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Topic & Speaker

Join Tom DeSot, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Digital Defense, as he regales the audience with his own social engineering experiences and outlines what organizations of all sizes can do to protect themselves from hackers looking to ex-filtrate data from their companies.

Abstract

All around the globe, companies large and small are spending thousands or millions of dollars to buy the latest technologies to protect their systems and networks from the onslaught of attacks that they face on a daily basis.  Sadly, many of these same companies will be easily compromised over the phone, or even in person, by attackers using advanced social engineering techniques

Speaker's Biography.

Tom DeSot – EVP, Chief Information Officer

As CIO, Tom is charged with key industry and market regulator                                 

relationships, public speaking initiatives, key integration and service

partnerships, and regulatory compliance matters. Additionally, Tom

serves as the company’s internal auditor on security-related matters.

Prior to Digital Defense, Tom was Vice President of Information Systems for a mid-tier financial institution with responsibilities including information security initiatives, the Y2K program, implementation of home banking and bill pay products, the ATM/debit card program, and all ATM networking.

Tom holds a Master of Science degree in Information Technology from Southern New Hampshire University and a Bachelor of Arts in Applied Arts and Sciences from Texas State University (summa cum laude). He also holds the National Security Agency’s INFOSEC Assessment Methodology Certification and is formally trained in the OCTAVE Risk Assessment Methodology.

Tom currently serves on the information security curriculum advisory panels for Texas A&M University-San Antonio and Hallmark University – San Antonio.  He is as active member of the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce IT Committee, and has delivered cyber-security and cyber-ethics presentations at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Meeting Agenda

• Intro - 12:00 - 12:10
• Speaker time - 12:10 - 12:45
• Q & A - 12:45 - 1:00
• Networking - 1:00 - 1:30

Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Credit

The membership chairperson will submit one or more CPEs for this event for (ISC)²® members. Please bring your (ISC)²® membership number to the meeting. Attendees will also receive an attendance receipt via email from the Chapter's Board members to support his or her continuing education requirements.

Additional Sponsors

The (ISC)²® Alamo Chapter would like to thank Broadway Bank for providing the meeting space for us.

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