CSIAC Webinars - Cybersecurity Arms Race – Modernizing the Arsenal

Posted: 11/30/2018 | Presenter: Rob Cheng | 1 Comment

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Cyber Security Ventures, the world’s largest research firm on cyber crime, estimates that cyber crime will be a $6T business by 2021. That is more than the economy of the United Kingdom. This presentation reviews the history of computer viruses and the corresponding cyber defenses employed. It is the gap between the technologies used to infect vs the technologies we employ to protect that is driving rampant criminal activity. Lastly, the presentation will review solutions out of this predicament.

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Rob Cheng

Rob Cheng has over 30 years experience in the sales, marketing and support in the computer industry. Prior to founding PC Pitstop in 1999, Rob was the SVP at Gateway Computer driving sales, marketing, and support worldwide. Rob began his career at Texas Instruments responsible for Data Systems Group sales, marketing and support in Latin America. Rob holds a BS in Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA in Finance from the University of Texas.

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nomobug

2019-01-22 at 13:52

Why not make all of our systems invulnerable?
The technology now exists. When will the Will exist?

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