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City hopes next week to recover after ransomware attack

riskacademy — Sun, 14 Jun 2020 13:24:47 +0000

David Brace, chief operating officer, said the goal is for most internal systems to be running as usual early next week.

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — With at least some city departments feeling the effects of a ransomware attack, Knoxville leaders say they’re working around the clock and will keep at it this weekend in hopes of getting computer systems back to normal.

David Brace, chief operating officer, said the goal is for most internal systems to be running as usual early next week. After Thursday’s ransomware attack, city information technology staff shut down the network and switched to backup computers.

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City of Knoxville ransomware attack: What we know

riskacademy — Fri, 12 Jun 2020 16:14:41 +0000

While the world is focused on battling the coronavirus, cyber attacks have increased in the healthcare field and for individuals. Veuer’s Justin Kircher has the story.

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The city of Knoxville’s government website was briefly offline Thursday following a ransomware attack on the city’s computer servers.

The city’s online services remained unavailable Friday as officials worked to uncover the full scope of the attack’s impact and how to recover from it.

Here’s what we know so far:

How did this happen?

City officials speculated the attack, which was discovered early Thursday, was launched through a phishing email mistakenly opened by a city employee.

The source of the attack remains unknown.

What is the impact?

Online services remain unavailable, according to a notice on the city’s homepage Friday morning.

The Knoxville Police Department also announced Thursday afternoon that officers are unable to respond to traffic crashes, unless they involve an injury or a disabled vehicle blocking a roadway.

Motorists are being advised to contact their insurance provider for a crash report.

Researchers Frame Basic Principles for Managing Supply Chain Cyber Risks | State

riskacademy — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 01:25:53 +0000

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., June 2, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In the 21st century, cybersecurity threats are a growing, technologically-advanced risk to global supply chains. Unfortunately, many supply chain managers continue to react to these threats in 20th-century ways.

“Managing Cyber Risks in Global Supply Chains: The Four Fundamentals,” the latest white paper from the Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI) in the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is designed to help supply chain managers bring their supply chain cybersecurity into the 21st century. The paper focuses on best practices to reduce cyber risk across the end-to-end, integrated supply chain. Global Supply Chain Fellow Mike Burnette, editor of the paper, is confident its findings will boost supply chain and business leaders’ cybersecurity measures.

“Most cyber security papers focus on individual responsibility like protecting business assets through robust management of information,” he says. “The four fundamentals paper focuses on the critical work necessary to deliver the highest total value in the supply system.”

Based on interviews with cyber experts from more than 30 organizations, the paper…