Cyber Security: How to protect yourself and your business from online threats

It seems like every week, we hear about yet another cyber security breach at a major corporation with millions of customers' personal information being compromised.

But what we don't hear about are the millions of small and individual businesses being hacked on a daily basis. In fact, according to a recent report by Verizon, 61 percent of data breach victims were small businesses.

And that number is likely to rise.

That's because many small business owners have tight budgets and tend to be complacent: they can't afford to invest in cybersecurity measures, and they don't feel they have anything worth stealing -- so they do nothing. For hackers, that mindset is a license to shoot fish in a barrel.

While there is no silver bullet to completely protect your business from threats, there are some best practices to keep your assets as safe as possible.

Surrey Startups is pleased to have Kimberley St. Pierre of Check Point Software Technologies and Omer Segoly of TECHTONE to lead an knowledge-packed talk on cyber security and its impact on small business. They will be covering:

• Business Trends & Cyber Security Trends

• Small Business Cost of a Cyber Security Breach

• Who is The Enemy? What Are They After? How Will They Get It?

• What Can You Do to Protect Your Business?

This is a can't-miss event. FREE FOOD AND REFRESHMENTS will be provided, compliments of Check Point.

KIMBERLEY ST. PIERRE (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kimberleystpierre/) , Territory Manager, for Check Point Software Technologies has 20+ years’ experience in IT and over 5+ years’ experience in cyber security. Kimberley works with a variety of clients, in both public sector and enterprise, and business sizes ranging from SMB to Enterprise and Government. Check Point Software Technologies is the largest network cyber security vendor globally, providing industry-leading solutions and protecting customers from cyber-attacks with an unmatched catch rate of malware and other types of threats. Check Point offers a complete security architecture defending enterprises – from networks to mobile devices – in addition to the most comprehensive and intuitive security management. Check Point protects over 100,000 organizations of all sizes. https://www.checkpoint.com/

OMER SEGOLY (https://www.linkedin.com/in/osegoly/) is the Founder and Managing Director of Techtone, a Vancouver-based IT Services company specializing in cyber security for the SMB market. With 10+ years of experience in IT and an introduction to cyber security from a young age, Omer boasts invaluable experience and knowledge for small businesses. After several successful years as a consultant, Omer founded Techtone in 2013 in order to scale and service more businesses. Techtone has since established itself as a leader in IT and cyber security for the SMB market and has been helping many businesses grow and stay on top of the increasingly challenging cyber security world. https://techtone.ca/