Associations risk becoming Achilles' heel for members
- February 6, 2015 |
- Walt Williams
Some groups beef up cybersecurity out of fear that hackers could use them to gain access to information about businesses they represent Linn Haas Pineda Three years ago the American Gas Association got a call from the FBI about some suspicious emails the association had received. AGA represents natural gas utilities—a potential target for terrorists—so the agency wanted to make sure the organization was protecting member data. Luckily no one at AGA had opened the attached file on the emails. However, the incident did serve as a wake-up call for the group. "At the time we were kind of startled and moved very decisively," said Jim Linn, AGA managing director of… Read More