CYBRBASE NEWS AND EVENTS

Cybrbase participated in the National Rural Transit Assistance Program (RTAP) webinar, Cybersecurity for Transit: What You Need to Know, along with Andrew Carpenter Director, N-CATT, Julia Castillo, Executive Director HIRTA Public Transit and Todd Chollet, Cyber Practice Lead at Sunstar Insurance. The webinar covered cybersecurity for transit basics and showed you where you can learn more. It provided guidance for small transit agencies on the actions to take to prevent, respond to, and recover from cyberattacks. Attendees learned practical steps they can implement right away.

Led by the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) Virginia Invests is a new initiative aimed at expanding investment and growth opportunities for Virginia-based, innovation-driven startups and entrepreneurial ecosystems throughout the Commonwealth. The objective of the conference is to showcase VA startups that have been founded since 2022 like Cybrbase, and provide the Governor an opportunity to interact with founders and their solutions/products. 

Scott Belcher presented along with Todd Chollet, Risk Advisor and Cyber Practice Leader at Sunstar Insurance Group in a webinar moderated by Hilary Nixon, PhD, Deputy Executive Director of the Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI). The webinar discusses the concerns of increased cyberattacks, the average cost to recover and the impact both play on cyberinsurance coverage.

The report offers recommendations on cybersecurity risk management to transit providers, insurance companies, as well as the federal government.

Co-Founder Scott Belcher was named Principal Investigator on two new Mineta Transportation Institute (MTI) research documents.  The first White Paper will focus on the state of cybersecurity insurance in transit.  The second study will update the findings of MTI seminal study Is the Transit Industry Prepared for the Cyber Revolution? Policy Recommendations to Enhance Surface Transit Cyber Preparedness as well as gather cybersecurity investment data so that transit agencies can benchmark their investments in cybersecurity risk mitigation and resilience.

On October 18th, Co-Founder Scott Belcher presented to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Cybersecurity Symposium on the necessity of cybersecurity assessments as a baseline for identifying cybersecurity risks and developing a cybersecurity plan.

On December 4th, Co-Founder Scott Belcher presented at the National Rural Transit Assistance Program’s 5th Annual Conference on “Executive Leadership Responsibilities Related to Cybersecurity and Where to Start."

On December 11th, Co-Founder Scott Belcher presented at the American Public Transportation Association’s  Safety & Risk Management Seminar on "The FTA Cyber Assessment Tool for Transit (CATT) Tool and Beyond. Where Do I Start?"