Managing a Cyber Crisis: Readiness, Response, and Recovery

Managing a Cyber Crisis: Readiness, Response, and Recovery

December 9th

10 am - 3 pm (EST)

Registration is Closed

About the Event

Cybercrime has changed the rules of crisis communications.

In this, intensive, 5 hours, training course, Shafiq Jamal,one of North America's leading crisis communications experts on cyber incidents, will help you understand how cyber incidents can affect your company’s reputation, but most importantly, what you need to do to stay prepared.

Breached networks, copied emails, stolen customer data and other cyber incidents have become part of our daily lives. In 2019 alone, 78% of organizations in the US have experienced a cyber attack and the average cost of a data breach was US$ 7.2 million.

Why register?

  • Understand how cybercrime is rewriting the rules of crisis communications
  • Develop and implement a cybercrime crisis management plan
  • Identify the type of cyber attack your company is facing and implement the most effective action plan
  • Organize a swift response team with clearly identified roles and an action plan to follow immediately after an attack
  • Manage diverse stakeholders and communicate efficiently in times of cyber attack
  • Choose the right messaging channels
  • Communicate when information is scarce
  • Craft powerful key messages and take full control of media exposure
  • Leverage social media for effective crisis and communication management
  • Strengthen your organization’s defenses going forward

Speakers

Shafiq Jamal

Principal, Jamal Communications Inc.

Agenda

10.00 Cyber Security – the current landscape: A dive into the types and nature of cyberattacks confronting organizations today

11.15 Cyber Security communications best practices: The do’s and don’ts based on learnings, case studies, and expert industry guidance

12.00 Lunch Break

12.30 Cyber Crisis Simulation Scenario: Rolling out and discussing a specific and realistic cyber security attack scenario

13.00 Group Work: Workshop attendees get a chance to work in smaller groups on developing their responses on handling the scenario

13.45 Breakout groups debriefs: Group discussions with a sharing of the summaries of each group’s deliberations

14.00 Short Break

14.15 Learnings, observations & key take-aways: Providing workshop participants with tangible insights they can use and apply to their own communications efforts

14.45 Conclusion & Closing remarks: Summarizing where the day started and where it ended, capturing the key highlights

15.00 End of workshop

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Want This Program for Your Team?

This program can also be delivered as a tailored in-house training for your organization. We adapt the content to your industry, objectives, and level of maturity, focusing on real challenges your teams face and the decisions they need to make. In-house formats allow your people to align on a shared approach, work through relevant scenarios, and build skills they can apply immediately.

If you’re exploring an in-house option, tell us a bit about your team, priorities, and timing, and we’ll recommend the right format.

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