Understanding Cybersecurity Risks

This event qualifies for 4 CEUs

This event qualifies for 4 CPEs

This event qualifies for 4 CLPs

Cybersecurity challenges demand that an organization face two facts. First, the protection of critical company and customer information is a business requirement to protect the company's reputation and enterprise value. Second, even the best programs will experience failure and expose some information the company would like to protect.

We at Corporate Compliance Seminars believe confidence in security and privacy does not come from knowing nothing will happen; it is achieved by knowing all the things that can happen and preparing both proactive and reactive solutions. This holistic approach starts by understanding what is most important to Board Members and then structuring and supporting the cybersecurity program so that the organization is engineered to grow securely.

Corporate Compliance Seminars provides Understanding Cybersecurity as a risk oversight training course for board members, executives, management personnel and auditors. This course provides attendees with what they need to know and most importantly, what they need to do in order to keep data and devices secure to prevent breaches.

This event has been designed to meet the CPE education needs of executives, senior officers, board members and auditors. The event can be tailored for private presentation to your group with industry specific examples.

Speaker and Presenter Information

John C. Blackshire, Jr., CPA is the CEO of The Accountware Group, Inc. (TAG) of Austin, TX. He has over 30 years of business management, internal control, software development and auditing experience. TAG helps companies improve their business processes, implement financial systems, and comply with the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

One of our instructors, John Blackshire, has placed the following short video on the "Ten Principles of Cybersecurity":

- Ten Principles of Cybersecurity Video Presentation

During John's career, he has conducted internal control audits, designed business operations, implemented automated financial systems, and created quality control methodologies. He has written numerous articles, system user guides, presented continuing education seminars, and published booklets on best practices in accounting, finance and information technology management.

John started his professional career at KPMG as a financial auditor. His clients included insurance companies, banks, manufacturing firms and non-profits. A number of his clients were public companies. He spend several years in the financial software business designing, supporting and selling financial systems.

John received his undergraduate degree in accounting from the University of South Carolina. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) and helped plan their International Conference, and is a member of the international business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi and the honor’s accounting fraternity Beta Alpha Psi. John and David Marshall have been presenting informative and entertaining seminars on internal control, corporate governance and Sarbanes-Oxley Act compliance since 2003.

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