As you may have noticed, we try to find some interesting and engaging material regarding emergency preparedness outside of the more typical hurricane/tornado/earthquake/fire safety tips. While those are all certainly important and applicable and I'm going to tell you to have a 72-hour emergency supply in your home until the cows come home, I would also like to raise a valid point I found in an article on Forbes this morning: the importance of cybersecurity emergency preparedness.
Many of you are probably familiar with the recent cybersecurity breach surrounding Sony's release of The Interview (now available on Netflix, may I note), as well as the release of credit card information in breaches at Target and other stores.
While many places focus on being ready in the case of a loss of power or hardware, or for the equally real threat of a fire or earthquake, Ray Rothrock points out in this article published on Forbes.com that many places do not have much-needed plans for how to deal with breaches of cybersecurity. In his piece, Rothrock points out many of the parallels between traditional natural disaster emergency preparedness and what is really needed in a quickly evolving world with perpetually growing electronic capabilities, and by that same token, perpetually growing threats to the cybersecurity of any organization with confidential information.
Even with something as simple as credit card and password information you have stored on your home computer, it can be important to have files backed up on an external hard drive in case of a future hack into your information. However, this risk goes all the way from the home personal computer to retail stores like Target, and banks like the ones on which this beautiful city has such a substantial foundation. It made for a great read this morning, and I definitely recommend it if you have a few minutes to spare some thought.
Please click here to access the article on Forbes.com!
And since you all know how I feel about getting a little weird, please enjoy some Flaming Lips with your afternoon coffee (or whatever it is you're into around this time of day). After all, it would be quite tragic were the evil robots to win.
Stay safe, y'all!
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