Dr. Ali Dehghantanha Says Canadian Farms Must Prep for Cyberattacks
In some industries, a cybersecurity professional has about an hour to prevent significant business damage. Farmers, however, might have just 15 minutes, the U of G professor and Canada Research Chair in Cybersecurity and Threat Intelligence has learned.
“”We found if we are not responding within that time,” he says, “hackers could cause a power outage in the farm, which could cause livestock to die.”