Evangelist Michael Antonio Echols: Ensuring A Better and Secure Virtual Future

Successful cyberattacks have unfortunately become the norm all across the globe. According to the reports provided by Intellectual Point, it has come to our attention that after every 39 seconds, a hacker successfully manages to infiltrate a computer system all across the United States. Additionally, many businesses have been confronted with more than 4000 hacking cases per day simply using ransomware.

Consequently, many companies over the years have struggled to deal with these attacks efficiently. Every time major organizations come up with a countermeasure, the hackers are always one step ahead of them. With access to the latest technological advancements, hackers are equipped with similar types of tech, which are just as good at breaching security measures and infiltrating into business information files and other equally important documents that make up the core of the company.

After many in-depth inspections and countless experiences, it has been deduced that these causes occur due to a number of reasons. Some of the most common ones include not training your employees on how to follow cybersecurity precautions and not equipping your company with the latest technology to efficiently handle security breaches on all levels.

Without implementing proper cybersecurity measures, you will be putting important data of your company at a huge risk of being exposed to potential threats within the business sector. Many hackers gain a generous amount of money by selling off important stolen data to their business rivals.

On a positive note, not all hope is lost. Michael Antonio Echols, an American cybersecurity evangelist, entrepreneur, author, and international cybersecurity speaker, has been putting in relentless efforts to improve the virtual security realm into a place secure enough for users to utilize without fear.

Echols currently serves as the founder and CEO of Max Cybersecurity LLC., which is a national consultation company for cybersecurity purposes that hold a certification for CISSP (ISC) and are also a small business administration 8a certified. 

Some of his many other involvements in cybersecurity prevention methods included launching a small and midsized analysis study on DHS in 2014 to advocate about the growing rise of cybersecurity attacks and the necessary actions that need to be taken to prevent them from happening. Moreover, he was also a part of the Cyber Operations Management at the Cybersecurity and Communications sector in the Department of Homeland Security in Arlington, Virginia, from 2012 to 2016. While upholding that position, he implemented Enhanced Cybersecurity Services, Private Sector Cybersecurity Information Sharing as well as Cyber Information Sharing and Collaboration Program.

Due to his numerous contributions to the cybersecurity the sector, he has been known as a renowned leading figure in the cybersecurity field and has even been featured in on a Roadtrip Nation's documentary called 'Life Hackers' in 2017.

Echols believes that educating oneself about virtual security is the key to helping us take the first step in coming up with improved and enhanced innovative ideas that will play a significant role in diminishing cybersecurity attacks once and for all.