Be prepared for cyber attacks

Our briefing covers:

• What should management focus on in a severe attack while the techies do their thing?
• Why it’s valuable to have insurance in your corner during the fight.
• Spending wisely on the most relevant technical measures.
• How do you give yourself the best chance of losing less data, losing less money, wasting less time, and staying in business?

Watch the video below to get the Byte-size Briefing.

What will you learn from our expert speakers?

What it takes to recover your business after an incident

Cyber attacks cause confusion. Criminals want to cause chaos and leave you with limited options, so paying a ransom makes sense. Understanding, planning and practising for the worst helps you take back some control.

Andre Lynch is a seasoned Cyber Security Engineer at ConnectWise.

Andre used an interactive quiz at the live event to simulate the crucial decisions you make in an actual attack when you have little experience and little information.

The main takeaway for attendees was how invaluable it is to practice scenarios before experiencing them in real life.

Unfortunately, we can't run an interactive workshop in the below recorded version, so we haven't included it. However, do contact us if you want to practice a business continuity situation.

How insurance can relieve the stress of recovery from an incident

Are you comfortable, on your own, dealing with the cyber police, conducting forensics in order to report to the ICO and negotiating a bitcoin ransom over a bank holiday weekend? Most of us would like one number to call to deal with all of that.

Laura Wilkinson is a seasoned professional in the insurance industry, at the time of the briefing she was Client and Schemes Manager at Clear Insurance Management Ltd.

With over 15 years of experience, Laura is well placed to empower your business to understand the critical importance of cyber resilience and cyber insurance.

Laura’s insightful and engaging approach has helped many make well-informed decisions. She shares her guidance on these key issues:

• The skilled people that insurers provide who are essential to your recovery.
• What research teaches you about differentiating between insurance policies.
• The technical protections insurers consider essential and extra steps that earn you credit.
• How to get an accurate quote.

Well-informed business decisions on cyber security build trust

In 2023 there were 3,231 vendors of technical cyber security products. Whilst that gives you a lot of choice, it’s also overwhelming. It would be nice if you could buy one product or service and consider cyber security “done” and tick it off your list.

But that is not the reality. Cyber security is like boxing. You have to keep your guard up and keep moving, and even then, you might still get floored.

Simon Heath will take you through The Final Step’s tried-and-tested process for helping SMB leaders adopt a security-first mindset and layer their security effectively while budgeting carefully.

• Don’t spend any money until you have done a risk assessment.
• Zero in on the most significant risks your business has.
• Target the lowest-cost, highest-impact way to mitigate those risks.
• Regularly review and continuously improve your cyber security.

Contact simon@thefinalstep.co.uk.

Simon Heath
Director, The Final Step