Breakfast - Cybersecurity – A Look At The Threat Landscape And The Dark Web

When:  Oct 22, 2019 from 07:45 AM to 09:30 AM (ET)
Associated with  Long Island Chapter
Register for our event by Monday, October 21st and you’ll receive a complimentary and confidential Dark Web scan to identify how many of your credentials have been compromised. Simply provide your company email domain to news@ima-longisland.org by 10am on October 21st and upon arrival to the seminar, you will receive a sealed envelope containing the total number of breaches found.

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Brittany Scott

Vice President of SMB Sales
KnowBe4

Brittany Scott is a Vice President of SMB Sales at KnowBe4, the world's largest security awareness training and simulated phishing platform that helps firms manage the ongoing problem of social engineering. Brittany's strong leadership skills have helped her moved up the ranks quickly at KnowBe4, as she's been promoted twice in the last year and a half. Brittany travels to different conferences and organizations as a cybersecurity evangelist where she presents on the importance of security awareness training. She also founded a nonprofit organization called Gals4STEM, which is an outreach organization aimed at educating, inspiring and mentoring girls and women about STEM careers and degrees. Brittany holds a Master of Business Administration from Johnson and Wales University and a Bachelor of Science in Hospitality Management from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She volunteers her time mentoring children through the Lunch Pals program at KnowBe4 and the Big Brother Big Sister Foundation.



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Emily Vandewater, SSCP

Director Information Security at Flexible Business System

Emily Vandewater, SSCP is the Director of Information Security at Flexible Business Systems a technology consulting firm specializing in managed technology services and is located in Hauppauge, NY. Emily believes secure technology and infrastructure is essential for all businesses both small and large to succeed. At Flexible Systems Emily is responsible for Information Security strategy and design focusing on Risk mitigation, vulnerability management, and compliance.

Emily holds the SSCP credential confirming her deep technical knowledge and competency in Cyber Security. She has also earned the CompTIA Secure Cloud Professional (CSCP) certification comprised of the Cloud+ and Security+ accreditations and has the knowledge and skill required to address business and technical security challenges in an enterprise's cloud infrastructure.

Emily's expertise in malware and cyber intrusion analysis, detection and forensics, risk and vulnerability management has helped businesses proactively tackle protection from security incidents. She also spearheads Security Incident remediation and recovery from debilitating security attacks such as Ransomware and Business Email Compromise.

Emily is a passionate member of a variety of Women in Technology groups and shares her knowledge by volunteering as a Cybersecurity subject matter expert for (ICS)2 exam development and a variety of cyber security conferences. She is also a contributing member of InfraGard - a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and members of the private sector for the protection of Critical Infrastructure.

Emily is a published freelance technical editor and her most recent project published in April - "Cybersecurity Blue Team Toolkit" By Nadean Tanner is a practical handbook on cybersecurity for both tech and non-tech professionals. Emily currently runs a security twitter feed (@infosecurii) of aggregated business related cybersecurity thoughts and news and has been featured and quoted in many security industry publications and marketing. When Emily is not working, she spend her time learning new security tools and technologies to satisfy her drive to learn and unrelenting curiosity of the unknown.



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Moderator

Bob Arnold, Jr.

President
Arnold Standard Cos.

Bob Arnold, Jr. is the President of Arnold Standard Cos., a management consulting firm which has obtained over $500M in savings on behalf of its clients over the last 50 years, primarily through the reduction of employee-related expenses. His areas of expertise include Federal and State Department of Labor Issues including Employment Incentives, Unemployment Insurance Taxes and Wage & Hour matters, and Workers Compensation. Bob has consulted on many high-level policy issues involving mergers, acquisitions and other corporate transactions. In addition, he defends clients against US and NYS DOL and NYS WCB compliance actions, resulting in significant savings.

Bob also serves as the President of Arnold Standard Risk Services, an insurance brokerage that operates under the philosophy of the true definition of what a broker is - an insurance sales organization that searches the market place in the interest of clients, not insurance companies. Custom tailored solutions are provided based upon factors including marketplace options, desired levels of coverage, service, pricing and risk tolerance for each need.

His latest venture, ASI Recruiters, is a professional recruiting/RPO firm specializing in the placement of Accounting and Finance, HR, IT, and Healthcare professionals. In addition, ASI assists employers who are specifically seeking military veterans, including those that are in the process of transitioning into the civilian workforce. We utilize a network of independent, specialized recruiting firms, which employ a personal, hands-on methodology that goes beyond the algorithms, and services are offered at reduced rates compared to industry standards.

A strong believer in giving back, Bob serves on the following Boards and Committees: Institute of Management Accountants, Long Island Chapter, Past President, Executive Board; NYSSCPA, Nassau CFO & Suffolk Members in Industry Committees; Healthcare Financial Management Association, Metropolitan NY Chapter, Education Committee; Bob Feller Act of Valor Award, Board of Directors; Navy League of the United States, Long Island Council, Corporate Committee; Towers of Freedom Military Monument, Board of Directors


Register for our event by Monday, October 21st and you’ll receive a complimentary and confidential Dark Web scan to identify how many of your credentials have been compromised. Simply provide your company email domain to news@ima-longisland.org by 10am on October 21st and upon arrival to the seminar, you will receive a sealed envelope containing the total number of breaches found.



Location

RXR Building
68 South Service Road
Melville, NY 11747


FREE for Members

$25.00 Non-Members
* Please note: there is a $10.00 additional door registration surcharge 


Qualifies for 2 CPE credit

*****Event online registration now closed, please register at the door****

Location

RXR Building
68 South Service Road
Melville, NY 11747