MCLE
Cybersecurity - Best Practices for Smaller Firms
01.15.26 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Cybersecurity as a buzz word has been batted around for years, but what does it really mean for YOUR firm? In this interactive presentation, Brady Helkenn (IT author and owner of IT Managed Services Provider BH Tech Connection), will illustrate many practical and relevant examples of best practices in cybersecurity as they pertain to modern smaller law firms under 10 people.
Speaker: Brady Helkenn, Principal at B H Tech Connection
Speaker Bio: Brady is the founder of BH Tech Connection. He started his formal education in IT services and support in 2007 and received his first full-time job the same year. He quickly took to the social aspect of IT, and he quickly realized his passion lay in finding new ways to improve performance or make workflows more efficient.
He started to moonlight while still at this first job, helping fellow coworkers out with home computers and taking on occasional clients through Craigslist. He called his budding solo proprietorship BH Tech Connection in 2010, but it wasn't until 2015 that he decided to make his side hustle the main show.
Brady has earned several Microsoft and Apple certifications throughout this career, including:
- Apple Mac OS X Troubleshooting
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
- A+ (hardware troubleshooting)
- Network+ (network protocols and troubleshooting)
- Security+ (security algorithms, best practices for computer security)
Over the past several years, he has helped migrate entire companies to new phone systems, email systems, set up brand new offices, and provided services and support to thousands of people. Throughout all of this, his passion for looking to help the person behind the tech has only intensified, and he strongly believes in reducing IT-related stress whenever possible through transparent communication and simple, clear, and inclusive service offerings.
In September of 2025, he took his passion to help as many people as possible to the logical next level: he wrote a book, titled IT for the 99%: The Small Business Owner's "IT Hat" Guide.
1 MCLE Credit
MCLE credits: The Santa Cruz County Bar Association has certified that this activity has been approved by the State Bar of California for one hour of MCLE credit.
