State of Ohio Cyber Summit -- February 17, 2010

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The State of Ohio is hosting a Cyber Summit on February 17, 2010.  A session is being held for small business and local government. 

Download CYBER SUMMIT GENERAL_Final

The summit will address the following questions:

• Do you fully understand the risks if you suffer a security lapse?
• Are your employees putting your business at risk?
• Could your brand be tarnished by cyber criminals if they hijacked your system?
• Can good Cyber Security give you a competitive advantage?

I am attending and will blog on the content afterward. 

Should you go?  I can't speak to the content, but I can speak to the importance of knowing the answers to the questions that will be addressed.  Operating without understanding (and managing) the risks facing your business is a recipe for losing value.

Comments

[Douglas Davidson]

Something I just noticed about the brochure rubs me the wrong way:

"Small business owners and local officials have competing priorities -- watching the bottom line, managing employees and serving customers/citizens."

As a small business owner I don't see those 3 as competing or exclusive. You have to focus on your customers, manage your employees in such a way that they do as well and then work to keep costs in line so that the revenue that customer focus creates delivers a positive bottom line, month in and month out.

Just a nit. And an oddly written clause in the brochure certainly isn't a sign to stay away. But sometimes I think those in government just don't get those of us in business.