March workshop: Protecting your online presence
Tue, March 24 2020, 1:30pm
Campus Club 4th Floor, Dale Shephard Room
CANCELED
In light of the University’s cancelation on March 11 of in-person class meetings, and concerns about transmission of the coronavirus, UMRA has canceled the meeting and workshop that were scheduled for March 24. We believe this is the only prudent course of action to avoid risk to our members.
We will take appropriate actions to reimburse those individuals who have already paid for the luncheon. Thanks for your understanding and concern in this difficult time. If you have questions, please email me.
—Bill Donohue, president
Are you concerned about the safety of all your digital data? If not, you should be. The world is awash with people who want your data and want to do bad things with it.
UMRA’s March 24 workshop will provide an overview of cyber threats and best practices for protecting ourselves from them. We will learn how to guard against fraudulent email scams, malware, ransomware and malicious websites; what two-factor authentication is; how to create strong passwords and manage passwords; and where to find additional resources online.
Jenny Blaine, our workshop presenter, is a security analyst at University Information Security. She has been working in information security for more than 11 years. She is certified in Information Security, Windows Memory Forensics, and Security Incident Handling, and is a member of the University's security incident response team.
Using tools for e-discovery, log analysis, and memory forensics, Blaine works with law enforcement, the Office of Internal Audit, and the Office of the General Counsel on both internal and external cyber investigations at the University.
Join us for what promises to be an eye-opening and valuable workshop starting at 1:30 p.m. in the Dale Shephard Room on the 4th floor of the Campus Club.
—Ron Matross, chair, Workshop Committee
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