“It’s not atypical for what you might see in a smaller company,” said Brandon Amacher, director of the Emerging Tech Policy Lab at the UVU Center for National Security Studies. “But you would hope that something on the size of Ring, which is now a subsidiary of Amazon, would have their act together a little bit more in terms of controlling access and then also just implementing basic security measures on such sensitive data, sensitive content.”...
As world events highlight the increasing risk of cyberattacks upon the United States, there’s also greater worries of how cyberwarfare could affect businesses and individuals in Utah and beyond. In this episode of Utah Weekly Forum, FM100.3 Host Rebecca Cressman is joined by cybersecurity expert Brandon Amacher, the Director of the Emerging Tech Policy Lab at Utah Valley University. Amacher explains why the U.S. is so vulnerable to cyberwarfare and the important steps each of us can take to personally secure our data, computer systems, and businesses.
Some Utah business leaders may believe they are not at risk because their company isn’t large enough or doesn’t present an appealing enough target. However, cyber professionals, including those of us at Utah Valley University, are encouraging each organization – large and small – to be on guard due to the risk of both direct and spillover cyber threats.
"Ryan Vogel is an associate professor and the founding Director of the Center for National Security Studies and the National Security Studies program at Utah Valley University. He started his career in the Office of the Secretary of Defense at the Pentagon as a policy advisor. He agreed to be interviewed for this report."...
" Poland later confirmed that a Russian-made missile hit its territory and killed 2 people. Polish government spokesman Piotr Mueller did not immediately confirm the information, but said earlier that top leaders were holding an emergency meeting due to a “crisis situation.” Recent Stories from fox13now.com Polish media reported that two people died Tuesday afternoon after a projectile struck an area where grain was drying in Przewodów, a Polish village near the border with Ukraine."
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