Each year, the Institute for Cyber Security, in collaboration with the
Computer Science Department,
Center for Teaching Excellence, and IT Support Services, hosts Cyber
Security/IA Day. This daylong event features nationally recognized
security experts as well as speakers from regional law enforcement,
government, security industry, and academia. Cyber Security/IA Day is
open to the public, community
colleges, and neighboring universities.
This Year’s Information Assurance Day will be held on November 3, 2016.
Please join us in the Ohio room of the IUP HUB for a full day of talks. Presentations lined up for the event:
- 9:00 a.m. — Welcome and Opening Remarks, David Smith, chair of Computer Science
- 9:15 a.m. — “Cyber Security and IUP,” Timothy Moerland, IUP provost and vice president for Academic Affairs
- 9:30 a.m. — “Unleashing the Power of Innovation,” Daniel
Goddard, director, Information Directorate, U.S. Air Force Research
Laboratory
- 10:10 a.m. — “Wireless Security Risks—Spanning 75 Years of
Security Information Myths,” Joseph Jesson, CTO and technical advisor
for Able Device
- 10:50–11:00 a.m. — Morning break
- 11:00 a.m. — “Cyber Security Awareness and Safety Tips for You,
Your University, and Your Future,” Kevin Dodds, chief information
security officer, S&T Bank, former Naval Criminal Investigative
Service (NCIS)
- 11:40 a.m. — “Creatively Combating Cyber Crime—In the ever
evolving Global Theater,” Daniel Larkin, director, Fraud Prevention –
PNC Enterprise Fraud Group, former FBI unit chief
- 12:20–1:10 p.m. — Lunch break
- 1:10 p.m. — “The Current State of Cyberspace Operations in the
Context of American National Security,” Paul de Souza, founder of Cyber
Security Forum Initiative (CSFI), former chief security engineer for
AT&T
- 2:00 p.m. — Panel session “What Every College Student Should
Know about Online Image, Privacy, and Security Issues,” moderated by
Theresa McDivitt, IUP Government Information/Outreach librarian.
Panelists: Malissa Calderon, Human Development, Fashion, and Interior
Design; Amanda Marshal, coordinator of User Services, IUP IT Support;
Sara Parme, IUP Scholarly Communications librarian; and Zachary Saeva,
assistant director, IUP Career and Professional Development Center