Small Business Cybersecurity Podcast

It wasn’t too long ago when creating a password felt like it would be our best and most secure lock against digital burglary. Now it’s our greatest threat. Steve and Femi talk with security GRC consultant and evangelist Thomas Allen about the how we use two factor authentication in our everyday activities but don’t recognize the equal importance with our most confidential information. After this episode, you’ll be turning on two factor authentication on every app and device that supports it.

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Thomas Allen, Principal Consultant, Information Security Officer, Senior Security Consultant, Foresite

Thomas Allen LinkedIn

Foresite, Managed Security and Cyber-Consulting Services

When it comes to data care, what would be reasonable to a Fortune 500 company that has thousands of employees all over the world is not going to be reasonable to a small business that has 10 or 15 employees. We look for that common denominator of what would be reasonably expected for any business to have in place. Looking at the recent Equifax hack, we discuss the expectation from consumers that have entrusted their information to your business, in that your business is safeguarding their data. What can you do, as a small business, to ensure that your customer data is secure?

Most business and professional liability insurance policies do not include cyber liability for a data breach. Steve and Femi talk with special guest Tyler Delaney, CIC, of First West Insurance to discuss why small businesses need cyber insurance to cover liability of data loss/destruction, computer fraud, funds transfer loss, cyber extortion and personal information exposed by hackers or other criminals.

Backup and disaster recovery is reaching a new high of relevance. Recent natural disasters have called to attention the importance of data backup and recovery. The goal of the task is to make sure the operations of your business can continue in the event of a data or system loss situation. It is critical to have a proper procedure in place to recover your data, as well as knowing what you are trying to safeguard ahead of time. In this episode, we review options, processes and solutions to protect not just your data, but also your employees and business as a whole.

Employees who are well trained are going to be a key part of your overall risk reduction strategy. Poorly trained employees are going to render investments you make in the technology sector to reduce your risks. Training does not have to be complicated. Steve and Femi talk about easy steps you can take to train your employees to safeguard cybersecurity risks.