Cybersecurity, COVID-19, and Working from Home

Strategic & Business

Description

We’re seeing an increase in cybercrime associated with COVID-19 and the huge number of
people who are suddenly working from home. Join the speaker as he discusses general
cybersecurity tips, what to be aware of in the context of COVID-19, and secure use of new
remote meeting platforms such as Zoom.
Learning objectives:
1. Understand security best practices for working remotely
2. Understand how cybercriminals are leveraging Covid-19 to facilitate attacks
3. Understand how to use virtual meeting software securely.

Presenter: Ben Woelk

Ben Woelk, CISSP, CPTC, is the Program Manager for the Information Security Office at the
Rochester Institute of Technology where he’s developed a leading information security
awareness program. Ben is a member and former co-chair of the EDUCAUSE/Internet2
Security Awareness and Training Working Group of the Higher Education Information
Security Council. Ben is an Associate Fellow and the current president of STC.
He holds the CISSP (#379414), CPTC, is a CPTC trainer, and is ITIL v3 certified. Ben holds
degrees from the University of Florida, Trinity International University, and the University of
Rochester, and an Advanced Certificate in Technical Information Design from RIT. Ben is

adjunct faculty at RIT, teaching classroom and online courses in Computing Security
Fundamentals, Technical Communication, and Introverts and Leadership.
Prior to joining RIT, Ben provided technical communications and change management
consulting to a number of area Fortune 500 companies. His current interests include
working with other security awareness practitioners to develop effective security awareness
programs and providing mentoring and coaching to new and aspiring introverted leaders,
and speaking and presenting workshops on introverted leadership, creating security
awareness programs, and technical communication.

PDUs Earned:
 Strategic & Business PDU =1
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