About Us
Our Team
John Henry Sheard
Cofounder/CEO
johnsheard@the-broker-cyber-insurance-solutions.store
johnsheard@cyberinsurancesolutions.ca
John has worked in the healthcare industry for 27 years and for that entire period, his companies have supplied complex services to several markets including the Property & Casualty insurance profession. A few years ago John began studying the embryonic and important, Info Security (Infosec) industry. John’s businesses have always been tech savvy.
Ken Rayner, CIP
Cofounder/President
kenrayner@the-broker-cyber-insurance-solutions.store
kenrayner@cyberinsurancesolutions.ca
Ken has been in the P&C industry for many years. He began his work life in 1972 and his impressive career has seen him work as the president of an insurer, as a broker, and as the owner of an MGA. He has also been recruited by the Insurance Bureau of Canada to do specialized work with the public and insureds to smooth the interaction between these two parties and insurance businesses. Ken was also the Canadian President of SIAA, a large agent association in the United States. Ken’s critical role with our company makes certain that insurers and their customers are in sync.
Richard J. Bortnick
Privacy Experts International
rjbortnick@comcast.net
Businesses must recognize that they cannot ignore or take a relaxed approach to their data security and privacy compliance; it is a necessary and critical component or a company’s operations.
While the requirements for each business will be different, depending on the relevant industry, location, and other factors, there are some general practices we train businesses to follow so that they can meet their compliance obligations:
- Create and memorialize regulatory compliance policies and procedures that account for your specific business model;
- Provide compliance training to your key personnel to ensure that your company’s business culture comports with applicable regulatory schemes and regulators’ expectations;
- Inventory and assess the “personal information” you collect so you know what you have and what needs to be protected;
- Update a company’s website home pages to comply with applicable laws;
- Collaborate with experienced technical service providers to ensure that “reasonable security procedures” are in place and data is properly protected;
- Address nondiscrimination issues to provide consumers with the right to equal service and price;
- Implement and regularly update appropriate incident response and business continuity plans and o Audit and/or obtain an assessment certification from the company’s vendors and others with access to their electronic infrastructure to ensure that the third parties are compliant with governing law and have cybersecurity protections, including insurance, at least as robust as that of the company. You’re only as strong as your weakest link.
In short, a company’s failure to comply with data privacy laws can have disastrous consequences if not managed properly. An effective data privacy program will go a long way in avoiding the myriad threats that could befall a non-compliant entity. A company’s future viability could be short-lived without it.
Robert (Bob) Wiseman
Director Of Sales
Bob has many years of experience in capital markets where he developed an understanding of the importance of Cyber Security in the financial sector. It was this growing need to raise awareness and create solutions to keep companies secure that has brought him to the Cyber Security industry and Cyber Insurance Solutions Inc. in particular.
He has a keen understanding of global financial markets and the factors that influence the investment management decision-making process. Cyber Security is one of those critical factors. Bob has obtained his Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and the Certificate in Investment Performance Measurement (CIPM) designations from the CFA Institute as well as the Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designation from the Global Association of Risk Managers (GARP). He has a solid foundation in investment analysis, portfolio management, investment performance measurement and risk evaluation.
He also understands the importance of cyber security policies and the importance of digital fitness measures for all businesses in the financial, and other, sectors.
Meyer Mandel
Meyer started his career at Willis (currently WTW, NASDAQ: WW) specializing in risk management and risk financing services for the global aerospace industry. Later he joined the underwriting team at Trans Re (NYSE: Y). He then joined catastrophe modeler EQECAT (later purchased by CoreLogic, NYSE: CLGX), able to fuse his background in the insurance industry with newly acquired knowledge as an insider in the IT sector as well.
For over 15 years he interacted with clients globally employing analytical methods based on Big Data, quantitative analysis, and systems integration, to perform technical underwriting or enterprise risk management. In 2015, he was asked to lead innovation projects for CoreLogic’s Insurance group.
In 2017, Meyer was approached by a colleague, to join AIG (NYSE: AIG) to spearhead their newly formed Supply Chain risk analysis group. This group focused on comprehending and analyzing the most complex set of risks including cyber. During this time, he interacted with professionals from the cyber security risk discipline, enriching and broadening his knowledge into the cyber sector of insurance. Entrenched within the world of cyber security professionals today, learning and understanding the terminology, data and analytics available and the risk management mitigations possible, to bring value to those that transfer, underwrite or manage cyber risks within the global (re)insurance industry.
Meyer created M2 Advisory LLC focused on new Insurtech underwriting entities firms focused on amongst others, cyber security. Creating innovative methods of handling traditional tasks within the day-to-day transactions of risk and insurance, sharing his knowledge and experience.
Sreenath Padmanaban
16+ years of experience in process Improvements, change management, Target Operating Model , Business strategy and designing frameworks to capture process gaps and improve KPIs through implementing Lean & Six Sigma methodologies.
Certified Black belt in Six Sigma and Scrum Master has enabled to focus on Process optimization, Effective resource utilization, Metrics definition and Process sustenance. It also provided key stages in Business to strategize and develop the product/ processes to delivery effective results. Proficiency in creating training contents as required by business function and conducting training programs on Six Sigma and Lean methodologies.
MSc in Software Technology from RGU – Aberdeen UK and Chemical Engineering considerable proficiency in analytics and problem-solving techniques. I was an active member in board of advisor for various start-up companies related to InsurTech and Principal consultant in Opex for a Process Industry.
Recent Publications
The undisputed choice in property restoration
The growing need for Cyber Security in Supply Chain Management
Solutions. Performance. Integrity.