WRAL Interviewed Jon Sternstein, Founder & CEO of Stern Security on January 29th, 2025 about recent cyber attacks on local utilities. The initial incident that the story focused on was the cyber attack on the town of Apex, NC which affected the local utilities billing system. Although this attack occurred last summer, the town is still working through the incident.
Jon Sternstein stated that while smaller utilities may have limited internal resources, there are a number a free cybersecurity resources available that they should all be utilizing.
- CISA.gov Cyber Hygiene Services – The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) offers free external vulnerability scans for members of the critical infrastructure. Organizations can enroll and start getting vulnerability scans in days.
- Stern Security’s Velocity (Freemium Edition) – Our enterprise cyber risk quantification platform that uses data from accurate internal and third-party risk information has a free version. Smaller organizations can use the free version to evaluate their baseline security and receive recommendations to increase their security.
- American Public Power Association (APPA) Cyber Guides – The APPA has free cyber guides such as Incident Response Plans for organizations.
The full interview can be found here: https://www.wral.com/news/local/apex-works-through-billing-issues-months-after-cyber-attack-jan-2025/
