Join us for all three parts of this webinar series, which will culminate in a daylong cybersecurity workshop in December.

Cybersecurity - Challenges of today, Challenges to Come - Webinar 1

September 11, 2019 - 10:30am - 11:30am

Technology is changing faster than it ever has, and that’s creating serious new risk for Iowa manufacturers. A rapidly advancing wave of industrial progress – faster computers, better automation, plentiful sensors, and sophisticated data analysis – promises to make your company more productive than it’s ever been. But it also is making you more vulnerable than ever before.

This hour-long webinar is the first in a series of events designed to enlighten Iowa factory managers, financial leaders, and technology heads about modern cybersecurity. Dave Nelson, president and CEO of Pratum, an information security consulting firm in Ankeny, will discuss the trade-offs at work between any company’s Informational Technology needs and its Operational Technology needs. Participants will learn about the need to create checkpoints between systems and balance competing interests. The goal is to gain the benefits of advanced technology without falling prey to ransomware, malware, phishing, or some other threat.

Cybersecurity - Challenges of today, Challenges to Come - Webinar 2

October 9, 2019 - 10:30am - 11:30am

Technology is changing faster than it ever has, and that’s creating serious new risks for Iowa manufacturers. A rapidly advancing wave of industrial progress – faster computers, better automation, plentiful sensors, and sophisticated data analysis – promises to make your company more productive than it’s ever been. But it also is making you more vulnerable than ever before.

This hour-long webinar is the second in a series of events designed to enlighten Iowa factory managers, financial leaders, and technology heads about modern cybersecurity. Experts from ACS, a Des Moines-based information technology company, will discuss…TBA

Cybersecurity - Challenges of today, Challenges to Come - Webinar 3

November 13, 2019 - 10:30am - 11:30am

Technology is changing faster than it ever has, and that’s creating serious new risks for Iowa manufacturers. A rapidly advancing wave of industrial progress – faster computers, better automation, plentiful sensors, and sophisticated data analysis – promises to make your company more productive than it’s ever been. But it also is making you more vulnerable than ever before.

This hour-long webinar is the third in a series of events designed to enlighten Iowa factory managers, financial leaders, and technology heads about modern cybersecurity. Experts from ProCircular, an information security and privacy firm based in Coralville, will discuss federal cybersecurity regulations and the data security requirements faced by anyone who does business with the federal government. If you’re a government contractor, data protection is required by law. If you’re not, compliance with the standard is a way to open up potentially lucrative opportunities.

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Contact Shankar Srinivasan at srigshan@iastate.edu or by phone at 515-290-6702.