner. Time is the factor by which risk is defined.

Over the last couple of years you have been more active in the international speaking circuit. Last year we both spoke at a couple of the same events. What made you want to speak in more stages and share your knowledge?

I felt that speaking strictly in technical conferences was much like talking to myself. 

 

To really make an impact I realized I had to go outside of the typical tech conferences and bring knowledge to the masses, in an entertaining and digestible way, so I focused on that more. 

 

It has been much more rewarding than “talking to myself”.

I second that! For anyone who has never seen Ralph speak live, I highly recommend you do. He will open your mind to a world that can be pretty scary, but he has a very relaxed approach to it and even if cyber security is not your field it will make you understand a bit more about what we should be aware of.

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