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City Of Cookeville Adopts New Official Cybersecurity Policy

Cookeville City Council has adopted a new policy for cybersecurity practices. IT Supervisor Steve Corder said this will serve as the city’s first-ever cybersecurity policy. He said it primarily came about as a result of new legislation requiring all public utilities to prepare and implement a cybersecurity plan. “There was an opportunity here to take it a step further than ... Read More »

Algood Wants To Reinforce Cybersecurity Through Grant Application

Algood taking efforts to improve its cybersecurity to protect residential and data. City Administrator Keith Morrison said the city is applying for a grant to reinforce its cloud system and physical hard drives. “We’re going to use it to continue to ensure that our data is backed up in multiple locations and in multiple ways, so that we always have ... Read More »

Up-To-Date Software Just One Way To Better Cybersecurity

October is Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Eric Brown serves as the assistant director at Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education, Research, and Outreach Center (CEROC). He said the most effective way to protect oneself against ransomware attacks–using a little common sense. “Keep them up to date those little software updates are there for a purpose,” Brown said. “And the other thing, if folks ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech’s CEROC Names Interim Director

Doug Talbert has been named the interim director for Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Center. Talbert takes over the role from Ambareen Siraj, who was taken a job with the National Science Foundation. Talbert joined the Department of Computer Science in 2002. Talbert emphasized that while CEROC’s leadership has changed, its goals remain the same. These include providing ... Read More »

TTU Cybersecurity Team Places 3rd In International Event

Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Center has brought home 3rd place from an international cybersecurity competition. 16 teams competed in an offensive competition to hack a fictional company’s network. Graduate student and Team Captain Kaitlyn Carroll said the three-day event includes realistic websites, social medias and staged character interactions. “You get to interact with these fictional CEO’s and higher ups in the ... Read More »

Growth in Cyberattacks Lead to Calls for Better Education

A growing awareness of cybersecurity threats should lead to better preparation, according to Tennessee Tech expert. Two major cyberattacks have shut down two major industries in the past three weeks. Assistant Director for Tennessee Tech’s Cybersecurity Education, Research and Outreach Department Eric Brown said the most important thing to understand when it comes to these threats is to know what ... Read More »