| | OCTOBER 20208CIOReviewNO `SILVER BULLET' ANSWER FOR CYBERSECURITY, BUT RISK MITIGATION IS POSSIBLE By Marc Ashworth, Chief Information Security Officer, First BankMarc Ashworth, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer at First Bank, is a respected professional with over 25 years of experience in cyber and physical security, IT/security architecture, business and departmental strategy, budgeting, project management, author and a public speaker. He is a board member of St. Louis Chapter of InfraGard, Co-Founded the State of Cyber annual security conference, and a Lifetime member of FBI Citizens Academy. Possessing security certifications in CISSP, CISM, CRISC, and Security+, Ashworth currently oversees First Bank's Information Security Department and the Network Services Department.The COVID-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to all sizes of organizations around the world. During this time many companies have moved to a remote work force overnight. For many employees it may become permanent. IT staff scrambled to ramp up capacity and support for remote workers. Management is needing to learn how to manage and support remote staff. Sales teams are adjusting to video calls versus face to face meetings. All of these changes have to be monitored by corporate security teams. This has not gone unnoticed by criminals and nation state cyber teams.The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have released alerts over the past 6 months warning organizations of dramatic increase in cyber-attacks and fraud. Some industries have seen a minimum of 400% increase in online attacks and over 300% increase in phishing emails. Many security teams are already understaffed and feeling the pressure of protecting corporate assets. The IN MY OPINIONMarc Ashworth
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