Athens, Ga. – In observance of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the UGA Office of Information Security has scheduled several events to take place on Oct. 23. The goal of National Cyber Security Awareness Month is to increase the public’s awareness of cyber security and crimes issues so that users can take precautions to avoid these threats on the Internet.
“The Office of Information Security participates in National Cyber Security Awareness Month to enhance, enlighten and empower our community against crime on the Internet,” said Stanton Gatewood, UGA’s chief information security officer. “SATE (Security Awareness, Training and Education) is the best return on our investment for lowering the risk of living and socializing in Cyberspace.”
The complete agenda for the day, including times and locations, is as follows:
9 – 10 a.m. Keynote – Bobby Stanley, special agent, Georgia Bureau of Investigation
Tate Student Center Georgia Hall
10 – 11:30 a.m. Cyber Security Panel— Experts discuss issues relating to Information
Security, Homeland Security, Security and Emergency Preparedness and how these impact UGA, the Athens community and beyond
Panelists information: http://infosec.uga.edu/sate/csam
Tate Student Center Georgia Hall
11:30a.m. Closing Remarks, Barbara A. White, UGA chief information officer and associate provost
Tate Student Center Georgia Hall
Noon – 4 p.m. Computer Health and Security Fair— Attendees are invited to bring their laptops in for a “security checkup”
Tate Student Center Art Gallery (Room 309)
The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA), a consortium of government agencies and private industry sponsors, sponsors National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) each October. For more information on the NCSA and the cyber security and safety resources it provides free to the public, see: http://staysafeonline.org.
For more information on National Cyber Security Awareness Month at UGA, please see: http://infosec.uga.edu/sate/csam.
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