UW and Wyoming SBDC Network to Host Webinar on Creating a Cybersecurity Threat Assessment Checklist Dec. 12

Small-business owners will have an opportunity to assess their companies’ current cyber-readiness and identify areas to address in the future Thursday, Dec. 12.

Paul Johnson, Jim Drever, Marree Reed, Izabella Carbert, Ian Moon and Kaeden Adams will lead a Wyoming Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Network webinar titled “Cybersecurity Threat Assessment Checklist” from noon-1 p.m. To register, go here. Registration is free.

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.

During the webinar, each participant will receive a checklist to track cybersecurity practices in the areas of password security; software and systems; email and web browsing; and incident response.

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.

Reed is a cybersecurity program assistant in UW’s Cybersecurity Education and Research Center and a part-time employee with Institutional Marketing.

Carbert, a UW student from Ranchester, is a cybersecurity program assistant in UW’s Cybersecurity Education and Research Center and a part-time employee with the Wyoming SBDC Network.

Moon, a UW student from Fort Collins, Colo., and Adams, a UW student from Cheyenne, are both cybersecurity program assistants with the Wyoming SBDC Network’s Cybersecurity Program.

For more information, call Tyler Schanck, marketing, communications and database manager for the Wyoming SBDC Network, at (307) 343-0925 or email tschanck@uwyo.edu.