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September 26, 2022 edition of the AIBD’s Monday Minute weekly newsletter.
Announcements
Protect your drawing files from being encrypted and held hostage.
What’s worse than accidentally deleting your plan files?

 

Your drawing files being encrypted and held hostage for ransom.

That’s exactly what happened to one of our board members.

$300,000 worth of drawing files, her bank accounts, everything, and her access was denied.

In some cases, deleted altogether. 

Irreversible damage.

Find out what happened (and how to prevent it from happening to you)
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Meet our newest CPBDs!
Help us congratulate our latest achievers.
  • Brandon Cornelius, CPBD #44-821, Conroe, TX (9/13)
  • William Hartman, CPBD #44-820, Tomball, TX (9/12)
  • John Sylvain, CPBD #05-653, Vallejo, CA (8/30)
  • Elena Brindle, CPBD #44-818, Red Rock, TX (8/1)
Our pace is slowing down.
  • 8 new CPBDs in 2022/2023 (Pace = 36 by June 30, 2023)
  • 33 in 2021/2022
  • 47 in 2020/2021 (the record)
  • 46 in 2019/2020 & 44 in 2018/2019
AIBD has a new CE APP and some new policies will be announced soon. Keep an eye out for the email coming to your inbox soon. In the meantime, contact Rusty.Hudnet@AIBD.org for some one-on-one instruction.

 

 
  • Dennis Albrecht, Professional Member from TX
  • Hauchao Ruan, Professional Member from CA
  • Christina Womack, Associate Member
Compass Club Report
Welcome to our newest Compass Club members.
  • Hunter Godfrey (TN) recruited a Professional member in September.
  • Beatriz Castro (TX) recruited a Professional member in August (And with it reached the 2500 Compass Club point plateau)
  • Heather Baldwin (OH) recruited a Professional member in August.
  • Angel Silva (TX) recruited one new Professional Member in July.
The total points this Fiscal Year (July to June).
  • Total Score = 41 points. (Record pace = 172 by June 2023)
  • Last Year’s Score = 120 pts. (2021/2022)
  • The Record = 154 pts. (2018/2019) 
Events
Upcoming chapter meetings (and more).
  • September 28, 29, & 30 – Protect Your Business From Cyber Extortion (Disaster) – A 3-day virtual replay event (you have 12 months to watch the video)
  • September 30 – AIBD, Central Colorado – Virtual, on Hopin.
  • October 1 – AIBD, OKI – Meeting in person at Schmidt’s Sausage Haus 240 E. Kossuth St. Columbus, OH. For more information, contact tbeeker@prodesignservices.net.
  • October 13 – AIBD, Susquehanna Valley – In person, Presentation by APA, for location and details contact Larry Stauffer, larryshomedesigns@dejazzd.com.
  • October 20 – AIBD, Charlotte Metro – Virtual, on Hopin.
  • October 21 – AIBD, Denver Metro – Virtual, on Hopin.
  • November 5 – AIBD, Central Oklahoma (Tenative) – Online Chief Architect Roundtable, 11 am to 4 pm ET, virtual – Hopin.
  • November 9 & 10 D&B Technology (Virtual) – Noon ET to 6 pm ET (daily).
  • March 3 & 4 – D&B North Myrtle Beach (Hybrid) – Ocean Drive Beach & Golf Resort, North Myrtle Beach, SC.
All AIBD events (and more) can be found at AIBD.org/events.
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Training and Education
36.6% of small businesses are destroyed because of this
Small businesses are the target of 43% of all cyberattacks.

More stats:

  • 61% of SMBs experienced a cyberattack in 2021
  • 60% of SMBs hit with a cyberattack go out of business within 6 months of the attack, because…
  • …Data breaches cost SMBs an average of $3 Million per incident
You might be thinking, “well, I’m a nobody so there’s no reason to target me for an attack.”

 

This is a very wrong way of thinking.

What you have to realize is that they’re not targeting these SMBs specifically.

They’re using automated “bots” to attack everyone they can.

It’s just a numbers game for them.

Simply existing is all it takes to become a target.

Our very own past NCBDC President Kimberly Mockert, CPBD, was hit with a cyberattack.

I sat down with her to talk about what went wrong, and what you can do to prevent it from happening to you.

We’re doing a 3-day Hopin educational (replay) event from September 28th to September 30th.

For a small investment, you’ll have 3 days to watch the talk at your convenience (it’s only about an hour).

Register for Protect Your Business From Cyber Extortion (Disaster) – A 3-day virtual replay event (you have 12 months to watch the video)
Miscellaneous
Receive a FREE month of Braceline for AIBD members!
A new software app for Home Designers will be launching soon. This app will assist users with Wall Bracing Panel sizing and placement.

 

Sign up to become a Beta test user to receive your FREE month.

IRC Wall Bracing is one of the most cumbersome and confusing parts of the building code. This new app will help you calculate and produce shear wall panel drawings quickly and accurately.

If you would like to become one of the first to use and offer feedback as a test user, please reach out. This opportunity will only be offered to AIBD members and seats will be limited.

Please email info@bracelinecalc.com for more information.

 
Have a triumphant week!

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