UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Cybersecurity Planning Webinar Oct. 24

Small-business owners will have an opportunity to make their businesses safer online Thursday, Oct. 24.

Paul Johnson and Jim Drever will lead a Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network webinar titled "Build a Cybersecurity Plan in In One Hour" from noon-1 p.m. To register, go here. Registration is free. A second class is offered Thursday, Nov. 14, and those interested are encouraged to register for both webinars. To register for the second webinar, go here.

The Wyoming SBDC Network offers business expertise to help Wyoming residents think about, launch, grow, reinvent or exit their business. The Wyoming SBDC Network is hosted by the University of Wyoming with state funds from the Wyoming Business Council and funded, in part, through a cooperative agreement with the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The webinar will work through basic cybersecurity measures that will immediately make small businesses safer online. Attendees will be provided a workbook to make note of individual cybersecurity issues important to their businesses that will help owners build immediate plans of action.

Johnson is manager of the Wyoming SBDC Network's Cybersecurity Program.

Drever is the Wyoming SBDC Network regional director for Albany and Carbon counties. Previously, he was a marketing director and project manager at a software company, had a small consulting business and recently co-founded CyberWyoming with the Made Safe in Wyoming program.

Drever has been a source for cybersecurity for small businesses in The Wall Street Journal and has presented on the topic at national conferences. Beyond general business assistance, Drever specializes in e-marketing, e-commerce and risk management, especially cybersecurity. He is a certified ethical hacker and has a chief information security officer specialist certification with a background in vulnerability assessment, ethical hacking and cybersecurity risk assessment and management. He assists and advises clients about cybersecurity statewide.

Attendees also will receive one-on-one advising sessions with a Wyoming SBDC Network cybersecurity adviser after the webinar to review plans, provide feedback and answer questions specific to their businesses.

For more information, call Tyler Schanck, marketing, communications and database manager for the Wyoming SBDC Network, at (307) 343-0925 or email [email protected].