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The date is Thursday, Feb 14, from 12 noon to 1 pm. There will be a sign up sheet for CISSP CEU's (need your CISSP number). The location is:
Silotech Group, Inc.
10100 Reunion Place, Suite 250
San Antonio, TX 78216
(off HWY 281 near the airport)
You can bring a lunch or buy lunch (less than $6). Please arrive 15-20 min early if you plan to order lunch.
SPEAKER'S TOPIC: "Information Security Education Relationships on Incidents and Preventions"
ABSTRACT: The role of education in information security is to reduce risk, reduce incidents, and increase preventive actions. But does education decrease security incidents of being a victim and increase preventive actions? The purpose of this paper is to determine if security incidents can be lowered by education. Findings showed that education does increase preventative behavior and is unrelated to the number of security incidents. An interesting find was the more preventative behavior, the more security incidents occurred. The discussion section explores the possible whys.
SPEAKER'S BIO: Garry L. White is an Associate Professor in the Computer Information Systems department at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. He holds a MS in Computer Sciences from Texas A & M University – Corpus Christi and a PhD in Science Education, emphasis in Information Systems, from The University of Texas at Austin. Professional Certifications from the Institute of Certified Computer Professionals (ICCP) and (ISC)2 include C.D.P, C.C.P., C.S.P, Expert in Security Systems, and CISSP. He has been on the Texas State University faculty since 1997. His research interests and work are in the areas of privacy and information security issues. He has published papers in journals such as the Journal of Computer Information Systems and International Journal of Information Security and Privacy. Conference proceedings include the Decision Sciences Institute and the Computer Information Systems Conference. |
