When Finance Is the Target: Cyber Threats Every CFO Needs to Be Ready For!

Cyber events are no longer isolated IT incidents, they are enterprise‑wide financial events with direct implications for cash flow, reporting integrity, reputational risk, and board oversight. For CFOs, understanding where exposures exist and how to respond is now core to the role.

This FEI Grand Rapids cyber risk panel will bring together finance, risk, and cyber professionals to discuss the most common and most costly cyber scenarios impacting finance organizations today. Panelists will walk through real-world examples of cyber incidents affecting financial operations and highlight where CFOs should be asking better questions before an event occurs.

The discussion will focus on preparedness, decision‑making, and response, not technical jargon.

Learning Objectives:

• Common cyber events that directly impact finance functions.
• Where CFOs are most exposed but least aware.
• Lessons learned from real cyber incidents.
• How CFOs can partner with IT, risk, and advisors before and after an event.