[webinar]

CYBERATTACK HORROR STORIES

LESSONS FROM THE FRONTLINE

Watch the Webinar

The cost of cyberattacks and how to protect your business

Steps to enhance your defense against emerging threats

Actionable insights to strengthen your cybersecurity strategy

Equip your business with tactics to prevent future cyberattacks

What is Covered

Watch the webinar for an executive-level post-mortem of recent cyberattacks, revealing key trends and commonalities in today’s threat landscape. Discover the true cost of an attack beyond initial response and recovery and gain actionable recommendations to better prepare your business for the next generation of cyber threats.

Topics

  • Threat Trends – An update on emerging attack strategies made possible by technological innovations.
  • Cyberattack Commonalities – Key steps and motivations shared by most attacks, with insights on building a core defense strategy that targets the most common threats.
  • Real Cost of an Attack – Detailed breakdown of cyberattack costs, highlighting the most expensive recovery aspects and how to manage them.
  • New 2025 Security Standards – An overview of essential security controls required for insurance and the new recommended standards for 2025.
  • Security Team Roles & Responsibilities – Understand essential roles within your security team, from internal response members to external experts for major incidents.
  • Responding to an Incident – Comparing actual cyberattack responses to an ideal Incident Response Plan to help you create a practical, effective plan that you’ll actually use.

Meet the Speakers

Chad Hiatt

Chief Technology Officer

At Aldridge, Chad is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO). His role entails working to further advance the company’s technology strengths, thought leadership, and value delivery to clients. Chad’s technology career began early, programming his own games as a kid and writing educational software in grade school. Chad started his first IT company before he could drive, and during the 30 years of his career, has developed into a technology and security architect with the skills to identify, align, and execute the IT strategies and initiatives of organizations across a variety of industries.

Seth Bursell

Senior Security Engineer

Seth Bursell, the Senior Cybersecurity Engineer at Aldridge, is skilled in crafting and executing security standards, policies, and procedures. With over two decades of experience in technology, including a decade focused on cybersecurity, Seth specializes in Data Protection, Threat Hunting, PAM, policy formulation, Access Management, and risk assessment. Notably, Seth also owned his own MSP for 12 years, further enhancing his expertise. His professional journey comprises pivotal roles at two Dallas-based MSPs, engagements with healthcare corporations, and a significant tenure at McAfee, a global security firm.

Who We Are

Aldridge is a leading Texas-based IT Managed Services and Cybersecurity provider, serving hundreds of client organizations across many industries. Aldridge delivers Scalable, Local, and Personal service from its 5 locations, 110+ full-time staff, and continuing experience over 40 years in business.