The Battle Against Cybercrime: James Fair Reveals Common Threats Faced by Manufacturers

<p><strong>Connect with James Fair</strong></p><p><strong>Website: </strong>executech.com</p><p><strong>LinkedIn: </strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamesmfair/</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan: </strong>Welcome to the Manufacturer's Network podcast. Our guest today is James Fair. James is an IT and cybersecurity veteran with 35 years of experience. He's held every role from entry-level tech to senior VP, and now he's working in cybersecurity. James, welcome to the show.</p><p><strong>James Fair:&nbsp;</strong>Thanks, Lisa. It's an honor to be here. I'm very excited.</p><p><strong>Lisa Ryan:&nbsp;</strong>Great. Please share a little about your background and what led you to do what you're doing in those 35-plus years.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>James Fair:&nbsp;</strong>Yeah. I've been doing this since computers were around; I'm an old-school guy. What started for me was a passion for technology. At age 13, I got my first real PC. At age 16, I would deep dive into that, and no one would see me for two years. When I came out, I would know everything about it. It's always been a passion of mine to dive into technology. I've been doing technology for a long time, but part of that has always been cybersecurity because back when I was doing it, there was no separate role for cybersecurity. Now you did everything.</p><p><br></p><p>No one realized there was a separate need for that, and there wasn't because there wasn't much going on out there, or at least we weren't aware of it anyway. Over time, I have developed a passion for helping organizations stay protected, prevent attacks, or deal with them when and hopefully if they ever happen. Hopefully, they never happen to anybody; if they do, I want everyone to be prepared.</p><p><br></p><p>We do not wait until the cyber stuff hits the fan before deciding to take action. Now, we'll make a plan. They're like, Ooh, what? What do we do in this situation? Let's get ahead of that. That's what I'm after. Let's help organizations be protected and respond better when something does happe