If you’re looking for yet another worry to keep you up at night, consider this: pretty much every category of cyber attack increased in the past 12 months. And we’re not talking small scale numbers, either. Ransomware, encrypted threats and crypto-jacking attacks all more than doubled in this country last year.  In total, more than 1 billion attacks – from small scale home PC invasions to attacks that threatened our critical industries and infrastructure. And the trend line isn’t going down any time soon.  

Jeff Moulton is President and CEO of the Stephenson Stellar Corporation, a not-for-profit applied research firm focused on cybersecurity for its customers, most of whom are federal agencies.

Jeff is a return guest on the show. You may remember our visit with him in 2021. At that time Jeff was also leading the LSU Stephenson National Center for Security Research and Training. But at the beginning to 2022, Jeff left that position to focus his effort solely on the Stephenson Stellar Corporation, which is a fascinating story with so many threads that are unraveled in this conversation.

Jeff is a native of Pennsylvania, who had a 24 year career in the United States Air Force, where he held a diverse array of technical and leadership positions around the world. He then went on to leadership positions in technical and security-related research organizations, including Concurrent Technologies Corporation, the US Navy’s Naval Surface Warfare Center, and the Georgia Tech Research Institute, before coming to Louisiana to join the LSU Stephenson Center more than a decade ago.

Out to Lunch Baton Rouge is recorded live over lunch at Mansurs on the Boulevard. You can find photos from this by Erick Otts at itsbatonrouge.la.

If you&rsquo;re looking for yet another worry to keep you up at night, consider this: pretty much every category of cyber attack increased in the past 12 months. And we&rsquo;re not talking small scale numbers, either. Ransomware, encrypted threats and crypto-jacking attacks all more than doubled in this country last year.&nbsp; In total, more than 1 billion attacks &ndash; from small scale home PC invasions to attacks that threatened our critical industries and infrastructure. And the trend line isn&rsquo;t going down any time soon.&nbsp;&nbsp;
Jeff Moulton is President and CEO of the <a href="https://stephensonstellar.org/">Stephenson Stellar Corporation</a>, a not-for-profit applied research firm focused on cybersecurity for its customers, most of whom are federal agencies.
Jeff is a return guest on the show. You may remember <a href="https://itsbatonrouge.la/2021/10/20/cyber-port/">our visit with him in 2021</a>. At that time Jeff was also leading the LSU Stephenson National Center for Security Research and Training. But at the beginning to 2022, Jeff left that position to focus his effort solely on the Stephenson Stellar Corporation, which is a fascinating story with so many threads that are unraveled in this conversation.
Jeff is a native of Pennsylvania, who had a 24 year career in the United States Air Force, where he held a diverse array of technical and leadership positions around the world. He then went on to leadership positions in technical and security-related research organizations, including <a href="https://www.ctc.com/">Concurrent Technologies Corporation</a>, the <a href="https://www.navsea.navy.mil/Home/Warfare-Centers/">US Navy&rsquo;s Naval Surface Warfare Center</a>, and the <a href="https://gtri.gatech.edu/">Georgia Tech Research Institute</a>, before coming to Louisiana to join the <a href="https://www.sncsrt.lsu.edu/">LSU Stephenson Center</a> more than a decade ago.
Out to Lunch Baton Rouge is recorded live over lunch at&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mansursontheboulevard.com/main/home">Mansurs on the Boulevard</a>. You can find photos from this by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/acreaux/">Erick Otts</a> at <a href="https://itsbatonrouge.la/2022/05/18/youve-probably-been-hacked-already/">itsbatonrouge.la</a>.

OUT TO LUNCH finds Baton Rouge Business Report Editor Stephanie Riegel combining her hard news journalist skills and food background: conducting business over lunch. Baton Rouge has long had a storied history of politics being conducted over meals, now the Capital Region has an equivalent culinary home for business: Mansur's. Each week Stephanie holds court over lunch at Mansur's and invites members of the Baton Rouge business community to join her. You can also hear the show on WRKF 89.3FM.

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