Cyberattacks – Are You Prepared to Lose Everything?
Friday, June 4, 2021
Noon - 1 pm
1 Live CE Hour
Imagine arriving at your office and discovering that 100% of your computers are encrypted with ransomware. You contact your IT company and they say, “we have a major problem.” This continues to be a growing problem in the dental industry. We will discuss some proactive measures that you can take NOW to keep your practice, your network, and your data secure. The comment that we continue to hear from your colleagues is, “we are dentists and thought we were fully protected by our IT company” – only to discover that was not the case.
Learning Objectives
- Learn the differences between an IT company and a cybersecurity company
- Learn what you can lose from a cyber or ransomware attack – your data, your patient’s trust, your reputation, your ability to operate your practice, your sanity, and more
- Understand why firewalls and anti-virus software will no longer keep you protected from cyber criminals
- Recovery costs and practice interruption from a cyberattack can result in excess of $100,000
About Our Speaker
Gary Salman, Chief Executive Officer
Black Talon Security, LLC
BA, Business Administration – Muhlenberg College
As the CEO and co-founder of Black Talon Security, Gary is dedicated to data security and understanding the latest trends in the industry, particularly as they relate to the dental industry. He has decades of experience in software development and computer IT, has written over a million lines of code, and developed one of the very first cloud-based healthcare systems.
As a sought-after speaker and writer, he also lectures nationally on cybersecurity threats and their impact on dental practices and has presented to thousands of healthcare providers. He has trained thousands of practices across the U.S. on how to maintain “best practices” in cybersecurity. He has been featured in over 70 national publications and news stories in the dental, medical, legal and financial industries.
In addition, Gary has over 15 years as an instructor at West Point, is involved in law enforcement and has received training from the FBI in cybersecurity. He is also a member in InfraGard, a partnership between the FBI and members of the private sector for the protection of U.S. critical infrastructure.
Black Talon has been called in to assist with some of the largest distributed ransomware attacks in U.S. history resulting in millions of dollars of ransom payments in the dental community and tens of millions of dollars in damages to these practices. In every instance, all data was recovered and successfully decrypted. Black Talon is an expert in both preventative measures as well as breach recovery.
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