Computer Security for All Staff

Presenter: Barry Thompson, CRCM, Thompson Consulting Group, LLC
Date: Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Time: 2:00 - 3:30 pm Central

Focus:
A computer security webinar for computer users, not IT staff.

Computer security is more than selecting the right password!  In this eye-opening program, attendees will learn the tricks used to steal information by using social media, confidence games, and key loggers.  Learn how people infiltrate your credit union to obtain information from your computer systems.  You may believe your password is hidden from view.  You may think that shutting off your computer screen makes people believe you logged off the system.  During this webinar you will be shown how passwords can be found and why your policies were written for your protection. 

This program will provide best practices for accountholder safety, data breeches, and brute force attacks.  You will learn about the techniques computer penetration companies employ to compromise your security systems and how to defend yourself.  This webinar is directed toward the everyday user, not the IT Department.

What You Will Learn

  • Best practices to educate members on computer security
  • How information thieves evaluate your offices before they strike
  • How a social engineering attack works to compromise your buildings
  • New tips for designing complicated passwords you won’t forget
  • Basic security tips to protect your laptops, PCs, and other mobile devices

Who Should Sign Up?
This informative session is directed to staff members from the teller line to senior management.

About the Presenter:
Barry Thompson is an international speaker, trainer, consultant, and writer.  He is a security and compliance “guru” for a leading national training organization and regularly presents security conferences for trade groups.

Barry is recognized worldwide, presenting in Brussels, Belgium to European bankers on internal fraud; at the United Nations on identity theft for the United Nations Credit Union; and to Japanese bankers on bank security.  Barry has worked in the financial services industry for over three decades, and has held the positions of security officer, compliance officer, treasurer, senior vice president, and executive vice president.  He has handled over 900 security cases and has been involved with investigations and prosecutions at the federal, state, and local levels.

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