Thursday, April 30, 2015

[428] May 5 MTSU ‘Cyber Summit’ offers free expert advice to protect online operations


MURFREESBORO — Organizers of MTSU’s 2015 Middle Tennessee Cyber Summit, set Tuesday, May 5, want to help public and private-sector operations protect their operations from online attackers.

The theme of the summit, presented by MTSU’s Forensic Institute for Research and Education, is “Safeguarding Identities and Emerging Threats.” The 8 a.m.-5 p.m. event in the second-floor ballroom of MTSU’s Student Union is open to the public at no charge.

Attendees can register and check in at 7:30 a.m. May 5 in the Student Union ballroom. A searchable campus map of MTSU, complete with parking details, is available at http://tinyurl.com/MTSUParking14-15.

Organizers say this year’s Cyber Summit should be of particular interest to information technology professionals in federal, state and local government agencies, along with K-12 and higher education, financial services, utilities, business and law enforcement agencies.

The summit will feature discussions on preventing and/or alleviating cyberthreats to critical infrastructure, “phishing” schemes, risk management and the facts of security on cloud-based storage.

Speakers will include representatives from:
·       the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
·       the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cyber Incident Analysis Division.
·       digital forensics company Stroz Friedberg.
·       the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
·       Presidio security management company.
·       the nonprofit Center for Internet Security.
·       the Nashville-headquartered financial, staffing and technology services firm LBMC.

Attendees who want to earn Continuing Education Unit or Continuing Professional Education credits for the summit may do so by paying a $10 processing fee.

To register for the summit or get more information, please visit http://www.csimtsu.com or contact FIRE at 615-898-2221 or fire@mtsu.edu.


Along with MTSU’s FIRE, Presidio, LBMC, Stroz Friedberg and Vaco Risk Solutions are the sponsors for the 2015 Middle Tennessee Cyber Summit.

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