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Cybersecurity isn\u2019t just for corporations<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/cartercountytimes.com\/local-news\/cybersecurity-isnt-just-for-corporations\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-06-24 06:00:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: cartercountytimes.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Author: <\/a><\/p>\n

Using an unordered list, summarize the following article with between 4 and 8 key points. <\/p>\n

By: Charles RomansCarter County Times<\/p>\n

The Grayson Chamber of Commerce began their June meeting by welcoming new members.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been very busy,\u201d Chamber Director Mike Nelson told chamber members. \u201cWe want to welcome Clear Choice Auto Sales of Grayson to the chamber. They are located right here on Interstate Drive. We also cut some ribbons and welcomed Janey Marcum and Southern Charm Boutique. She had a store over in Hitchins. So, now she has moved down here in the Town Mall on the corner by Walgreens.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe also welcome Tygart\u2019s Creek Canine Retreat,\u201d Nelson continued. \u201cAnd we have a new aesthetics provider coming to town. They are going in at the location next to the Nook & Cranny coffee shop and Hanes Jewelry. The Aesthetics Haus is going to be there. And we have a couple of new businesses that are represented here\u00a0today. We want to welcome Tiffany Stamper with T-Mobile Business, and we want to welcome the guys from Arrick\u2019s Propane.\u201d<\/p>\n

The chamber\u2019s guest speaker for the June meeting was Zachary Johnson from Appalachian Wireless who discussed the importance of cybersecurity with the chamber. Johnson told the chamber that he liked to see every business succeed, and one key element of that success was cybersecurity.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s an unfortunate truth of\u00a0today\u2019s battlefield we\u2019re living in,\u201d Johnson said of cybersecurity and all the ways that computer systems could be compromised.<\/p>\n

Johnson told the chamber that he specialized in both defense and offense in the field of cybersecurity, and stressed the need for both even in the small business world.<\/p>\n

\u201cI hope to help you on any scale to defend your business network,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cAnd I would like to give you enough knowledge so that you will be able to at least know what questions to ask.\u201d<\/p>\n

During his talk to the chamber Johnson highlighted the importance of things a small business owner might not think would be necessary to secure their network. He also told chamber members that many \u201chackers\u201d enjoyed targeting smaller businesses in spite of the payoff for their efforts being less that hacking a larger company or corporation.<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall to medium business, somewhere between 15 and 500 employees, are targeted by hackers as frequently as larger businesses,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cEven microbusinesses need to be concerned with cybersecurity as well. Even if you are just an individual, this is still important to you. Because whether you know it or not, we are at war.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn the cybersecurity front, the attacks are becoming more and more sophisticated,\u201d Johnson told the chamber.<\/p>\n

APT\u2019s, or Advanced Persistent Threats, are nation state threat actors. These include hacking groups that are attacking everything.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are sophisticated and coordinated, not kids in a basement,\u201d he said. \u201cThey are state funded (from other countries) most of the time and have corporate structures. They have job postings and have benefits,\u201d he said to drive home the groups\u2019 organizational level. \u201cAnd there are a lot of these groups that have budgets higher than many in this room\u00a0today.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson told the chamber not to indulge in a false sense of security because they might think they are less of a target.<\/p>\n

\u201cSmall businesses are less secure,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cThey are easy to attack quickly and make money through ransomware or just bank account hacking. They (hackers) use these attacks to gather resources to fund their corporations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson highlighted many potential risks to the chamber and how hackers could exploit the weak spots in their security. He also recommended that everyone who might possibly need access to the business computer network take at least basic computer safety training. In many cases this basic training is offered free or at a low cost.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven something as simple as not changing your passwords regularly can open the door to a hacker,\u201d Johnson told the chamber.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if you don\u2019t have an internet security professional you can make one,\u201d Johnson said. \u201cStart small with one employee and get them trained so they can train your other employees.\u201d<\/p>\n

Johnson said it is definitely worth the time and the little extra money it will cost at the start, because it can save the small business a lot of money in the future.<\/p>\n

Contact the writer at charles@cartercountytimes.com<\/p>\n

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