Tuesday, May 14, 2013

ERM Press Release : Enterprise Risk Management webinar alerts firms to dangers and consequences of cybercrime


Nearly 300 people from business and agencies across the nation registered for the 75 minute webinar broadcast on April 25th and May 2nd of 2013 by Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). The webinar was designed to alert businesses to the potential risk of system weaknesses towards breaches, according to Silka Gonzalez, founder and president of the Cyber Security firm based in Miami, Florida.

The webinar’s “Hacking: Security Breaches Dissected” used case studies to demonstrate the ease with which hackers can access customer or client information, and outlined the kinds of financial harm that breaches can cause to businesses and organizations. These include negative PR and loss of revenue from customers; loss of data and intellectual property, to potential litigation and significant fines levied by a wide variety of regulatory agencies that place the burden for compliance and security on cybercrime victims.

Webinar participant Minh Vo, Senior Technical Support Specialist with Dallas Area Rapid Transit, found the presentation to be excellent. “The presenter was very knowledgeable and the information was both good and useful,” said Vo.

Gonzalez, who has worked in Cyber Security for more than 25 years, says it pays to be preventative. Local and multinational firms from banks to hospitals to non-profit organizations hire the 15-year-old company to help them identify, prevent, and control cybercrime.

“We test our clients’ systems to uncover and remedy a wide range of cyber security weaknesses, and we advise them on the full range of security and compliance matters,” Gonzalez said.

ERM has scheduled a webinar on “Security in the Cloud.” for later this month, and in July will present a webinar for Law Firms. For details visit www.emrisk.com or call 305 447-6750.

 

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