Sep 14, 2026 · 19 min · 10 segments
This week, Shaye welcomes back Chris Sherman, CEO of Tech Support Farm, to discuss fall cybersecurity and fraud threats facing farms and ranches. Sherman highlights RFID tag swapping in cattle sales…
Chris ShermanGuestShaye Koester-WannerHostAll right, I'm back with Chris Sherman and we're gonna be talking about cybersecurity again.
So Chris, before we dive into the topic at hand, remind listeners a little bit about your background and what you're doing today just in case they missed that previous episode, which I will link in the comments later on.
We're based out of West Fargo, North Dakota, but we serve clients all across the United States and our goal is to protect America's farms and agribusinesses from cyber attacks.
Ag is one of the top 10 industries being targeted by cyber crime and so that's a, a mission that is very near and dear to us.
I'm not gonna make you re-share everything [laughs] you talked about on that last episode, but that always blows my mind because I, I think we're just so naive with the amount of money that goes in and out of our operations on a daily or seasonal basis that because we're, you know, mom-and-pop operations, family farms, we think, "Oh, who would wanna bother us?" But that's what makes us the biggest target I guess.
So when we are thinking about cybersecurity this fall, what comes to your mind as potential threats to farmers and ranchers?
RFID tag swapping is basically taking the information from one tag and moving it over to another.
You know, you can have a higher priced animal going at a lower cost just because somebody swapped the information on those tags.
The best way to think about it is maybe you're at the, at the thrift store or whatever and you got that really expensive item and you peel a tag off that has a cheaper price from something else and you cover up the other one.
This is the time of year when there's a lot of transactions that are happening.
All right, I'm back with Chris Sherman and we're gonna be talking about cybersecurity again.
So Chris, before we dive into the topic at hand, remind listeners a little bit about your background and what you're doing today just in case they missed that previous episode, which I will link in the comments later on.
We're based out of West Fargo, North Dakota, but we serve clients all across the United States and our goal is to protect America's farms and agribusinesses from cyber attacks.
Ag is one of the top 10 industries being targeted by cyber crime and so that's a, a mission that is very near and dear to us.
I'm not gonna make you re-share everything [laughs] you talked about on that last episode, but that always blows my mind because I, I think we're just so naive with the amount of money that goes in and out of our operations on a daily or seasonal basis that because we're, you know, mom-and-pop operations, family farms, we think, "Oh, who would wanna bother us?" But that's what makes us the biggest target I guess.
So when we are thinking about cybersecurity this fall, what comes to your mind as potential threats to farmers and ranchers?
RFID tag swapping is basically taking the information from one tag and moving it over to another.
You know, you can have a higher priced animal going at a lower cost just because somebody swapped the information on those tags.
The best way to think about it is maybe you're at the, at the thrift store or whatever and you got that really expensive item and you peel a tag off that has a cheaper price from something else and you cover up the other one.
This is the time of year when there's a lot of transactions that are happening.
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