TThe first of Elevate’s Pillar Workshops covering one of nine pillars, titled “Technology for CEO’s” covered Cybersecurity. Find useful tools and tips to guard your business and its assets from cyber threats. It was a timely discussion to help leaders understand in simple and clear terms why Cybersecurity is a must for all organizations. We asked Edafio Technology Partners to be our partner in leading and covering “technology” and what does the CEO need to know about this dynamic arena of technology in order to lead well. Edafio is Arkansas’ leading IT Managed Services Provider and quite the strong firm it is. In the blog post, critical resources and valuable “nuggets” from the workshop can be found. There will be four sessions on the technology pillar.

• Most of the ways to avoid these breaches is to have a culture that knows and is aware of how these things come about and each team member being diligent relative to what they open or before they send a wire out, etc.

• It was reported that ransomware attacks between March and October, the covid-19 era, rose 350%

• In 2019 the ransom being demanded was $11K and today it averages $100K

• Slide deck: https://documentcloud.adobe.com/link/review?uri=urn:aaid:scds:US:529dd416-3f0a-4a15-b489-c84cca50fd9c

• Cybersecurity Readiness Assessment: https://edafio.com/services/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-readiness-survey/

• Password manager options

  • LastPass – Best Free Plan

  • Dashlane

  • Keeper

  • KeePass

  • NordPass

  • 1Password

• Cyber insurance resources

  • https://www.at-bay.com/data-breach-calculator/

  • https://www.beazley.com/documents/TMB/Applications/beazley-tmb-infosec-application.pdf

  • Attached: cybersecurityinsurance.pdf

  • Attached: cybersecurity_sb_cyber-insurance.pdf

• Macros

  • https://www.microsoft.com/security/blog/2016/03/22/new-feature-in-office-2016-can-block-macros-and-help-prevent-infection/

• Blog articles

  • https://edafio.com/blog/7-tips-to-improve-cybersecurity-for-your-home-and-a-couple-bonus-tips/

  • https://edafio.com/blog/dont-get-snowed-by-cybercriminals/

  • https://edafio.com/blog/cybersecurity/the-importance-of-keeping-devices-and-software-up-to-date/

  • https://edafio.com/blog/security-best-practices-for-financial-and-administrative-teams/

  • https://edafio.com/blog/cybersecurity/security-steps-to-stave-off-cyberattacks/

  • https://edafio.com/blog/cybersecurity/dont-panic-and-click/

  • https://edafio.com/blog/cybersecurity/staying-secure-while-staying-connected/

• Social Engineering Red Flags

  • https://www.knowbe4.com/hubfs/Social-Engineering-Red-Flags.pdf

• Evolve Comprehensive Cyber Insurance Coverage from Bittle Armstrong Insurance and Evolve MGA

  • Have I Been Pwned: Check if your email has been compromised in a data breach
    

  • Evolve Program: Free Dark Web Scan by sending your name and website to Bo Bittle (Bo@ba-ins.com)

We want to thank Edafio Technology Partners for partnering with us to deliver to you a series on the "Technology" Pillar or as we call it "Technology for CEO's."

We also want to thank Clinton Bell of Quadrivium, Michael Clark of 4Media, Bo Bittle of Bittle Armstrong Insurance and Nicole with Evolve Insurance, an underwriter that created the category, cybersecurity insurance.

Pillar Conversations are 75 minute sessions held on the third Tuesday of each month led by an expert or a panel of experts on that pillar beginning at 10:30 a.m., one week after each month's Open Forum where we seek conversations on topics of utmost importance to you such as covid -19 or government stimulus programs, as well as CEOs leading there firm in extraordinary ways and often able to beat market expectations in customer and sales growth.

Please mark your calendar for the next workshop on January 19th when we, along with our partner in this series, Edafio Technology Partners, cover “ How the cloud can transform your business”.