Date: Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Time: 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM Eastern
Industry: Education
Topic: Universities and Schools under cyberattack: How to Protect your Institution of Excellence
CPE Credits: A certificate of completion will be provided upon request to those attendees that require the event to count for CPE credits.
The New York Times recently reported that
universities face a rising barrage of cyberattacks. University
officials even acknowledge that they often do not learn of cyber
break-ins until much later, if ever, and that even after discovering the
breaches they may not be able to tell what was taken. Recent
cyber-threats have also targeted schools and entire school districts, in
some cases.
Universities in the U.S. are undeniably
the coveted innovation centers of the world where the best minds
converge to bring cutting-edge inventions and innovations to the fore.
Being targets of cyberattacks is obviously not doing any favors to the
solid brand and reputation that U.S. universities have worked hard to
build over the years.
Schools and educational institutions too
have established a long-standing reputation of being centers of
learning and excellence for young minds who will go on to shape our
futures.
But the information security challenges
faced by universities, schools, and educational institutions are very
different from those faced by typical corporations.
The very nature and tenet of a
university’s success is based on the free flow of information, open
collaboration across borders, and thinkers of an international scale
coming together to exchange ideas and learn. Schools and educational
institutions face a slightly different set of challenges in that their
students are a lot younger and potentially looked upon as easier
targets.
If you represent a university, school,
or educational institution and have either faced or are concerned about
facing a cyberattack, join ERM for this webinar where we will discuss
what you can do to protect your center of excellence from becoming a
vulnerable target for hackers.
About The Speaker
Brandon Witte is an information security expert with Enterprise Risk
Management, Inc. He has worked closely with several universities and
educational institutions, offering them guidance and technical expertise
in how to secure their information assets and infrastructures. His
core technical expertise is in the area of security penetration testing
and infrastructure-wide security assessment spanning a wide range of
technical platforms and implementations. He also possesses significant
experience in performing enterprise-wide security risk assessments
including highly technical risk assessments for several educational
institutions and centers of excellence.
You can register here.