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A SPORTS-IS-BACK MOMENT
to cut is to not cut things that are useful. Figure out what’s not useful. Figure out what you may have invested in that you’re not using or that you’re not using to its capacity. If it’s not doing the job for which you bought it, reassess. And that’s when a lot of companies will then go and outsource. ey’ll say, “We have all this technology and we don’t know if it’s working. Let’s just scrap it all, cut our losses and outsource.”
HULEN: I want to a rm that. ese are sophisticated systems and if you’re not living and breathing them, you don’t have the background and experience of looking for those anomalies and being able to determine what’s good and bad and how to tune the environment. Outsourcing is a huge factor to bring that talent to bear. Becoming an expert in these areas of cybersecurity is not the right application of the money. However, the money still needs to be there.
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HOROWITZ: I think a good measure is to say, “If the people whose data we’re protecting were in this room, what would the conversation be like? Would we be talking in front of them about spending less money protecting the data they assume we’re protecting?”
DE LOMBAERDE: It sounds like everyone is on the same page about the need to get cyberliability insurance. What does that cost? Is that market mature to get consistent pricing?
HULEN: I don’t think the market is mature. e insurance companies are absolutely learning what this looks like. I would also say that, if you have a policy with $250,000 in coverage, that’s not enough. We’re talking about millions of dollars of coverage that deals with things like ransomware and especially with the data recovery side.
Some companies unfortunately are buying little policies for a couple hundred dollars a month and that’s just not going to cut it. Somewhere in the range of $1,000 to $2,000 a month in cyberliability coverage for a $30 to $50 million business is more in line with where it should be.
DE LOMBAERDE: As we start to wrap up, what should business leaders be thinking about two, three, ve years from now?
DEBBIE GORDON, CLOUD RANGE
GORDON: It’s not getting any better. Call me cynical, but I think we all agree that the threat landscape is growing. is is modern warfare. A lot of people think a hacker is just some kid sitting in his basement messing with things but it’s much bigger than that. We are going to see things that can a ect our power grid and our water and things that we take for granted in life.
HOROWITZ: It’s pretty rare that the victim quickly becomes the wrongdoer, right? But now, when cyberattacks happen, it’s almost immediate that the nger starts to point at the organization to say what were you doing to keep this from happening? And complacency is no longer the excuse that it was even 10 years ago. en it was, “Who are these crazy children in hoodies attacking these companies?” We know better now.
I’m not selling insurance but I feel like I am. And I feel like companies regard what we do for them as insurance — and it essentially is. You have to help them understand what the reality of this is but it feels like you’re selling based on fear, which doesn’t feel good. But it’s true! You sit across from these really smart folks who have made excellent decisions to grow this business and be successful. But they’ve got their head in the sand for something that could literally bring them to their knees and it just happened to three of their peers last week. HULEN: On the threat landscape: One thing we’re seeing is more automation and distributed computing and AI-based threats. e bad guys are becoming very, very skilled and cloud-enabled technologies and scripted infrastructures can spin up machines all over the world very quickly and press an attack on a victim.
On the defense side, look for more continuous testing, continuous vulnerability scanning and penetration testing. So we’re not just looking at, “Once a year, we’re going to get the audit done.” Rather, we’re going to continually make sure that our environment is as protected as possible and that our people are becoming those human rewalls.
DE LOMBAERDE: We’ve had one more question come in. “As the parent of a student preparing to go to college and looking at cybersecurity as a career — he’s sitting here with me now — what do you recommend he study?”
GORDON: A lot of schools are now adding cybersecurity as a speci c area of focus or a major or they’re having some specialization in computer science. Everyone thinks cybersecurity is a technical career but, really, there’s art and science to it. ere’s critical thinking, there’s decision-making and communication. Many CISOs aren’t technical people; they’re leaders.
So even if your school may or may not have a cybersecurity program, it is about being a well-rounded decision maker with good critical thinking and then understanding the fundamentals of cybersecurity. ere are so many jobs that cybersecurity could represent. Not all of them are technical and they’re not all hackers.
HOROWITZ: And make sure he stays on the good side! e bad side, they make a lot of money but you want to keep him over here with the good guys.
HULEN: Coming from a long, strong technical background, I would say computer science focusing on networks and infrastructure security. at’s typically where these things come up out of. But I will absolutely a rm everything Debbie has said. It takes all kinds here on this battleground: business-oriented and security-oriented people. You cannot win without a full complement of people.
My favorite sports-is-back moment during the pandemic
Chase’s Denise Horvath soaks in special times by the diamond
IF COVID HAS REMINDED me of anything, it is to appreciate the little things in life. My family is a sports family. My husband and I both played college sports, and both of our sons, luckily, are just as passionate about it.
After only one baseball practice this spring for my 6-year-old Easton’s team, the Franklin Bombers, our baseball season was canceled. I had no idea at the time how long this would last and how hard it would be for both the kids and the parents alike.
The first social sporting event we were finally able to attend was in late June. It was a hot Saturday morning, and I have to say, we were all excited to be back at the field. In the first game, Easton got a hit and made it to second base. The next batter followed up with another hit to the outfield and Easton had a chance to score.
He rounded third and saw he had to slide to beat the throw. Easton had never had to slide in a game before. He slid into home and the umpire called him safe. He was so excited. He threw his arms in the air, jumping up and down and grinning from ear to ear. I was grinning from ear to ear, too. The parents were cheering and all the players were giving each other high-fives.
Once you’re a baseball mom, you are always a baseball mom. Moments like that are always special, but now I try to soak them in a little more. I don’t think Easton or I will forget that slide for a long time.
Nashville is a special place that’s been so welcoming to our family. We love the hospitality and the sense of community here. Going back to the ballpark is my new favorite thing because it put us back in touch with the things we love about our hometown.
Denise Horvath is head of Chase branch banking in Nashville.
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THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS AND PANELISTS
PANELISTS Debbie Gordon, Cloud Range Mary-Michael Horowitz, Asylas Dan Hulen, Cherry Bekaert
SPONSORED BY
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
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Advisory Board 32 Alicia Daugherty 32 Asylas 48 Aureum 28 Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz 46 Barry Smith 17 Becca Stevens 38 Boyle Investment 28 Brian Reames 29 CBRE 17 Change Healthcare 32 Chase Bank 51 Chase McCabe 44 Cherry Bekaert 48 Chris Sloan 46 Cloud Range 48 Colliers International 17 Complete Health Care 32 Conseco Group 18 Cool Springs 28 Corporate Real Estate Advisors 20 Cumberland University 34
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Dane Peachee 19 Dan Hulen 48 Debbie Gordon 48 Denise Horvath 51 Dirk Melton 28 Dowdle Construction Group 25 Eakin Partners 17 Earl Swensson Associates 6 Fisk University 34 Flyway 25 Gary Gaston 14 Glenn McGehee 28 Glynn Dowdle 25 Highwoods Properties 29 Jane Allen 40 Janet Miller 17 John Cooper 45 John Tirrill 22 Joseph Watkins 34
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Larry Woody 44 Lauren Siler 6 Manous Design 19 Mark Byrnes 34 MarketStreet Enterprises 28 Mark Hollingsworth 13 Mary-Michael Horowitz 48 Meharry Medical College 34 META Real Estate Partners 22 Metro Planning Department 14 Middle Tennessee State University 34 Mignon Francois 37 Mike Manous 19 NASCAR 44 Nashville Capital Network 47 Nashville Civic Design Center 14 Nashville Entrepreneur Center 40 Nashville State Community College 39 Nashville Superspeedway 44
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Panattoni 44 Paul Stumb 34 Phil Pace 18 Phil Ryan 14 Randy Keiser 31 Shanna Jackson 39 Sid Chambless 47 SouthStar 28 Steve Phelps 45 Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association 35 The Cupcake Collection 37 Thistle Farms 38 Tom Cash 15 Turner Construction 31 Ty Babcock 32 Village Commercial Real Estate 14 William Krause 32
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