Dates and location
Hours
Dates and location
Hours
Description
PROLINK Insurance and CyberClan are partnering to help CPA firms gain crucial insights into the cybersecurity risks facing their industry and learn about the top tips that they can implement now to protect their firms and their clients’ sensitive data from cyber threats. The discussion will focus on identifying cybersecurity risks, assessing their impact, implementing a risk management plan and emerging trends.
Participants will leave with a better understanding of how to protect their firm and clients from cyber threats and ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. The course will help CPAs build resilient firms and maintain reputations as trusted stewards of client information.
Key Takeaways
Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:
- Identifying cyber risks;
- Assessing techniques to heighten cybersecurity;
- Transferring risk to a third party insurer;
- Understanding compliance and regulatory requirements;
- Staying informed about emerging threats and trends for proactive risk management.
Who Will Benefit
The course is designed for small CPA firms and independent practitioners with low to mid level cybersecurity expertise.
How to Access the Course
This course is a live webinar. You must attend the live course to receive verifiable CPD hours. We recommend you join five minutes prior to the scheduled starting time. To get the full experience of this interactive course, use a computer that has video and microphone capabilities.
Electronic material can be accessed one week prior to the course and should be downloaded in advance.
Registration, cancellation, withdrawal and all other CPA Ontario PD policies can be found here.
Speaker(s)
Andrew Spencer, Account Executive, PROLINK Insurance, is an Account Executive at PROLINK - Canada’s Insurance Connection, an independent insurance brokerage established in 1982. Andrew is a registered insurance broker and has been with PROLINK for over 20 years, helping clients protect their businesses by finding the best value insurance solutions and providing risk management strategies.
Mikel Pearce, General Counsel, Breach Coach Relationship Manager, CyberClan, spent 20 years as an insurance defence and coverage lawyer, and has nearly a decade of experience as a breach coach, acting on behalf of Lloyd’s syndicates as well as domestic and international insurers. Mikel is excited to leverage his experience as a breach coach to assist CyberClan in being ever more responsive to the needs of our various clients and stakeholders.