Course Overview

Are you a small business owner who is worried about being hacked?  Are you confused about where to start and how to begin?  Have you been looking for a course that teaches you the information/cybersecurity basics to best protect your business in a fun, relaxed manner? If so, you are going to find that this course is absolutely perfect for you! This course is designed to give you the tools you need to begin with the task of protecting your business or company. Understanding these key concepts is the foundation for protecting businesses of all shapes and sizes.  

In the first section, we will cover the differences between Small and Medium Businesses and why it is important to mitigate the risk.  Lastly, we will address what is the problem and why small businesses are the target of hackers. In section two, we will explore risk and how, by understanding cyber risk for your company, you can substantially reduce the potential impacts of a cyber-attack. Section three will introduce you to the primary concepts around cyber insurance and how it is important for you to understand the pros and cons of having a policy.

By the end of this course, you will have gained a significant amount of knowledge and insight that will help you best protect your business or train your employees on cybersecurity.

What You Will Learn

  • Identify business critical data and what are some options to protect determine the risk for their business
  • Understand the Risk Mindset needed to protect the business
  • Determine the risk for their business

Program Curriculum

  • Small and Medium Stats
  • Information Security and Cybersecurity
  • Small and Medium/The Why?
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  • Chapter 1 Quiz

  • Overview
  • Risk Profile
  • Managing and Mitigating Cyber Risk
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • Basics of Cyber Insurance
  • Key Aspects to Understand Around Insurance
  • Incorporate Minimum Security Practices
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

Instructor

Shon Gerber

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Shon Gerber is a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), CISSP Trainer, and Cybersecurity Expert. He is the owner of “Reduce Cyber Risk” – Providing Cybersecurity Insight and Direction for Businesses of all Sizes. He is currently working as the CISO for a privately held global manufacturing company that deals with a wide range of security challenges from manufacturing to strong online web presence. In the past, he has worked as a supervisor within a Security Operations Center of one of the largest privately held companies in the world. Each day, his team worked to protect the company from hackers attempting to gain access to their various computer systems on a global basis. He also worked for an IT service provider as a Senior Security Architect, serving a diverse customer base with business customers from medium to large companies. He spent 11 years as a member of the US Air Force Red Team (Aggressors), targeting government and military installations from both a cyber and physical security perspective, focusing our efforts on network and physical penetration testing and providing gap and remediation training to U.S. military installations.

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