Join MTUG Wednesday, November 15th from 7am-9am, either in-person at the University of New England's Portland campus OR at 7:30am online at the MTUG Webex Portal at for a special security-focused educational session and breakfast!
DATE: Wed. 11/15/2017 from 7a-9a (~7:30-8:30a webcast)
WHERE: University of New England, Portland Campus, Blewett Building, Room 233 (parking available behind the Recreation Center, near the south end of campus).
**REGISTER ONLINE AT MTUG'S **NEW** WEBSITE!**
MORE INFO & REGISTRATION LINKS at:
http://www.mtug.org/mtug-events/mtug-breakfast-webcast-nov2017
EVENT SCHEDULE:
7:00am -- REGISTRATION OPENS for In-person Breakfast Event with Continental Breakfast/Coffee
7:30 - 8:30am: PRESENTATION BEGINS (as well as Online Webex broadcast), Q&A time near end
8:30 - 9:00am: NETWORKING with other tech professionals and enthusiasts!
SPEAKER: Ryan McArthur, Security Administrator. Adjunct Faculty in Technology and Security at Kaplan University and Southern New Hampshire University
TOPIC DESCRIPTION:
Ryan McArthur will cover the lessons which can be learned from the largest, most significant data breaches based upon publicly available information on the Internet. Using articles from leading news organizations such as the New York Times, Computer World, Security Intelligence, etc., for each of the largest and most damaging breaches, including Equifax, this presentation briefly reviews and analyses key points of breakdown. Society expects organizations spending millions of dollars a year on Information Security would be very secure, yet, these organizations experience breaches. The core of this presentation examines common sense ideas and security industry best practices you might use to prevent a similar sequence of events happening to your organization.