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ABOUT TIFFANY RICKS
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other".
-Walter Elliot
Tiffany Ricks is the founder and CEO of HacWare, an award-winning cybersecurity startup that uses AI to combat phishing attacks. A serial entrepreneur, she has been recognized as one of Dallas' most influential leaders by D CEO and named a 2024 Google for Startups Founders Fund recipient. With over 15 years in cybersecurity, Ricks has also been a keynote speaker, Ethical Hacker, and founder of Female Founders of Dallas, all while leading HacWare to major industry recognition, including a top 5 finish at TechCrunch Disrupt.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Tiffany Ricks delivers dynamic speaking engagements that bridge the gap between AI, cybersecurity, and entrepreneurship, offering actionable insights to help businesses thrive in an increasingly digital world.
KEYNOTE TOPICS
Harnessing AI Governance: Opportunities and Challenges for Small Businesses
AI is revolutionizing industries, providing unprecedented opportunities for efficiency, innovation, and growth. This session will explore the essential aspects of AI governance, its relevance to small businesses, and practical steps for MSPs to help their clients navigate this complex landscape.
Discovering new value equations that phishing simulations can have on your team.
Organizations face 700+ social engineering and BEC attacks annually, yet many struggle to implement effective cybersecurity training. Training must address cultural norms, attack vectors, and phishing difficulty, but a comprehensive program alone isn’t enough to drive lasting change.
In this 20-minute session, Tiffany Ricks will share insights from her background in ethical hacking and security awareness training, highlighting common mistakes security teams make. She’ll discuss how fearing employee backlash over phishing attacks can create vulnerabilities and lead to disengagement, insider threats, and hostile work environments. Drawing from her experience as CEO of HacWare, an AI-driven training platform, Ricks will show how security teams and employees can collaborate to improve cybersecurity and reduce human risk.
Ensure your best cyber insurance coverage with security awareness training.
Organizations face increasing social engineering and BEC attacks, but many cyber insurance policies don't fully cover these threats. To secure the best insurance coverage and premiums, it's crucial to implement a strong Security Awareness Training (SAT) framework that educates users on identifying phishing and suspicious emails. In this session, we’ll discuss how to align SAT programs with insurance requirements, ask the right questions to your provider, and share a 5-step framework to build a compliant SAT program that reduces risk and helps secure better coverage.
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