by Stern Security | Aug 3, 2025 | In The News
There is a growing need for cybersecurity expertise to secure businesses of all sizes. To meet demand, colleges in North Carolina are coming together to create programs to train students and give experience in the field helping businesses. Through the Carolina Cyber Network, schools including Wake Technical Community College are pairing students with local businesses to offer cybersecurity help. This is a win-win for both sides as the students get real-world experience and the businesses get inexpensive help.
On July 22nd, 2025, CBS17 went to Wake Tech to hear graduates of Wake Tech’s cybersecurity SENTINEL program discuss how they help local businesses. The students in this program are using the Velocity platform, by Stern Security to perform risk assessments for these organizations. CBS17 interviewed Stern Security’s Founder & CEO, Jon Sternstein, to learn the importance of these types of cyber workforce development programs.
The full interview can be seen here: https://www.cbs17.com/news/local-news/wake-county-news/wake-tech-cybersecurity-students-helping-small-businesses/
by Stern Security | Jan 30, 2025 | In The News
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/
by Stern Security | Jul 22, 2024 | In The News
On Friday, July 19th, 2024, the WRAL News team interviewed Stern Security’s CEO, Jon Sternstein, about the massive CrowdStrike outage that blue-screened Windows devices around the world. Sternstein discussed the importance of business continuity plans and tabletop exercises to prepare for a downtime scenario. It must also be noted that after the downtime incident, CISA warned of threat actors that were quick to create malicious CrowdStrike campaigns to trick victims. The interview can be seen here: https://www.wral.com/story/computer-system-outage-paralyzes-local-companies-cause-travel-delays-and-more/21533355/
by Stern Security | Feb 21, 2024 | In The News
On February 16th, 2024, WRAL News Interviewed Stern Security’s CEO, Jon Sternstein, about AI, deepfakes, and election meddling. The interview discussed the current threat landscape, protective measures, and covered what big tech companies are doing to combat this issue. The interview also discussed positive aspects of AI. The full interview can be seen here: https://www.wral.com/video/cybersecurity-expert-explains-how-ai-could-meddle-in-elections/21288228/
by Stern Security | Jul 14, 2023 | In The News
WRAL TechWire, the leading technology news publication in the Carolinas, highlighted Velocity at the top of their Venture Connect conference coverage. Jon Sternstein, the Founder and CEO of Stern Security, took the stage at CED’s Venture Connect conference. He discussed how the Velocity SaaS product accurately evaluates cyber risk and uses this information to show companies where to spend their cybersecurity budget. The full article can be found here: https://wraltechwire.com/2023/03/30/fighting-hackers-cybersecurity-takes-the-stage-at-venture-connect/
by Stern Security | Mar 23, 2021 | In The News
The Triangle Net has a vision to build a better world and provide opportunities to those striving to join the cyber security field. This amazing organization interviewed Stern Security’s Founder and CEO, Jon Sternstein, to discuss his security career. View the full interview here: https://www.thetrianglenet.com/episode-2-jon-sternstein/
