Webinar: Cybersecurity for Startups – Strategic Protection in the Digital Age 2025
From Caribbean Export
Join us for the webinar “Cybersecurity for Startups: Strategic Protection in the Digital Age 2025” on Thursday,12 June 2025, at 9:00 a.m. (GMT-5) /10:00 a.m. (AST). Hosted by the EU-LAC Digital Accelerator partners, Tecnalia Research & Innovation and Caribbean Export, this session will underscore cybersecurity as a strategic pillar for startups and small tech companies. We’ll examine why young ventures are prime targets for cybercriminals, review real-world attack cases, and unpack both economic and reputational fallout. You’ll learn how to identify your most critical digital assets, assess risks, and establish effective security policies—even on a limited budget.
Throughout the webinar, we’ll delve into today’s most relevant threats, including ransomware, social engineering, and vulnerabilities unique to early-stage companies. You’ll gain practical tools and strategies for protecting information, managing passwords, implementing backups, and securing cloud environments. We’ll also highlight the human factor, sharing guidance oncteam training, awareness-building, and incident response protocols tailored forcstartups.
What you will get from the webinar:
· An understanding of why startups are frequent targets and how to anticipate attacks
· Insight into the true cost of a breach and its impact on business continuity
· Techniques to identify and protect your company’s most critical digital assets
· Essential security policies and tools you can implement on a shoestring budget
· Up-to-date intelligence on the most common threats in 2025 and how to address them
· Practical advice for training your team and fostering a security-focused culture
Our speaker, Santiago de Diego
Santiago de Diego is a mathematician and computer engineer (University of Granada), CPHE-certified, with a Master’s in Information Security (International University of La Rioja), and currently pursuing a PhD at the University of Granada. As a cybersecurity researcher in Tecnalia’s Digital Core division, he leads R&D projects on blockchain and Privacy-Enhancing Technologies (PETs), Self-Sovereign Identity, and cybersecurity for industrial and critical systems.
