make things very difficult for the hackers. People tend to think of security as an ab- solute, but it's a relative concept." corporations entrusted to protect databases often with millions of customers' names. tration Office at M&T Bank, the largest bank in Western New York and 17th- largest in the nation. But he doesn't believe of cyber attacks than other companies. other places are more likely to be attacked because they might be a little less prepared than a bank is," Wischman said. "Cyberse- curity is critical for all industries because customer data is everywhere." mitted, but the scope of the Target and Home Depot hacks scared executives from an annoyance to `Oh my gosh!''' Meyer said. "Sirius has 29 million sub- scribers. We have another 10 to 12 million trial users constantly because they bought either a new or used car in which our serv- ice is available. with us via an online process. So we don't have a choice -- 100% of them expect tally protected." our own staff. I think we have no less than three outside consultants helping us every day with this process, includ- ing one of them who is simply hired to see what they can do to us." to hack into their databases to see how vulnerable they are. In fact, learning how to hack into computer systems will be part of the curriculum in the university's new program. hacking," said Andrianoff, director of SBU's cybersecurity program. breadth of the computer's impact on the business world -- for the better, most certainly, but the remarkable ad- vances have come at a price. management issue like cybersecurity in my 35 years in the workplace. Everyone uses technology. Every or- ganization of every size." "Connectivity is the way I speak to my business, the way I transact my life," Meyer said. "At its fundamental core, we have built a very sophisti- cated infrastructure in this world that is fully connected, and that's where the weakness is. That's what makes us all so vulnerable and why a program in cybersecurity is such a great oppor- tunity for St. Bonaventure." |