The Mack Podcast Eliminating Fear Around Cybersecurity: A Practical Framework for Family Offices
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Jan 27, 2026 Matt LaMura, cybersecurity advisor and co-founder of FORT, brings a decade of experience in managed security, digital forensics, and incident response. He challenges alarmist cyber messaging and outlines a calm, strategic framework for family offices. Topics include who to hire, outsourcing vs IT, governance and tabletop exercises, a simple cloud-first tech stack, and advanced threat hunting and ROI framing.
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Fear Sells, Not Solutions
- Marketing and media create fear, uncertainty, and doubt around cybersecurity that overstates the problem.
- Matt LaMura says cyber risk is real but tackleable when approached strategically and methodically.
Simplify To Shrink Your Attack Surface
- Keep your infrastructure as simple as possible to reduce attack surface and technical debt.
- Configure basic defenses like two-factor authentication and proper integrations before adding complexity.
Choose A Trusted Advisor, Not A Bucketed Vendor
- Prefer a long-term, close advisory relationship rather than a large behemoth provider that buckets clients.
- Hire a dedicated security advisor who understands your family's context and travel, not a generic financial-services category vendor.