TL;DR: Digital Ministry News Recap 

This edition of the Digital Ministry Journal recaps news of interest to the digital ministry community with a focus on stewardship, especially protecting the resources that God has entrusted to ministries. This Week In Startups shares an interview with security expert, Jon Miller on the growing ransomware threat. The Roys Report shares that their Facebook page has been hacked. TechRepublic shares its take on the best antivirus software in 2024. Finally, on a less somber note, Churchfront’s Worship Tech Tour spotlights advanced audio, video and lighting technology at Life Fellowship church.

The Growing Ransomware Threat

This Week In Startups shares “The Growing Ransomware Threat: Targets, Insights, and Strategies with Halcyon's Jon Miller” (55-minute watch) covering topics ranging from the current ransomware landscape, high-profile ransomware attacks like MGM, Caesar’s and Colonial Pipeline, and countermeasures such as multi-factor authentication and Halcyon’s endpoint agent. Are ransomware attacks against ministries coming soon?

Christian Publication’s Facebook Page Hacked

Julie Roys of The Roys Report tweets “Julie Roys FB hacked (had 2FA)“ (1-minute read). Facebook’s investigation is in progress.

Best Antivirus Software in 2024

TechRepublic shares “9 Best Antivirus Software for Businesses in 2024” (18-minute read) evaluating key features, pricing, and providing pros, and cons.

Worship Tech Tour

Churchfront shares “Worship Tech Tour - Life Fellowship Church” (71-minute watch) which highlights Life Fellowship Church’s (Dallas, TX) worship technology stack. Life Fellowship’s sanctuary seats 600 yet they have 150K weekly viewers of their stream. The tour covers their advanced use of ProPresenter to automate lighting, use of presets in Lightkey, Crestron and Qsys systems for flexible distribution of video and audio, respectively, to devices within their facility, and their Red Komodo multicamera setup.

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