Discussion with Ben, Colorado's local government cyber security advocate and keynote speaker, retired FBI cybercrime expert Scott. Learn about relatively simple ways to keep your local government safe without having cybersecurity staff. Collaboratively, these experts can help lower your risk to protect your organization from cybercriminals. Takeaways:
- Service Provider Flaws
- Credential Stuffing
- Five Immediate Steps to Protect Against Account Compromise
Benjamin Edelen is the Chief Information Security Officer of Boulder County, Colorado and chairperson of the Colorado Homeland Security Advisory Committee's Cyber Subcommittee. Benjamin’s program protects his community through the alignment of cyber security and our values, helping people stand together, and by getting the basics right. Benjamin holds a bunch of professional certifications, participates in government and cyber security communities of practice, and is grateful for the opportunity to make a difference.
Scott Augenbaum, a native of Brooklyn, New York, Scott earned his MBA from American Sentinel University in Information Technology, and a Masters Certificate in Information Security Management from Villanova University. He also has six General Information Assurance Certifications (GIAC).
Scott joined the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in the New York Field Office in 1988 as a support employee. In 1994, he became a Special Agent and was assigned to the Syracuse, New York office where he worked domestic terrorism, white collar and hate crimes as well as being involved in computer crime investigations. In October 2003, Scott was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in the Cyber Division, Cyber Crime Fraud Unit at FBI Headquarters in Washington D.C where he and was responsible for managing the FBI's Cyber Task Force Program and Intellectual Property Rights Program. In 2006 Scott was transferred to Nashville, TN where he managed the FBI’s Memphis Division Computer Intrusion/Counterintelligence Squad, TN.
Over the past three decades, Scott responded to thousands of Cyber Crime incidents and provided hundreds of computer intrusion threat briefings with the goal of educating the community on emerging computer intrusion threats and how to prevent them from becoming the next victim of a data breach. Since retiring from the FBI in early 2018, Scott shares his knowledge by consulting with individuals, groups and businesses of all sizes.
Scott will scare you and make you laugh while providing you with several no-cost quick action plans designed to prevent you, your family and your organization from becoming the next victim of Cyber Crime.
