Building a Foundation for Cybersecurity Resilience in Construction

The Zurich Resilience Solutions (ZRS) Risk Engineering team invites you to register for and attend the first webinar in a series of four tailored for organizations and stakeholders of varying levels in the broader construction market. In this session, our presenters will focus on the current cyber threat landscape impacting construction organizations and the cybersecurity services and practices that will help them establish a more resilient security position. Expect to receive a high-level presentation to benefit even non-technical teams, including customers, project managers and coordinators, superintendents, risk managers and engineers, and brokers. You will leave with concrete actions you and your organization can take immediately to build a more mature cyber posture.

Topics of discussion will include:

• Business email compromise (BEC), phishing, and social engineering
• Third-party and supply chain threats
• Case studies handled by our team
• The social psychology of cyberattacks, and how to respond
• Specific risks for pre-construction, construction, and ongoing resilience
• Available cybersecurity services, such as consulting, incident response, and risk engineering

Who Should Attend:

Designed to engage a broad audience with specific involvement in construction, the presentation combines real-world stories with practical, non-technical advice. Whether you're an IT professional, general contractor, construction manager, specialty contractor, supplier, developer, institutional owner, broker or simply concerned about the digital threats facing the industry, this webinar will inform and empower you.

Additional webinars in this series will cover emerging risks as they relate to the construction industry: climate and decarbonization, business continuity and workforce resilience.


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Event Information

01/23/2024

11:00am - 12:00pm CT


Dan Elliott
Global Cyber Security Risk Advisor, Zurich Resilience Solutions

With over 15 years of national security and risk management experience, Dan currently supports clients in making risk-based cybersecurity decisions to improve their organizational resilience. His six years as an Intelligence Officer with the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) provides Dan with a valuable perspective of the cyber landscape and the potential impact threat actors pose to businesses, including within the critical infrastructure and construction industries.

Chris Semlies
AVP Construction Project & Business Resilience, Zurich Resilience Solutions

Chris has over 20 years of experience managing diverse teams in all phases of capital project development as both a construction manager and owner's representative. Chris leads delivery of Zurich’s sustainability consulting and risk advisory services in the construction industry to improve business and project performance, focusing on key challenges such as decarbonization, climate change, cyber security, workforce, and supply chain issues.

Dan Ackerman
Cyber Risk Solutions Architect, Zurich Resilience Solutions

Dan is a veteran cyber risk professional with an extensive and successful track record of providing sales engineering support for organizations focused on delivering cybersecurity consulting and services. Dan has supported numerous organizations as a security engineering efficiency specialist with experience in identifying and building the tools, procedures, and resources needed to support business resilience.

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