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Business PowerHour will be held April 18th from 11:30 am – 1:00 pm. Our Guest Speaker is Jeremy Thompson with Lighthouse IT 

TOPIC: "Cybersecurity Essentials for Non-Technical Businesspeople"

Stories of cybercrime dot the news regularly. Cyber insurance rates are on the rise. The risk to your business continues grow and doing nothing isn’t an option. It can all be incredibly confusing and burdensome - particularly for non-technical people. Join Jeremy Thompson with Lighthouse IT as he translates “geek speak” for businesspeople every day and helps to clarify what we need to know to properly protect our businesses.

3 Key Takeaways:

• Understand what cybersecurity threats Waco area businesses are facing
• Learn what questions to ask your IT team
• Discover how insurance can help in the event of a disaster

Jeremy Thompson began his entrepreneurial journey with the purchase of the Marble Slab Creamery, a local franchise in Waco, before expanding into the movie theatre business. In 2017, he partnered with a group of IT experts to purchase IT service company Lighthouse IT. Starting out with 6 employees, the company has since grown to 31 employees and now manages over 3,000 PCs and serves 130 Central Texas businesses. Jeremy’s steadfast passion remains helping small business owners find operational, financial and technical solutions to the many challenges they face!