Cybersecurity Chronicles Netswitch Technology Management

Proactively Defend Against the Onslaught of Cybercrime by Fortifying Your Defenses with Cyber Risk Assessment and Insurance
The rise of cybercrime poses an increasing challenge for all levels of education. Criminals are constantly adapting their tactics to target faculty, staff, students, and alumni. With the surge in payloadless malware, business email compromise, and various email-based attacks, safeguarding your institution from these threats is now of paramount significance.
Cyber Insurance may be the last line of defense for many organizations, but in education, it may be the first line due to the limited resources of educational institutions.
Listen to Sean Mahoney and Stanley Li talk with Jake Charen, (Risk Architect at Lakeside
Insurance) about the risks in educational organizations, how to cost-effectively mitigate those risks and learn ways to reduce your ever-increasing cyber liability premiums.
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The various T-Mobile data breaches serve as a stark reminder of the critical importance of supply chain security in today's interconnected business landscape.
While the incident primarily affected a global telecommunications company, the lessons derived from this breach can be invaluable for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) as they strive to become secure supply chain partners.
By understanding and implementing key lessons, SMEs can strengthen their security measures, safeguard sensitive information, and foster trust among their partners and customers.
Will Lassalle and Sean Mahoney share some important insights and offer valuable solutions for executives to look into and see how they may fit into their organizations.
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There's no escaping cyber risks these days.
But what can you do to mitigate and transfer them?
Listen to this episode for a Founder-to-Founder conversation as they share their perspectives on cyber risk & protecting their small businesses.
You'll learn about different types of cyber risks, how to assess and protect against them, and some tips for preparing for cyber liability insurance to prevent a cyber incident from destroying your business.
Michael McCarron, Founder & CEO of Lakeside Insurance, and Stanley Li, Founder & CEO of Netswitch Technology Management share their perspectives on the topic.
Michael McCarron and Lakeside's talented risk advisors partner with clients, as trusted risk advisors, they look to help:
✔Manage Risk
✔Mitigate Risk
✔Reduce Total Cost of Risk
To drive mutually profitable growth.
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Data breaches are becoming more and more common, and they are costly—the average cost of a data breach is now $3.86 million. Regulations and compliance will only increase this cost. Businesses need to take steps to protect themselves, and one way to do this is by purchasing cyber liability insurance.
Join Hosts Sean Mahoney and Stanley Li and their guest Jake Charen, Senior Rick Architect of Lakeside Insurance to learn:
What is cyber liability insurance?Why should executives consider having a cyber liability?  Is it worth the investment?After the Travelers and ICS suit, what is the trend in the insurance industry regarding coverage?How you can reduce your risk of a data breach without cyber liability insurance?
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Business today faces the great resignation and migration of employees, and that can be a lot of institutional knowledge about your supply chain leaving. The risk from your vendors grows every day and how do you know which ones are cognizant and which ones are unknowing.
Pam Hamingson, Director of Compliance with Fortrex joins Sean Mahoney to talk about Third Party Risk Management [TPRM] and the growing level of risk your supply chain brings. The increasing number of regulations expect you to know about your vendors and their security practices.
How do you know what data security your vendors do?What should you do to remain in compliance when they are not?When regulations change, how fast can you update GRC?If your vendors are a cyber risk to you, what can you do?
Risk monitoring solutions that are implemented and maintained by regulatory experts and cyber professionals can help you be assured of your compliance and that you have a secure supply chain.
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Tara Trantham joins Sean Mahoney of Netswitch to talk about steps regulated and non-regulated businesses should be and can be doing to ensure they are more secure.  Learn steps you can take as an SMB to reduce cyber risk and secure your business’s future.
Tara Trantham is CEO & Founder of TJ44 Consulting, they are compliance, risk management, and creditors rights services experts and with Tara’s background as an attorney and General Counsel in the Financial Service sector, you have that important perspective as well when it comes to dealing with compliance in a regulated industry.
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