Cyber Security Considerations in 2022

CPE Credit: 1.5 Credit Hour

What do you do to defend against a cybersecurity attack and how do you respond if it happens to you? In this 75-minute Cooperative Learning Network (CLN), you will develop an understanding of the cyber security risks companies are dealing with and clearly see the magnitude of those risks. You will identify what size business is most at risk and what sectors of the economy are most at risk. You will come away from the session with ideas for internal strategies to reduce risk and deal with attacks. And, you will have suggestions for internal and external approaches businesses, their stakeholders and their lenders can work through to minimize the negative impacts of cyber attacks, and reduce the risk of those attacks.

Presenter and Moderator Bios

Presenter: Juanita Schwartzkopf, CPA, CFE, Senior Managing Director, Focus Management Group

Juanita Schwartzkopf, senior managing director at Focus Management Group, has over 35 years of experience in commercial banking, business management, and financial advisory services.  She has dealt with asset recovery situations involving the court and out-of-court situations on behalf of borrowers and lenders.  Juanita’s extensive background provides her clients with creative methods of solving complex recovery problems.  She has worked with nearly all major financial institutions in the evaluation of credit risk of borrowers, including developing strategies ranging from cost reductions to asset sales, to refinancing of existing lenders.  Her experience crosses over into a variety of industries, including all aspects of food and agribusiness, healthcare, energy, distribution, transportation, real estate, manufacturing, and distribution.  Over the past three years, Juanita has helped many companies navigate the opportunities and difficulties that the Covid-19 pandemic and the government’s response to the financial stress have combined to create for businesses.  She has been involved in numerous panels addressing supply chain and performance risk issues and has written extensively on dealing with inflation, labor, supply chain, and cyber security problems, combined with the difficulty analyzing year-over-year financial performance as driven by the pandemic impacts.  

Moderator: Wayne Sine, CPA,, Director of Education, National Society of Accountant for Cooperatives

Wayne Sine is an experienced and highly knowledgeable professional in the field of Tax. Wayne recently retired as Tax Director from his company, Southern States Cooperative. He has extensive experience working with agricultural cooperatives and has been a long time member of the NSAC. He is extremely active in the NSAC, serving as both past Chapter President of the Atlantic Chapter, past Chair of the Tax Committee, and is currently serving as the NSAC Director of Education.. Wayne's career is marked with several accomplishments, and he has always been involved in many organizations, spreading his knowledge. Wayne is a member of the Legal, Tax, and Accounting (LTA) Committee for the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives. He is also Past Chair of both the Tax Committee of the Virginia Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Manufacturers Association. Wayne also served on the Tax Policy Committee at the Virginia Society of CPAs, and served as past Region Vice President for the Tax Executives Institute.