Cyber Security: More Than Insurance Coverage

Margaret Penado, CPCU, ARM-P, APA, Risk Manager, Coconino County, AZ
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March 16 | 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EST

Cyber security is today’s hot topic and rightly so. Rapid advancements in technology, computing power and data storage in the technological revolution have resulted in a heavy reliance upon the internet and computers in operations that has created vast cyber vulnerability. To protect against such losses and assure continuity of operations, any organization must take active and robust defense measures, and pre plan its mitigation and recovery efforts should they fall prey to a cyber attack. This webinar will explore current best practices to strengthen your organization’s cyber security, and your readiness to swiftly mitigate and respond to a cyber attack or breach should one occur. In addition, up for discussion will be the rising threat to critical infrastructure in cyber attacks and best practices in this area for defense and attack response readiness.

Attendee Takeaways:

1. What are the best practices for cyber security?
2. What training is recommended for staff to strengthen an entity against cyber attack?
3. What is the rising threat to critical infrastructure through cyber risk?
4. What can be done now to mitigate a cyber attack should one occur?

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Presenter

Margaret Penado, CPCU, ARM-P, APA, Risk Manager, Coconino County, AZ

Margaret holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and a master’s degree in administration with emphasis on public entities, and has over 25 years of insurance experience. She began her career with Travelers Insurance as a commercial lines underwriter and contributed for many years to the award winning success of the Salt Lake City field office. Following this, Margaret worked for the Workers’ Compensation Fund of Utah as a large account underwriter, strategist, policy language developer and IT liaison. After moving to Arizona, she joined the State Compensation Fund of Arizona where she worked as an insurance auditor, loss control consultant and the Flagstaff field office manager before segueing to work directly for local government. She served as the risk manager for City of Flagstaff in 2012-2013, and has served as risk manager for Coconino County from 2013 to present.

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