Nicole Perlroth, Author, Cybersecurity Reporter of The New York Times on #SALRadio

"We haven't seen that cyber 9-11 moment, that would cause loss of life, but we are getting dangerously close to that"
That's Nicole Perlroth, ten years on cyber security beat of The New York Times, author of new book, "This is How they Tell Me the World Ends". Key topics of discussion:

- Recent attacks on pipelines, production plants, hospitals, municipalities
- Impact of "automation, data becoming so precious"
- "America's Achilles heal"
- "Perfect storm of ransomware groups emboldened, victims so much more vulnerable to these attacks".
- Ransomware regulation? "Crypto currencies fuel on the fire".
- "How to enforce Know Your Customer Laws, anti-money laundering on Cryptocurrencies?"
- "Russian hackers have seized on Americans working at home, to break into an untold American companies"
- "A digital pandemic coming out of Covid pandemic"
- "Speed has been natural enemy of security"
- Use two factor authentication,
- Run latest software updates on security vulnerabilities
- Private companies operate more than 80% of America's critical infrastructure

Video by Ken Kraetzer on SALRadio.