ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY

 

Risk management and strategy

 

Management of material risks from cybersecurity threats is integrated into the Company’s overall risk management processes and is monitored as an enterprise risk. To that extent, the Company has engaged with a third-party service provider, DATAECON, in order to help manage its ongoing cybersecurity risk. This includes processes that are put in place in order to oversee and identify risks from cybersecurity threats associated with its use of any third-party service provider.

 

During our fiscal year ended March 31, 2023 , the email of one of our executive officers was hacked by an unknown third party. Utilizing the hacked email of our executive officer, the unknown third party requested a $100,000 payment from one of our investors. In response to the email, the investor wired the $100,000 payment to a bank account provided in the email. The investor funds were not recovered, and the Company was required to make certain restitution to the investor (via the issuance of common shares). As a result of the incident, the Company engaged with DATAECON in order to reduce the potential of such cybersecurity risks going forward.

 

Governance

 

While the board of directors does not have any formal oversight of risks from cybersecurity threats, it is important to note that, as discussed in Part III of this filing, our board of directors is comprised solely of Messrs. Easterling, Delgado and Untermeyer. As such, pursuant to the information provided below, all risks from cybersecurity threats our immediately shared with the board of directors.

 

Our chief technology officer (the “CTO”), Tom Untermeyer, is responsible for managing the Company’s cybersecurity risk. Mr. Untermeyer has served as the Company’s CTO since 2015. His business experience includes systems engineering, program development and technical management. Further, Mr. Untermeyer holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from St. Mary’s University. As NaturalShrimp is a small company with a limited number of employees, any cybsecurity threat or incident is immediately brought to the attention of Mr. Untermeyer. Further, as noted above, Mr. Untermeyer will then immediately inform his fellow board members including Mr. Easterling and Mr. Delgado.