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Law Enforcement Experts Discuss Cybersecurity Risks and Best Practices

Cleveland State University’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will host "Wild, Wild Web: The FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and SecureState on Cybersecurity," Tuesday, October 4 at 11:30 a.m. in the Moot Court Room. The event is sponsored by the Center for Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection at Cleveland-Marshall.

To kickoff Cybersecurity Awareness Month, the free event will feature speakers from the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, and SecureState, a private information security firm. These industry experts will discuss issues that affect students and professionals, including what to do if information is hacked or a cyberattack occurs.

Featured topics include:

  • Cybersecurity issues facing college students that go beyond posting pictures on social media
  • Overall online security and specifically as it relates to online job applications
  • Safety and security of U.S. students and U.S. business professionals traveling abroad, including Internet and phone vulnerabilities, counterintelligence and criminal threats, and being targeted because of where they go to school or who they work for
  • Law firm cyber‐threats

Consumer Resource Fair:

This lecture coincides with a consumer resource fair from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the C|M|LAW atrium, where representatives from law enforcement and community organizations with expertise in consumer protection issues will be on hand to answer questions and offer free resources. Organizations represented include the Federal Trade Commission, Ohio Attorney General’s Office, Cuyahoga County Department of Consumer Affairs, the Better Business Bureau Serving Greater Cleveland, and other members of the Cleveland Consumer Action Network.

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