Speakers
Ben Woelk
Past President, Society for Technical CommunicationStart
April 2, 2020 - 12:00 PM
End
April 2, 2020 - 1:00 PM
Cybersecurity, COVID-19, and Working from Home
We're seeing an increase in cybercrime associated with COVID-19 and the huge number of people who are suddenly working from home. Join the speaker as he discusses general cybersecurity tips, what to be aware of in the context of COVID-19, and secure use of new remote meeting platforms such as Zoom.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER
Ben Woelk, CISSP, CPTC, is the Program Manager for the Information Security Office at the Rochester Institute of Technology where he's developed a leading information security awareness program. Ben is a member and former co-chair of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Awareness and Training Working Group of the Higher Education Information Security Council. Ben is an Associate Fellow and the current president of STC.
He holds the CISSP (#379414), CPTC, is a CPTC trainer, and is ITIL v3 certified. Ben holds degrees from the University of Florida, Trinity International University, and the University of Rochester, and an Advanced Certificate in Technical Information Design from RIT. Ben is adjunct faculty at RIT, teaching classroom and online courses in Computing Security Fundamentals, Technical Communication, and Introverts and Leadership.
Prior to joining RIT, Ben provided technical communications and change management consulting to a number of area Fortune 500 companies. His current interests include working with other security awareness practitioners to develop effective security awareness programs and providing mentoring and coaching to new and aspiring introverted leaders, and speaking and presenting workshops on introverted leadership, creating security awareness programs, and technical communication.
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