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Cyber security: Are you prepared?

2/13/2018
Santa Clara, CA

Tyler Gerking, speaker, at the Financial Executives International - Silicon Valley Chapter program, "Cyber security: Are you prepared?"

In this session, Eric Long, SVP and Founding Principal at ABD Insurance and Financial Services and Tyler Gerking, Chair of the Insurance Recovery Group and Co-Chair of the Cybersecurity Group at Farella Braun and Martel LLP, will discuss threats of cyber liability, socially engineered crime, share real world experiences and provide best practices to improve your security. From risk analysis and quantification, to preparing an incident response plan, to making sure you have the right coverages place, you will learn to mitigate risks and limit surprises.

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