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FUNDAMENTALS OF CYBER SECURITY
When looking to hire a professional security firm, business owners and executives should ensure
the vendors understand threats and regulations unique to the cannabis industry.
" States require you to have surveillance and IT security measures in place, but they can be
vague about exactly what you need, " says Schlissel. " We know from experience both what these
regulators want and what it means to have actual, effective security in place, so you don't have to
do any guessing. "
IT security firms may offer a choice of protections such as network-level firewall, antivirus, mobile
device management and virtual network segmentation as well as 24/7 monitoring and incident
response.
BIG-TIME DATA BREACH IN CANADA
In May 2022, criminal investigators in Ontario, Canada, confirmed they were assessing a major
data breach at a government-run Ontario Cannabis Store (OCS). The data leak was later publicly
acknowledged by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, and it reportedly affected over
1,200 regulated retail stores.
According to MJBizDaily, the information obtained by hackers included data on individual retailers'
sales, inventory levels and " other sensitive information " such as individual business license
numbers, and the specific amount of " kilograms and packaged units sold for at least the months of
December 2021 and January 2022. "
The breach left a major black eye on the government-run body and left companies and consumers
wondering who can be trusted with sensitive information.
" The recent attack on the Ontario Cannabis Store may be what causes many businesses to take IT
security a lot more seriously, " Schlissel says. " Dispensaries are dealing with empty shelves and
upset customers and missing out on millions of dollars of sales right now, all due to a cyber-attack. "
Recommended cybersecurity
measures include firewalls and
segmented network access.
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