Cyber Security Hygiene Webinar

Event Overview

In today's digital landscape, maintaining robust cyber security hygiene is not just a necessity—it's a vital component of organizational resilience and success. Join us for a comprehensive 60-minute online webinar designed to empower you with essential practices and insights to safeguard your systems, devices, networks, and data. Get hands-on with a highly dynamic and engaging cyber expert who will demystify the complexities of cyber security by providing you with actionable knowledge and practical strategies to enhance your cyber hygiene, and understand the influence of AI, without overwhelming you with technical jargon.

The topics that will be explored in the upcoming webinars are the following:

January 14th, 2025: Protecting Your Privacy in a Digital World: A Canadian Perspective
This webinar will focus on how privacy laws in Canada affect individuals and organizations, the importance of safeguarding personal information, and practical steps to maintain privacy in digital spaces.

Participants will leave with a clear understanding of their privacy rights in Canada and practical strategies to safeguard their personal and professional information.

April 3rd, 2025: Cybersecurity Basics for Remote and Hybrid Workers
Designed for the growing number of remote and hybrid workers, this webinar will provide simple, actionable advice on securing home offices and digital environments. The focus will be on establishing good cybersecurity practices to protect both personal and organizational data.

Participants will gain practical cybersecurity tips that they can implement immediately to secure their remote work environments.

May 13th, 2025: Understanding Supply Chain Risks: What They Mean for You and Your Organization
This webinar will introduce the concept of supply chain risks, using relatable examples (e.g., product recalls or data breaches). It will also discuss high-profile supply chain attacks and offer practical advice for reducing risk exposure at work and home.

Participants will leave with a better understanding of how supply chains affect their security and how to reduce these risks.

Duration

60 minutes

Cost

Free

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Instructors

Alan McCafferty is a Senior Business Analyst with 25+ years of progressive experience working with public organizations, not-for-profits, start-ups, and multi-national corporations. Educated in Canada, the USA and Europe in multiple disciplines including Engineering, Business, Risk Management, and Lean 6 Sigma, he is the author of more than 25 white papers and the recipient of the Canada Award for Excellence. During his career, Alan has led the delivery of multi-year $1 billion+, mission critical information technology projects. As a Cyber Security SME, Alan was key in the developed of the University of Ottawa Professional Development Institute cyber security program and teaches several of the courses. Alan has successfully completed IT, Security, Process, Threat Risk Assessments (TRA), Privacy Impact Assessments (PIA), health and safety projects for federal government departments, provincial healthcare organizations and national not-for-profit organizations. As a senior consultant, he uses his Lean 6 Sigma skills, along with his risk and security experience to help organizations implement low waste, and effective lean processes in areas such as information security management systems, business continuity, department security plans, quality management systems, health, and safety management systems.

Mark Hearn is a seasoned Business Leader and technical Product Management executive, bringing technology and business together to solve market problems for over 25 years. Mark’s expertise in software security and anti-reverse engineering has helped industry leaders solve critical product security issues with innovation and minimized risk. As a product security evangelist, Mark has spoken at many industry conferences and engaged in panel discussions on the need to protect software products from attack. He is an expert on the business risks associated with reverse engineering and the critical impact that hacking could have for manufacturers, and for their customers. Mark has held executive roles in product management and strategic market development, developing expertise in both the business-critical and technical functions related to business strategy, use/abuse cases, technical requirements, competitive analysis, and security threat-risk analysis.