The back row was full Tuesday when SensCy CEO Rick Snyder spoke to distributors at the VIPAR Heavy Duty Family of Companies’ IMPACT Conference in Marco Island, Fla., about cybersecurity.
Snyder chuckled at the seating arrangement as he kicked off his remarks, joking when it comes to cybersecurity, “sitting in the back row doesn’t mean you’re less likely to be attacked.”
In fact, he said avoiding an attack is virtually impossible. Unless you want to live in the stone age, cybersecurity is a risk. In attempting to reassure his audience, Snyder said anxiety around cybersecurity is normal. People should be concerned. But while there’s no real way to avoid cyberattacks, there are simple things distributors and their employees can do to reduce their risks.
“I’m not here to terrify you, I’m here to help you,” Snyder said.
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One thing Snyder quickly tried to get across to his distributor audience Tuesday is that cybersecurity is easy for businesses to overlook. He said distributors specifically are focused on running their operations — they aren’t spending their days building digital security.
He said improving cybersecurity shouldn’t require business owners and leaders to neglect their operation. Simple tweaks to business operations and technological tools can go a long way, as can training and raising the level of awareness of everyone in a business.
