FOR OFNEDA MEMBERS ONLY

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Why this matters to your community and organization: how cyber issues can disrupt services, delay programs and projects, interrupt business operations, and affect trust with citizens, customers, partners, and funders.

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• What’s actually happening “out there”: the most common ways organizations and small businesses are impacted, explained in plain language.
• Where your biggest risks usually are: the few areas that most often impacted
• How to use AI without creating new problems: understanding the associated risks.
• What to do when something goes wrong: how to recognize an incident early, coordinate roles, and respond calmly and quickly.
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This workshop helps our members understand what cybersecurity means in day-to-day operations, without technical jargon. Lester will cover the most common ways organizations and small businesses are impacted, how to identify the areas of highest risk, and practical steps to strengthen baseline security. Lester will also discuss how to use AI safely and help you understand the associated risk. Rogers Cybersecure Catalyst, Toronto Metropolitan University, experts will share insights to help participants leave with a clearer approach to recognizing incidents early, coordinating a response, and maintaining continuity of services and business operations.

About the Presenter

Lester Chng is a cybersecurity and crisis management professional and he has extensive experience in establishing large-scale exercise programs in the North American financial services sector as well as the military. He was the financial institution’s lead representative in international and industry exercises, notably CISA’s Cyber Storm, NATO Locked Shields, Canadian Financial Sector Resiliency Group (CFRG), and Resiliency of the Wholesale Payment System (RWPS) exercises.

Lester is a former Naval Surface Warfare Officer of the Republic of Singapore Navy where he ran the Naval Wargaming & Simulation Centre. He was also the Squadron Head of Training and designed a turn-key training program to operationalize 8 brand-new warships. He has leveraged his experience in military wargaming to build cyber and crisis exercise programs. Lester holds the CISSP and PMP certifications and consults on Cyber and Crisis Exercises and personal branding for Cybersecurity professionals.

He has recently authored The Essential Cybersecurity Exercise Playbook.

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