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10 Hartford Business Journal • March 27, 2017 www.HartfordBusiness.com security-monitoring system that tracks every circuit connection in its data net- work, down to the printers — "anything you can connect to the network,'' Shem- anskis said. Fortunately, he said, none of Empire's automated equipment is linked via the internet, a potentially disastrous union that hackers could exploit to damage equipment or disrupt production. Kelser's Kozloski warns, however, that the prospect of hackers taking control of equipment or processes should be a big concern to any manufacturer. "If you can hold software hostage,'' he said, "what's to keep them from holding manufacturers' equipment hostage?" Effective firewalls In working with clients, mainly mid- size firms with 150 to 300 employees, Kelser focuses first on prevention, then detection. The firm also provides reme- diation/recovery services. On the prevention front, Kozloski says there is ample software available on the market to spot and block malware. How- ever, even the best ones need "fine-tuning'' to create a highly effective "firewall.'' Also, there exists more enhanced software tools capable of analyzing sets of "big data'' and able to "listen'' to all the activity on a computer network, to detect unusual activity or behaviors, he said. Shemanskis says the cyberthreats these days are too many and too varied to not tap third-party expertise. "I'd say everybody should have an anal- ysis done,'' he said. "We never know really when that [breach] will come. And it's no fun at all.'' n N A T I O N A L C O N F E R E N C E F O R C O M M U N I T Y A N D J U S T I C E THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. MARRIOTT DOWNTOWN, HARTFORD, CT JOIN US AS CELEBRATES ITS 90 th Anniversary 9 0 T H A N N I V E R S A R Y S P O N S O R S FOR TICKET AND SPONSORSHIPS CONTACT Kristen Piescik 860.640.0022 or kpiescik@nccj.org www.nccj.org Patricia H. Meiser President, Meiser Sports Consulting, LLC Eric D. Daniels Partner, Robinson & Cole, LLP Banquet Chair ANNUAL HUMAN RELATIONS AWARD BANQUET Banquet Vice-Chair 2017 Honorees Thomas O. Barnes Chairman of the Board Barnes Group Inc. Jeff L. Hubbard KeyBank Market President, Connecticut and Western Massachusetts Market Teresa Younger President and CEO Ms. Foundation Corporate Honoree Each year NCCJ (National Conference for Community and Justice) recognizes individuals and organizations for their high standards of responsible leadership and their contributions for promoting understanding, respect and cooperation in our increasingly diverse community. NCCJ is a human relations organization that promotes inclusion and acceptance by providing education and advocacy while building communities that are respectful and just for all. Celebrating the diversity of races, religions, cultures, genders, abilities, and sexual orientations. Honorary Banquet Chairs Wallace Barnes • Arnold C. Greenberg • Peter G. Kelly, Esq. NCCJ_HBJ_3/4pg Ad.indd 1 3/20/17 4:11 PM Cybersecurity ▶ ▶ ' Our digital economy was made for speed, sharing and managing of large volumes of data. It wasn't made for security. Security has to be added by the user.' Arthur House, Connecticut's first chief cybersecurity risk officer P H O T O | H B J F I L E