Coffee Talk Series: Cybersecurity Awareness Training with Erich Kron

Written by Cetrom | August 15, 2024

In this four-part series of Coffee Talks, Cetrom's Christopher Stark hosts Erich Kron, a Security Awareness Advocate at KnowBe4, to discuss important developments in cybersecurity for CPA firms, as well as the potential for new, developing technology to impact how the industry operates.

Cybersecurity Awareness Training – Proactive Training for Long-Term Security

Future-proofing your firm's cybersecurity training matters, as the dynamics of the digital age make preparing for uncertain changes a must. On this Coffee Talk, Erich Kron of KnowBe4 will help you future-proof (or at least future-prepare) your firm's approach and paradigm when it comes to Cybersecurity Awareness Training.

In this video, Erich tackles the following hot questions affecting CPA Firms today:

What is Cybersecurity Awareness Training? How does a long-term approach help a firm stay secure?
When and how should a firm train?
What topics should awareness training cover?
Who should be doing Cybersecurity Awareness Training?

Cybersecurity Awareness Training – Overcoming Challenges to Implementation

If you've ever overseen or partaken in cybersecurity awareness training, you'll know that for every great benefit it provides for an organization's security posture, there seems to be an equal frustration with the training process that makes people resistant to doing more of it.

Luckily, Erich Kron is here to talk about the good, the bad, and the annoying of different approaches to cybersecurity awareness training to discern what you should and shouldn't do, with the goal of making it a little more bearable for employees and ultimately more impactful for your organization.

In this video, Erich tackles the following hot questions affecting CPA Firms today:

What are the biggest challenges to getting firms to adopt Cybersecurity Awareness Training?
What should leaders do if they or their team are conflicted about the training process?
What role should leadership play?
Why is leadership buy-in helpful in increasing overall security and compliance?

Cybersecurity Awareness Training – Why It Matters for Your CPA Firm's Cybersecurity

In this Coffee Talk, Erich Kron expands on the most prevalent threats to CPA firms and similar financially-oriented industries and how to train to incorporate newer cybersecurity challenges into their training.

In this video, Erich tackles the following hot questions affecting CPA Firms today:

Why are so many CPA firms pursuing Cybersecurity Awareness Training in their organization?
How are CPA firms, in particular, being targeted in cyber attacks?
How do zero-trust and negative-trust approaches build a firm's cybersecurity posture?
What are the metrics or checkpoints for measuring the success of a training regimen?

Cybersecurity Awareness Training – Building Resilient CPA Firms

Cyber attacks are becoming more advanced with AI and other social engineering tools, so should your firm's cybersecurity training. Erich Kron goes deep into how CPA agencies can cut through the complexity to distinguish the real concerns about their cybersecurity from what might be a red herring or outright FUD.

In this video, Erich tackles the following hot questions affecting CPA Firms today:

What are the best ways to train employees to avoid social engineering attacks?
How does Cybersecurity Awareness Training benefit employees as end users?
Should AI-assisted fraud become part of a firm's training?
What are the real threats posed by generative AI, and what's an exaggeration?

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