This program is designed for anyone involved in implementing or planning cybersecurity and compliance efforts in independent insurance agencies.

It is intended for all levels of experience and all forms of IT, whether you handle it in-house or with a 3rd party.

You will learn how to understand, identify, and address cyber risk, as well as compliance requirements that need to be a part of your agency's cyber program.

The program also provides resources, guides, and more to help you implement what you've learned as you secure your agency and meet requirements.

To continue your learning experience, we are constantly adding more and more content through live engagements and off-line access to our team.

It's always running, you can jump in at any time!

As you get access, you can begin the course work to begin learning. 

Live events are happening on a regular basis but subscribers will have access to all past events.

No, this is not really possible for a few reasons (you'll find this with IT and Cybersecurity vendors too, so this is good to understand - especially if someone is overpromising what they can deliver).

Here's why, and some added clarity on what we can deliver:

First, for many requirements like the ones agencies commonly fall under, there is not a certification process to align with. Some entities may offer a certificate that you completed their program, but that's not typically recognized by regulators - they rely on an audit of what you said you would do and what you actually did (it's usually after something has triggered an audit that this happens, it's not often proactively done).

Secondly, we can't verify you implemented everything the way your internal or external IT team would. And, even still, in some cases it may be necessary to complete a gap audit or assessment from a 3rd party firm (sometimes you can't have the person that built the program check their own work). We can introduce you to vendors that provide these services and the workshop does provide resources and guidance on how to find the right 3rd party to help you.

And, last, cybersecurity and compliance are practices you have to keep constant progress on - as you'll learn through the course content. Also mentioned in the course, there is no such thing as a truly 'secure' environment, there is always risk - which is why everyone has to still have a good plan for what to do if something goes wrong.

What we can promise:

We can introduce you to the requirements you need to know about so you can work with your legal counsel to identify the requirements you wish to meet.

We can show you cybersecurity and compliance frameworks (industry recognized standards), and work with you as you implement them and document what you have done.

We will help provide resources to make this work more manageable and help you keep on track with the ongoing efforts.

When we can't help with something that needs another vendor, we will be clear about the limitation and help you set criteria to find the right vendor.

Possibly. There are some things that you may need or want to do that would require a certified professional or validation/testing from one.

In the program, we'll work with you to help you determine what steps to take.

When vendors are needed, we have people we can recommend as well as resources to help you select the right one for your needs.

RLS Consulting is a firm dedicated to helping sales people handle difficult conversations around cyber risk. We also help companies understand their own risk and what to do about it.

Our experience comes from extensive work in cybersecurity sales over the last decade where we worked closely with the independent insurance agency channel.

The lessons learned over the years are now being shared through the "Simplifying Cyber Risk", "Selling for Cyber Risk", and "Agency Security & Compliance" courses as well as the related programs.

This started as a means to train our insurance partners and help their own sales grow as we helped them secure their agency, and has since evolved into a full fledged program.

Learn more about RLS on our full site, https://rlsconsulting.co, where you can find additional services, resources, and more!