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businesses tagged class, press release Local Organization Plans Cyber Security Class
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 10:36AM 
The Cyber Citizenship Coalition (WC4) will be holding a class on how to protect your business from cyber-attack. "Understanding how vulnerable you are to attack and what you can do about it today is the first step to protecting your computers and data," says Ms. Quiton, class facilitator.
Led by two local cyber security professionals, the first class will take place October 29th at the SPARK East Business Incubator located at 215 West Michigan Avenue starting at 9:00 AM. (Parking at Michigan and Hamilton)
A second class will be held on November 12th located at the Ann Arbor Chamber of Commerce, 115 West Huron, 3rd Floor, starting at 9:00 AM. (Parking at First & Huron)
The classes will cover topics ranging from demonstrations on how easy it is for any business to become a target of a cyber-attack and what it looks like to get hacked, to providing insight on what happens when bad guys get in your system.
A question and answer session to follow. We will answer questions on what simple steps you can take to make your computers and data less of a target and what to do if you are.
Reader Comments (1)
I took this class yesterday. Exceeded my expectations. Information was presented in a manner anyone can understand. They demonstrated the risks, shared simple yet effective solutions to making my business more secure and clearly answered all of our questions.
In particular, they shared the fact that ALL wireless devices (ie. smartphones, tablets, laptops, bluetooth) are particularly vulnerable and desirable targets. Because many of us rely on them daily to in our businesses learning how to manage the risk is a good way to protect yourself and your customers information.
I was able to take what I learned in the morning and share it in the afternoon with a local non-profit. Effectively helping them to make their customer data more secure and closing an open wireless access point they didn't even know was operational!
If you don't know WHY 9-character passwords are better than 8, WHY PCIDSS compliance is important BEFORE you swipe a customers credit card in that FREE CARD READER on your smartphone, how EASILY credit card information can be stolen right out of your wallet or purse then do your business a favor and take a couple hours to learn how to manage the risks to your business and protect both you and your customers data from the unthinkable.
The price is right...FREE!
Thanks WC4.
PS. Even for those of us with a strong IT background, getting a quick CyberSecurity refresher is a good idea.