Ep. 70 - EXPOSED! What would you do if the ransomware attack on Colonial Pipeline happened to you? With Felicia King

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Ask yourself this key question... would you pay the ransom? The story that Felicia and Barb talk about is all true. Colonial Pipeline, despite having at IT department got hit with ransomware and paid a 4.4 million dollar ransom.

Listen to Felicia King, President of Quality Plus Consulting and Barb Paluszkiewicz, CEO of CDN Technologies, talk about the Colonial Pipeline hack highlights and vulnerabilities.

00:00 – 02:05 Barb’s introduction

02:06 – 04:55 Meet Felicia

04:56 – 08:55 Did Felicia know who Colonial Pipeline was before the ransomware attack? Or its CEO Joseph Blount?

08:56 – 13:04 Colonial Pipeline decided to pay within a day of realizing they were a victim of a cybersecurity attack. Why?

13:05 – 17:13 The value of an MSP in large organizations.

17:14 – 26:42 What are some lessons learned from the Colonial Pipeline attack?

26:43 – 31:35 Would Felicia pay a ransom in event of an attack?

31:36 – 35:45 The value of “End User Cybersecurity Awareness Training”

35:46 – 39:35 Felicia on cost-effective MSP tools that companies with internal IT departments lack.

39:36 – 47:57 The most important thing Felicia has ever learned.

47:58 – 49:05 Barb’s extro