Cyber security: What mental health professionals need to know to protect their practiceI'm joined by Eric Alter, Senior Vice President of Risk, and Cyber Engagement Leader for Marsh Commercial, who provide Oxygen insurance for therapists.We're talking about cyber insurance and why we might want to consider getting some protection from the threat that we face as practitioners working in an increasingly cyber-heavy environment.At the end of the episode, I also give a little note about what I did following this; the practical steps that, as a micro business, I took to protect the data of the people that I work with. About EricEric joined Marsh in January 2007 as a Business Risk Consultant, helping clients to get a better understanding of their risk landscape and how to prioritise risk mitigation to optimise the return on any investment made. Over the years he has taken responsibility for risk engagement across the UK wide Corporate Business and now leads both Risk & Cyber engagement.  In addition to this Eric runs internal training sessions and arranges client facing events focussing on key risk areas.Eric has in excess of 25 years risk management experience across both the Public & Private Sectors and works with clients of all sizes across a wide range of businesses. Eric also acts as Senior Relationship Officer on a number of complex accounts.Full show notes and a transcript of this episode are available at The Business of PsychologyLinksCyber incident response guide: https://psychologybusinessschool.com/cyber-guideRosie on Instagram:@rosiegilderthorp@thepregnancypsychologistThe highlightsI give an introduction to the episode, anticipating the anxiety it may cause 00:00I introduce Eric and he tells us about his role 02:00Eric talks us through the main cyber threats that we are likely to face in our independent practices 03:42We discuss the possible impacts of a cyber attack 10:38I ask Eric what the main things are that we need to be doing to prevent a cyber attack 17:11Eric tells us what to do if we think our practice has had a cyber attack 36:05I tell you the practical steps I have taken since the interview 41:21