Beyond technology: insurance coverage, business continuity, and compliance explained
Now that you understand the threats and how attacks unfold, it’s time to build your defences. In this comprehensive episode, Aron Robertson shares the essential strategies every business should implement – from multi-factor authentication to endpoint detection, from incident response planning to business continuity frameworks. But protection isn’t just about technology. Aron also explains the critical role of cyber insurance (what it actually covers and when to engage your insurer) and the governance frameworks that are increasingly becoming requirements for professional services firms, not just enterprises.
In this episode, you’ll discover:
Defence Strategies:
- Core resilience tactics every business needs (beyond basic MFA)
- Why endpoint detection and response (EDR) is replacing traditional antivirus
- The critical importance of incident response planning before disaster strikes
- Access control: understanding who has access to what (files, email lists, systems)
- Why security training and email hygiene are your strongest defences
- The four phases of business continuity planning: assessment, recovery, finalisation, testing
- Business impact analysis: mapping every system to understand cascading failures
- Why your disaster recovery plan is “just paper” until you test it
Cyber Insurance:
- Why cyber insurance is now essential, not optional
- First-party coverage: crisis management, data recovery, business interruption
- Understanding data extortion and ransom payment regulations
- Third-party coverage: regulatory costs, multimedia liability, security liability
- When to engage your insurer (earlier than you likely think)
Governance & Compliance:
- Essential Eight maturity model explained
- ISO 27001: why it’s coming to SMEs, not just software companies
- How compliance requirements are becoming client tender requirements
- Other frameworks: NIST, SOC 2, and what they mean for professional services
Key Takeaway: Effective cyber resilience requires three pillars: technical defences, financial protection through insurance, and governance frameworks that prove your due diligence.
Featured Expert: Aron Robertson, Chief Commercial Officer, Strategic Group
Part of The Cyber Security Series: Episode 3 of 4
This series is drawn from our recent webinar: Download the slides here
