Central Washington University Training Employees Discussion

Hey everyone,

Cyber
threats are a very tough enemy to attack, due to the fact almost every
American has access to the web. It is such a broad platform it will be
extremely difficult to completely defend. Training employees,
colleagues, and partners cyber security principles definitely needs to
be part of the plan. Some of the challenges that may be faced while
doing this would be employees trying to plug in personal USB drives to
government computers along with personal CD’s. I’ve seen it happen
before even after we were all told not to do it. Another aspect that
needs to be included in the plan is encouraging everyone to change their
passwords on a regular basis. I’ve had my Facebook account hacked at
least three times, and I don’t really even use it. This taught me to
start changing my passwords every few months. Additionally, requiring an
individual account for each employee using the intranet will also be in
the plan. This will help reduce the amount of confusion for employees,
and make the information held a harder target to get. Furthermore,
physically controlling who touches what computer in a workplace is
important also. Some system needs to be in place, so you know exactly
who is utilizing what computer and when they are using it. The plan will
make firewalls and virus protection mandatory for any computer that
contains sensitive information/ intelligence. Also, it will be
encouraging backing up important information so if it gets wiped out it
can be properly restored. For the most part this plan shouldn’t be a
challenge, but some employees will bring personal items on government or
corporate computers that contain sensitive information and put the
whole Country at risk. The only way to combat that is to explain the
importance of it, and to hold the people accountable who don’t abide by
the rule. Keeping passwords updated can also be a challenge, because you
run out of ideas after a while. I believe a way to fix this would be to
encourage everyone to think of their favorite numbers and letters while
changing the order it was in each time, they change the password
(Capacity Corner, n.d.).

Very Respectfully,

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References:

Capacity Corner. (n.d.). 10 ways to prevent cyber attacks. The Capacity Group | Knowledge, Innovation, Service – Teamwork. https://capcoverage.com/index.php/10-ways-to-prevent-cyber-attacks/

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