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Not Too Late to Register for Tomorrow's Community Chat on Cybersecurity

Written by Michael Cowden

October 24, 2021

SMU’s next Community Chat webinar will feature Mike Del Giudice, a principal with the Crowe consulting group. Del Giudice will share his expertise in cybersecurity. The free webinar begins at 11 a.m. ET (10 a.m. CT) on Wednesday, Nov. 3. Click here to register.

Why should you care about cyber? Because ransomware is one of the greatest threats organizations face today. And steel companies are hardly immune to that threat – as several high-profile attacks have already shown.

Attacks can cripple a company’s operations and lead to significant financial losses. In practical terms, that can mean anything from rebuilding websites to shifting to manual operations. In extreme cases, production facilities have been shut down and employees laid off.

The best-prepared organizations can detect suspicious activity, respond when a threat is identified and reduce the risk of a successful attack.

Del Giudice will talk about how your company can construct digital defenses so that you’re prepared if an attack happens – and so you’re less likely to be the next company in the headlines.

By Michael Cowden, Michael@SteelMarketUpdate.com

Michael Cowden

Michael Cowden is editor-in-chief for Steel Market Update. Cowden has covered the steel industry since 2007. He specializes in flat-rolled steel but has also reported on steel long products, steel pipe and tube, and aluminum. Before joining SMU, Cowden held reporting jobs at Fastmarkets AMM in Chicago, the Associated Press in Pittsburgh, and the Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh. He has also worked as a copy editor and in marketing at the University of Chicago Press. Cowden has a BA in English from the University of Chicago and an MSJ journalism from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism. Contact him at michael@steelmarketupdate.com or 724-759-7872.

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