A chamber of commerce or professional association can fill its meeting agenda with plenty of useful business topics. Cybersecurity has an advantage: nearly everyone in the room uses connected devices, receives suspicious messages, or depends on business systems that need protection.
The challenge for the organizer is finding someone who can make those concerns relevant to the audience. ProtectMyIT CEO Mike Mullin is available for local and online cybersecurity briefings for organizations serving small and midsized businesses in and around Totowa, New Jersey.
Cybersecurity Belongs in Everyday Business Conversations
Cybersecurity can sound like a specialist subject until someone receives a convincing fraudulent message or connects a work device to an unfamiliar network. Those ordinary situations give a business audience an accessible way into the discussion.
For small and midsized business leaders, the concerns extend to financial information, operational continuity, and the systems employees use every day. A well-chosen presentation topic can connect familiar activities with practical protective habits and business decisions.
Mike Mullin’s speaking offering includes cyber deception, risks associated with public networks, security policies, and developments in cybercrime. Organizers can select a subject based on what participants encounter in their work rather than filling the session with technical terminology.
Meet Mike Mullin and His Business Technology Background
Michael Mullin is President and CEO of IBSRE, the business behind ProtectMyIT. He has more than three decades of technology-related professional experience and joined IBS in 2010.
His career includes work involving property operations, construction, and accounting technology, with previous roles at Yardi Systems, First Advantage/SafeRent, and GEAC Computers. That experience gives him a perspective relevant to executives who depend on technology but do not work as technical specialists.
IBS has served the Northern New Jersey business community since 1979 and has provided managed IT services since 1999. Through ProtectMyIT, the business focuses on reducing technology-related financial and operational exposure for commercial real estate firms and related organizations.
Mike’s speaking work brings that experience into an educational setting. His emphasis on protecting smaller businesses gives organizers access to a presenter whose professional work involves the technology risks being discussed.
Business Email Compromise Makes a Relevant Session Topic
Finance and administrative employees routinely receive messages involving payments, vendors, and business instructions. That familiarity can make Business Email Compromise (BEC) a particularly recognizable subject for a cybersecurity briefing.
BEC is one of Mike Mullin’s advertised presentation topics. For organizations whose employees handle invoices, payment instructions, or sensitive communications, it offers a way to discuss how fraudulent requests can imitate legitimate business activity.
A finance-focused audience may appreciate a session that connects those threats with the communication and verification habits employees use at work. The event organizer can raise that audience interest when discussing the presentation with Mike.
Phishing and Smishing Reach Employees in Different Ways
Many employees recognize the term phishing, but suspicious messages also arrive through text messages. Smishing uses text messages to encourage recipients to follow links, disclose information, or take other actions.
Mike’s speaking topics cover both phishing and smishing. Participants can connect the subject with messages they encounter through workplace and personal devices, making it accessible to employees across departments.
For a general company meeting, this offers a subject that does not require specialist technical knowledge. It can bring employees into a wider conversation about suspicious communications and the security practices expected in their organization.
Public Networks Offer Another Familiar Starting Point
Working outside the office is ordinary for many professionals. Employees may use laptops or mobile devices while traveling, attending meetings, or working from shared locations.
The risks associated with public networks are among Mike Mullin’s confirmed presentation topics. The subject connects everyday convenience with questions about how employees access business information and applications outside familiar working environments.
This can make a useful session for organizations with mobile employees or people who frequently work from different locations. Finance, operations, management, and administrative staff may all recognize situations relevant to the discussion.
Security Policies Can Become Practical Discussion Topics
Organizations often maintain cybersecurity policies addressing device use, account access, information handling, and employee responsibilities. Those policies work best when employees understand how the requirements relate to their daily activities.
Mike also offers a presentation topic centered on protective security policies. That creates an opportunity for business leaders to consider how cybersecurity rules are communicated and understood throughout their organizations.
A briefing on this subject may suit a chamber of commerce, management group, or professional association interested in practical business safeguards. The discussion can focus on the responsibilities surrounding security without becoming a technical configuration workshop.
Choose a Topic That Fits the Audience
Mike Mullin’s speaking offering includes the ability to tailor topics to the interests and needs of the organization. That flexibility gives meeting planners room to select a subject relevant to participants rather than beginning with a fixed presentation.
Different audiences may find different parts of his advertised speaking portfolio useful:
| Audience | Relevant Confirmed Topic |
|---|---|
| Finance and administrative teams | Business Email Compromise |
| General employee meetings | Phishing and smishing |
| Mobile and traveling professionals | Risks associated with public networks |
| Business leaders and managers | Protective cybersecurity policies |
| Professional associations | Cybercrime developments or a tailored topic |
These examples illustrate how the confirmed subjects could be matched with particular audiences. The final presentation can be discussed according to the meeting’s purpose, participants, and available time.
The Speaking Format Fits Different Events
Mike is available for local and online meetings involving companies, chambers of commerce, professional associations, and business groups. His speaking offering also includes interviews, roundtables, and panel discussions as potential formats.
Presentations typically run between 30 and 60 minutes, including audience questions and answers. An organizer can therefore consider a cybersecurity briefing as part of a regular meeting or a dedicated educational event.
The Q&A portion gives participants an opportunity to raise concerns relevant to their work. It also provides room for the discussion to address questions that may be especially interesting to the organization.
A Northern New Jersey Perspective for Local Business Groups
ProtectMyIT operates from Totowa and serves commercial real estate firms and related organizations across Northern New Jersey and the Greater NYC area. Mike’s speaking availability is directed toward organizations and groups serving the small and midsized business market in or near that location.
This regional foundation gives local organizers a business connection. They can consider an executive whose work includes supporting organizations operating within the surrounding business community.
Mike also provides regular online cybersecurity briefings through IBS. His speaking activities form part of his wider work communicating cybersecurity issues to business audiences.
Plan the Briefing Around Your Meeting
An event organizer can begin with the type of meeting, the intended audience, and the cybersecurity subject most likely to be useful. Those details provide enough context for an initial discussion about an appropriate presentation.
The official speaking inquiry requests contact details, an organization or business name, and information about the occasion. Mike can then follow up to discuss whether the proposed engagement fits his speaking offering.
Organizers can introduce the event without preparing a detailed technical briefing first. The initial conversation can establish the audience, topic, format, and practical requirements.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Mike Mullin?
Michael Mullin is President and CEO of IBSRE, the business behind ProtectMyIT. He has extensive experience in business technology and offers cybersecurity presentations for organizations serving small and midsized businesses.
What cybersecurity topics can Mike Mullin speak about?
His confirmed topics include Business Email Compromise, phishing, smishing, public-network risks, protective security policies, and developments in cybercrime. ProtectMyIT also advertises the possibility of tailoring a presentation topic to the audience’s needs.
Can ProtectMyIT provide a cybersecurity briefing for a business association?
Yes. Mike Mullin is available for presentations involving chambers of commerce, professional associations, and business groups serving small and midsized organizations. ProtectMyIT provides a speaking inquiry through which organizers can describe their meeting or event.
Are online cybersecurity meetings supported?
Yes. Mike Mullin’s speaking offering includes local and online meetings, as well as interviews and panel discussions. ProtectMyIT’s speaking page identifies the available formats so organizers can discuss the type of engagement they have in mind.
How long is a typical presentation?
Mike Mullin’s cybersecurity sessions typically last 30 to 60 minutes, including questions and answers. ProtectMyIT notes that topics and presentations can be adapted to the audience and the available meeting time.
Bring a Business Perspective to Your Cybersecurity Agenda
A worthwhile cybersecurity briefing should give participants recognizable situations to discuss and practical ideas they can apply to their work. Mike Mullin brings established business technology experience and a selection of audience-relevant subjects to that opportunity.
Ask Mike Mullin to speak at your next meeting and describe your organization, audience, and occasion through his official speaking inquiry form.
