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Cyber Crime Is Not Going Away – It’s Increasing

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person approved the change. One paycheck was lost Gates recommended having cyber security training
before the cyber crime was uncovered. four times year to discuss lessons learned and to make
sure a specific problem doesn’t happen again.
“The payroll person should have phoned the teacher
to verify the request,” he said. “Plan for attack,” Gates said. “It’s not if, but did you
have a plan when you got it? Hope for the best –
Gates agreed. “It’s not all technology.” He said a expect the worst.”
lot of direct deposit scams have failed, but some are
successful. Wes Gates can be reached at: wgates@the-trust.org

Marijon Anderson can be reached at: manderson@the-trust.org
Anderson summed up: “The cost, frequency, severity,
and sophistication of cyber attacks are increasing, Albert Magallanez can be reached at: magallanez@csd39.org
driving up the risk and cost of cyber insurance. Working
with the Trust Cyber Outreach program helps not only
the district, but it helps The Trust obtain more favorable
cyber coverage from reinsurers.”
In response to a question from an AASBO member,
Anderson said it is important to get the district’s
technology vendors involved in cyber security.

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