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Event Tech Consultant Brian Scott recommends that your event tech vendors undergo regular, independent cybersecurity assessments to safeguard attendee data and maintain operational continuity.

Our guest this episode of The Member Engagement Show is Brian Scott, President and CISO of 501CISO, who talks about the increasing prevalence of cybercrime targeting nonprofits and associations. 

The 5 Big Myths of Cybersecurity – By Brian Scott

Are your digital defenses ready for the next big threat? Tune into the Haney Company Financial Guy Show and discover how to arm yourself against cyber adversaries!

The threats, risks, and potential solutions within cybersecurity are changing faster than any other area of technology. As critical as this topic is for an organization’s future and brand reputation, it is one of the least understood by executives.

That’s where my guest Brian Scott of Clear Tone Consulting comes in! He knows cybersecurity is a critical issue for associations and other nonprofits so he works with them to do assessments and find solutions that work for them.

IT expert Brian Scott of Clear Tone Consulting is back for another fun discussion on technology for associations and this time we are talking Automation.

On February 12, 2013, President Obama signed an executive order named “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”.  From this directive, the National Institute of Standards and Technology was tasked with the development of what has become the granddaddy of cybersecurity frameworks.

Managing cybersecurity risks is ever-changing and increasing in complexity. But the start of a new year is a good time to assess where things stand. Some ideas for doing the work to protect your association.

We’ve all received Phishing emails. Some are easy to spot, but the bad guys are getting more sophisticated and the emails are looking just like real ones.

Since the onset of the pandemic, the FBI has reported cyberattacks to jump by 300%. No, that’s not a fabrication.

What are some of the basic mistakes you see associations doing?

With the amount of data now available at our Trade Shows, Conferences and Events – both in-person and virtual – companies of all sizes have huge opportunities to know more about their customers, trends and more. And with all of this data also comes security and privacy risks.

Some folks can get really caught up in the “grass is always greener” syndrome. I can understand that tendency, of course, as I have my fair share of lawn envy, and I mean that both metaphorically and literally.

No doubt you’ve been reading a lot about “digital transformation”. What exactly is this business concept and why is it important for event organizations?

In my last blog post, I discussed how several virtual platforms and standalone matchmaking services tout the promise of…

I believe it’s safe to assume that most business people know at least a little about trade shows, having either been to…

Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Lean Startup, Lean Thinking, Extreme, Big Bang, V-shaped, Design Thinking, Six Sigma, DevOps, Getting Things Done…

Long, long ago (2006) in an industry far, far away, Clive Humby, a British mathematician and data science entrepreneur, stated “Data is the new oil. It’s valuable, but if unrefined, it cannot really be used.

Long, long ago (2006) in an industry far, far away, Clive Humby, a British mathematician and data science entrepreneur, stated…

Brian Scott of Cleartone Consulting and Heather Holst-Knudsen of H2K Partners are experts in the technology space in the events industry…

I’d like to bring up a topic that is near and dear to me – change and the current environment for event organizations. There is so much…

Brian Scott shares what you need to know in order to have an equal balance between cultural change and digital transformation…

Soon after founding Meetaway three years ago, Scott Barnett conducted research for how his platform could work best for conferences…

You want to plan a professional virtual trade show, conference, expo or event that needs technology and capabilities far beyond the…

ClearTone Consulting provides virtual or fractional CIO services to the small and medium-sized business community…