SIXTH ANNUAL LOS ANGELES IEEE COASTAL LOS ANGELES COMPUTER SOCIETY CYBER SECURITY SUMMIT 2025-SOUTH BAY
CYBERSECURITY AWARENESS MONTH

Cybersecurity Starts with You: Protect, Prevent, Prevail
Since 2004, the President of the United States and Congress have declared October to be Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Cyber-attacks on corporations, governmental agencies and individuals are becoming increasingly widespread and regular, as well as more complex. The Virtual Sixth Annual Los Angeles IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Computer Society Cybersecurity Summit-South Bay that brings together government officials, private business executives and cybersecurity experts to discuss the current and emerging threats that exist in today’s sophisticated cyber environment, and the technological advancements being made to countermeasure and manage these risks.
Resources for Cyber Security Awareness:
Think Before You Click: Your Digital Life Depends on It
- Department of Homeland Security’s cyber security tips
- U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team
- More on National Cyber Security Awareness Month

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Please Join us virtually for The Sixth Annual Los Angeles IEEE CLAS Computer Society Cybersecurity Summit-South Bay
Secure Together: Building a Safer Digital World
Welcome Keynote Message Time: 9:00 am
Dr. Mehrdad S. Sharbaf, IEEE Coastal Los Angeles Computer Society- Chair, Founder & CEO, Sharbaf and Associates LLC/Adjunct Professor CSUDH
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Distinguished Guest Speaker Professor Hironori Washizaki, Head of Department, Associate Dean, Waseda University, and IEEE Computer Society Elected President 2025, Time 9:15 am

Distinguished Guest Speaker Dr. Chris Mattmann, Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, UCLA, Time 9:30 am
Distinguished Guest Speaker Dipti Srivastava, VP/Director Engineering, Nubroad LLC, Time 10:00 am

Distinguished Guest Speaker Terry Benzel, Managing Director, USC Information Sciences Institute, Former Director, Networking and Cybersecurity Division at USC Information Sciences Institute, IEEE Fellow, Time 10:30 am

Distinguished Guest Speaker Malek Ben Salem, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, AILeap, Time 11:00 am

Distinguished Guest Speaker Dr. Cyril Onwubiko, Business Information Security Officer at Barclays | Board Member, IEEE Computer Society Time 11:30am
Distinguished Guest Speaker Dr. Ilia Kolochenko, CEO at ImmuniWeb, Attorney-at-Law, Adjunct Professor of Cyber Law & Cybersecurity, Time 12:00pm

Adjourn at 12:30pm
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