Weekly, if not daily, the news is reporting on the latest data breach or ransomware attack against a major corporation, social media giant, hospital or other notable organization in our communities. As small business owners, we naturally think, “they’re after the big guys; I’m too small to be a target.” This is a dangerous thought that couldn’t be further from the truth! According to Ponemon Institute’s 2016 State of SMB Cybersecurity report, cybercrime against small businesses (those with 250 or fewer employees) has nearly tripled since 2011. Today, 43% of all cyber attacks target small business.
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Presented by Kris Fenton, President, IT Squared Resource, Inc.
50 minutes
You need someone else to look at you and say this is what you're doing right, this is what you're doing wrong
The Board helped me with accountability...
Prioritizing and focusing my time where I am really working on the business
Boards are very good at having a broad swath of industries and experience that people bring to the table
Whatever your business is, you always have to be bringing new ideas to the the table, new products, new marketing
My Board members were the only ones that were brutally honest with me about the changes I needed to make; it was the truth I needed to hear
Boards 'professionalize' my business, to learn what others were doing, and how to...make your business more organized
It's great to now have a group of individuals who can challenge me and help me avoid making the same mistakes they did
My Personal stress level today compared to prior to TAB has been reduced by 70%