TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (WTWO/WAWV) – Small and medium-sized business owners and entrepreneurs from around the region gathered at the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce to learn about cybersecurity.
Around 30 people attended the seminar to learn ways to help prevent cyber-attacks and what to do if they or their business falls on the wrong end of a cyber-attack. Shelley Klingerman is the Outreach Director of the FBI Citizens Academy of Indianapolis, and she mentioned how an event like this can give important information to certain types of businesses.
“We hope they gain some steps that they can take to protect their data,” Klingerman said. “And in the event, it is compromised, some resources and initial steps that can start to be taken to regain that information.”
CEO and co-founder of Reveal Risk, Aaron Pritz, was one of the speakers at the event, and he said preventing a cyberattack starts with the proper education and a few basic steps.
“Starting with password managers making sure you have antivirus, malware prevention, end point detection, we’ll get into really making it less technical, but realize there’s some basic essentials, and just education, a lot of times the cyber-attack starts with an email phish or a text message or a phone call,” Pritz said. “So, just the awareness that we’re creating today and educating people.”
To learn more about the FBI Citizens Academy of Indianapolis community outreach and cyber security click here.
