IEEE PI2 Austin, January 2024 Tech Meeting: Modern Technology & the Cyber Security Threat Landscape

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IEEE PI2 Austin, January, 2024, Tech Meeting In-Person 6 PM Central / 7 PM Eastern at Balcones Country Club

Balcones Country Club: 8600 Balcones Dr. Austin, TX 78750 **NEW LOCATION**

 

Dinner and soft beverages will be provided for those with reservations. If you do not have a reservation you will not be able to eat.

Cost, to defray the room, dinner and refreshments cost: Thank you in advance:

IF REGISTERED IN ADVANCE (Before 1.16.2024)

Members and Non-Members:    

Select Register & Pay now,  $25.00 Paypal from your credit card when registering - you do not need a Paypal account to use it.

Click through to the credit card/debit page.

OR 

Select Register Now and Pay Later and pay $25.00 cash or credit/debit with Square at the meeting. Please register in advance (skip the payment)

 

IEEE Student Members:

Free (must register in advance before  1/16 with your IEEE member number) Skip the payment

 

All registrants After 1.16.2024: Pay $30.00 at the the meeting in cash

Attendees must be registered before the event for food accommodations. Unfortunately we are charged more for the meals after the advance registration date

 

For PDH hours, please email the PI2 Secretary, Haley Hirschfield at HaleyHirschfeld.org or pi2-secretary@ieee.org.

Abstract: Discussing the evolution of technology and why it has opened the floodgates for cyber crime. We will go through the changes in technology that are at the root of the problems that we currently face. Understand where and when we need to consider the threats and how that may change the methods of design and production of all the modern technologies that we all interact with everyday.
Why the traditional methods of securing technology failed us and what we can do moving forward to secure legacy and future tech alike.



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  • Date: 23 Jan 2024
  • Time: 06:00 PM to 08:30 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  • 8600 Balcones Club Dr.
  • Austin, Texas
  • United States 78750
  • Building: Balcones Country Club
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  • Starts 04 November 2023 08:56 PM
  • Ends 21 January 2024 06:00 PM
  • All times are (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada)
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  Speakers

Christopher Barrett Christopher Barrett

Topic:

Modern Technology & the Cyber Security Threat Landscape

Discussing the evolution of technology and why it has opened the floodgates for cyber crime. We will go through the changes in technology that are at the root of the problems that we currently face. Understand where and when we need to consider the threats and how that may change the methods of design and production of all the modern technologies that we all interact with everyday.
Why the traditional methods of securing technology failed us and what we can do moving forward to secure legacy and future tech alike.

Biography:

Christopher Barrett is a Central Texas based Cyber Security Expert with nearly 3 decades of experience in Technology. Avid Tech evangelist, with deep understanding of the cyber security threat landscape. I live on the edge of the hill country on a little bee farm. Keeping bees and coppersmith or other metalworking sculpture are my passions. I am also involved in a number of charities in Texas and beyond.