- Date: Tuesday, July 7, 2015, 7:30 PM
- Location: Danbury Hospital Creasy Auditorium
- Presenters: Ira Wilsker
It’s getting to the point that every time you turn on the news there is another story about a security breach that compromises a large group of people’s personal data. The most recent attack involved at least four million current and former federal employees’ social security numbers. In 2014, hackers penetrated Home Depot’s computer network and stole their customers’ credit card data and email addresses. In 2013, 40 million credit and debit card accounts were impacted by Target’s data breach. This is the perfect time to learn how to protect yourself from these types of attacks. Please join us on Tuesday, July 7th at the Danbury Hospital to hear Ira Wilsker educate us about Internet Security and how we can keep our private information from getting into the wrong hands.
Ira has done several presentations on cyber security and cyber war. He has served APCUG as an Advisor and Director and is part of the Speakers Bureau. Ira has an MBA from the University of Maryland and is an Associate Professor in the Business Department at Lamar Institute of Technology in Beaumont, Texas, where he teaches courses on business, law, and computers. Ira has also been writing the personal technology column every week for over 10 years for the Examiner newspaper.
Ira will give us a deeper understanding of what we need to be concerned with when we use our computers to do online banking or buy merchandise over the internet. He will help us answer the question, “Are we under a cyber attack?” He will be shedding some light on what the security industry has been well aware of, that the U.S. has been subject to a number of sustained cyber attacks for several years now. Most of the general population is unaware that our entire network of power grids, pipeline systems, water/sewer systems, air traffic control and other critical infrastructure has been compromised by terrorists and foreign powers.
Ira will be doing his presentation remotely from Texas, but he will be available to answer questions that come up by using Skype. This is a chance to learn more about the various hazards that we need to be aware of. This presentation is free and open to DACS members and the general public, starting at 7:30 pm on Tuesday, July 7th, in the Creasy Auditorium at the Danbury Hospital. There is plenty of free parking in the guest parking garage adjacent to the auditorium. After the meeting, everyone is invited to the Danbury Hospital Praxair Café for additional networking.