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Cyber Experts: Get Back to Basics

NEW YORK CITY—While organizations must put a great deal of effort behind cyber attack prevention and mitigation, there are simple steps they should take to start their efforts, according to a panel of experts who spoke at ALM cyberSecure in Midtown Tuesday afternoon.

cyber panel Left to right: Doug Ferguson, Stirling Properties; Joe Leggio, WeWork; Ken Kurz, Corporate Office Properties Trust.  Photo credit: Charles Garnar

NEW YORK CITY—Although cyber security is complex, experts at the second annual ALM cyberSecure conference in Midtown Tuesday said that organizations which haven’t addressed it can and should start to tackle the issue by taking some basic steps.

“Companies like Target and Home Depot are not doing the basic things to protect themselves, stated Doug Ferguson, chief technology officer, Stirling Properties. “Funding the basic measures helps organizations deal with cyber security.”

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Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz

Rayna Katz is a seasoned business journalist whose extensive experience includes coverage of the lodging sector, travel and the culinary space. She was most recently content director for a business-to-business publisher, overseeing four publications. While at Meeting News, a travel trade publication, she received a Best Reporting award for a story on meeting cancellations in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina.

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