Town Of Smithtown Earns $50,000 Cyber Security Grant

The New York State Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services (DHSES) awarded the Town of Smithtown $50,000 in grant funding for cyber security, the Town announced.

This is the second year in a row that the Town has received this award, intended to enhance and sustain the Town’s approach to securing confidential data and personal information.

“With the many threats out there making news headlines, from hacked emails to ransomware and malware, we have an obligation to defend the sensitive information our community entrusts us to secure,” Supervisor Edward R. Wehrheim stated via press release. “The funding from this grant will serve as a great assistance in our efforts to update our digital infrastructure and modernize equipment.”

The grant will go toward resources and equipment necessary to prevent disruption and defend the integrity and the use of Town-wide information systems. Additionally, the grant will aid the Town in assessing cyber security risks and developing actionable plans that focus on response and immediate remediation to cyber incidents. Lastly, the grant will work to ensure that Smithtown is equipped with the knowledge and resources necessary for providing cyber security awareness training to staff.

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Security Expert Paul Viollis' Safety Tips for a Meeting

"We live in a world where anything can happen, anywhere," Paul Viollis, a security specialist and president of Viollis Group International, says in Successful Meetings'most recent cover story. "A better strategy is for planners and suppliers to add a deeper level of due diligence to their risk management protocols."

Here are some other words of wisdom Viollis delivered during the 2016 Successful Meetings International in New York City on the topic of risk management.








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Paul Viollis, Looking at College Housing and Safety

Episode 88: Assignment #8–Looking at College Housing and Safety

Listen to The Security Brief with Paul Viollis, coming to a TV station near you this fall and currently a podcast on CBS radio. Paul Viollis is truly the expert on this topic.

So, if you visit a campus housing facility with your teenager, notice whether there is an adult uniformed security guard with sign-in and sign-out books at the entrance of that residential facility. Ask whether the security guard is there 24 hours a day. I know that many college students find these security guards to be a drag, and I know that this amount of supervision is one reason some students prefer to move into off-campus housing after the freshman year. 

But, I can tell you as a parent that I loved seeing that security guard at the entrance to my daughter’s super-attractive high-rise of apartment-like suites in the middle of Manhattan at Fordham University‘s Lincoln Center campus? even if I did have to get out my driver’s license and sign in and sign out every time I stopped by.

Obviously, uniformed guards provide a higher level of security than a reception desk staffed by students who are working part-time jobs or work-study jobs. And some colleges, as a matter of fact, do not have anyone on duty monitoring the flow of traffic in and out of residential buildings; students just go in and out with their own keys or cards, as I did years ago at Cornell.

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Global Business Leader & Accomplished Author - PAUL VIOLLIS

The Security Brief with Paul Viollis

 

Hosted by dynamic security expert Paul Viollis, every episode of The Security Brief with Paul Viollis begins with a dramatic true crime story filled with twists, turns, and reveals.

Each edge-of-your-seat cautionary tale in this daily, one-hour talk show offers real-world solutions designed to help you protect yourself, your family, your relationships, your home, and your property.

CBS News Radio Adds Daily 'Security Matters With Paul Viollis' Feature

CBS NEWS RADIO is launching a daily feature on safety and security issues.  "SECURITY MATTERS WITH PAUL VIOLLIS" starts MONDAY (5/6) and is hosted by CBS NEWS security consultant VIOLLIS, CEO of VIOLLIS GROUP INTERNATIONAL and an expert on cyber crime, terrorism, and other security issues affecting the public and country. The series will also be available as a weekly podcast and will offer "Parents Alert" reports on security issues affecting family and children.

VP/GM CRAIG SWAGLER said, “We’re delighted to offer Paul's insight and expertise to our affiliates. PAUL speaks to the ever-present concern for safety and those issues that keep us up at night: the safety of our families, businesses, our country and the world.”