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Faheem Ahmad on Investing in Cyber Security Now vs. Paying the Price later

Episode Summary

Faheem Ahmad is a strategic results oriented leader with over 15 years of progressive experience in the financial services and technology industry. He is an energetic leader with extensive experience in leadership, sales, controls, employee development and coaching, change management, customer service and communication. He has been a Service Manager with Technical Doctor for the last 5 years and they focus on HIPAA compliant, cost-effective IT Solutions in the healthcare vertical. Faheem is responsible for three primary areas with the company: Team Satisfaction, Client Satisfaction and Service Department Profitability.

Episode Notes

Faheem Ahmad is a strategic results oriented leader with over 15 years of progressive experience in the financial services and technology industry. He is an energetic leader with extensive experience in leadership, sales, controls, employee development and coaching, change management, customer service and communication.

He has been a Service Manager with Technical Doctor for the last 5 years and they focus on HIPAA compliant, cost-effective IT Solutions in the healthcare vertical. Faheem is responsible for three primary areas with the company: Team Satisfaction, Client Satisfaction and Service Department Profitability.

In this episode, Carl White and Faheem Ahmad discuss:

• How scammers and hackers get to you
• Measures to protect yourself from cyber attacks
• Training your people to be mindful about cybersecurity
• Avoiding having to learn the hard way 

Key Takeaways: 

• You would think that you’d never fall for a phishing scam, but in daily life, you read things fast and respond quickly. They might not even be asking for huge information, so you give it to them - not knowing that they’re building up information little by little until they something they can use to pull off a scam. 
• On spam filters, you’ll want to be on the side of extreme caution. The one downside to this is that normal emails might get tagged as spam. Also, always set up multi-factor authentication or conditional access if either is an option. 
• Train your people to have some self control on clicking links or divulging sensitive information, even if they didn’t think it’d be any harm to do so. Encourage people to take it slow and be mindful at all times. You must also add as many layers of security as possible. 
• A lot of people, and you may be one of them, think that they’re below the notice of these phishing scammers or hackers or that it won’t happen to you specifically. Many people who thought that learned the hard way, a lot of big practices get hit - but scammers are equal opportunity attackers and would not hesitate to hit a smaller firm since they might prove to be an easier prey. 

“A lot of it really does fall under user error, but some of the common ones are attachments, links to an email that maybe they don’t recognize - but curiosity killed the cat…” - Faheem Ahmad

Connect with Faheem Ahmad:

Website: https://technicaldr.com/

Email: faheem@technicaldr.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/faheem-ahmad-981239a8/

Connect with Carl White: 

Website: www.marketvisorygroup.com  

Email:  whitec@marketvisorygroup.com

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/marketvisorygroup

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCD9BLCu_i2ezBj1ktUHVmig

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carl-white-711154/