This training will guide you through what makes an effective crisis response during a cyber breach, the importance of preparedness and how senior management works best with IT and legal teams to effectively communicate and mitigate reputational damage at the time of an incident, helping the organisation to recover more quickly.
Facilitators:
Ben Curson and Valentina von Lutterotti, Kekst CNC
Ben Curson is a senior corporate issues and crisis management consultant, with long-standing experience in communications across a wide range of sectors and geographies, including living and working in the Gulf region. He has particular experience of working with global businesses and managing communications across multiple markets. He provides strategic counsel to senior executives of UK and global companies and institutions, and leads Kekst CNC’s EMEA crisis and cyber work. Having worked as a broadcast journalist and press officer at the Co-operative Group, Ben has subsequently spent most of his career in consultancy, firstly as a Partner at Penrose Financial and then as Group Managing Director at H+K Strategies in London. Prior to joining Kekst CNC, Ben was Managing Partner at Instinctif Partners responsible for the Corporate and Financial Services teams. Ben is a regular speaker at conferences and events on crisis and cyber communications issues.
Workshop Details:
This workshop will be led as a webinar as part of MEPRA’s Virtual Summer School programme.
Register using the form below or email community@mepra.org
All workshops under the MEPRA Virtual Summer School programme are FREE for MEPRA Members.
You will receive the webinar link approximately 5 days before the event.
Accreditation:
MEPRA has partnered with UK’s Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR) to establish a continuous professional development (CPD) program. MEPRA members will receive access to CIPR’s CPD platform, which includes more than 1,200 learning resources and enables practitioners to map their training journey and earn their way to becoming MEPRA and CIPR Accredited Public Relations Practitioners. This course is worth 5 CPD points. For more information on CPD and accreditation click here.
To enrol in this course, please register online or email community@mepra.org For any additional enquiries, please call Sabrina De Palma, Executive Director on +971 55 5318 920.
Date & Timings:
June 25,2020 10AM-12PM (UAE Time)
