Podcast

Cyber on the Ground: Building Resilience in a Fragmented Landscape

Yolanda Williams
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In the face of disaster, your cyber resilience is put to the ultimate test.

Steve Durbin speaks with Yolanda Williams, Cybersecurity State Coordinator for CISA in Florida, to explore the reality of securing critical infrastructure in a state where natural disasters, decentralised systems, and limited resources collide. Yolanda shares how she tailors cyber communication from small clinics to state agencies and why even the smallest organisations are prime targets. Discover how to bridge communication gaps, manage supply chain risks, and why relying solely on cloud storage leaves you vulnerable when local systems fail.

We say that CISA is like the firefighters… We’ll come in and put the fire out… Reach out before something happens… The last thing you want to do is figure out who to call in the middle of an incident…

Tune in to hear more about:

  1. How cyber connects to physical security (3:25)
  2. The challenges of a lack of standardised guidelines or federal regulation (10:23)
  3. The importance of keeping local backups and not only use the cloud (18:24)