Cybersecurity Talk at Fridley & Columbia Heights Rotary Club

19 members, including 5 on Zoom, and visiting Rotarian Mike Neeley of New Brighton – Mounds View Rotary, heard Keith Schoolcraft, owner of a COUPLE of GURUS, talk about cybersecurity. Schoolcraft defined phishing, malware, and ransomware, reviewed the method, effects, and resolution of the recent Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack, and outlined methods that businesses and public sector institutions can take to prevent successful cyberattacks, emphasizing training, oversight, and outside backup and audit plans. A question and answer followed.