Guest speaker Michael Assante, a leading cybersecurity expert, is coming to UOIT to offer his thoughts on the latest challenges, trends and opportunities. Topics include a history of cybersecurity, the life-cycle of advanced malware and the political impact of cybersecurity.
Thursday January 20th, from 5pm to 7pm, in UA1140
Speaker Background:
Assante has held key posts in industrial control system security research at the Idaho National Laboratory and then as chief security officer of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, which is charged with power grid reliability. He was one of the experts that addressed U.S. senators last year about the dangers of a Windows-specific computer worm known as Stuxnet. Assante is also the president of the U.S. National Board of Information Security Examiners (NBISE).
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