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Through Hackers Eyes – MTSU Security Conference

May 15, 2018 @ 7:00 am - May 16, 2018 @ 5:00 pm

The Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security and Central Service Association are proud to once again bring together individuals from education, government and industry to share in the latest information, strategies, best practices and innovative solutions to address today’s challenges in cyber security.

The program will include presentations that address business and industry intrusions, incident handling and response, identifying vulnerabilities, understanding threats, and designing strategies for security. It will be of particular interest for local and state governments, health care, education, transportation, financial institutions, utilities, business, and industry professionals.

This exciting, highly informative conference will be held at the Student Union Building on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University, located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, on May 15th and 16th, 2018. Conference Admission is FREE; MTSU parking is $2 per vehicle. Conference attendance will be limited to 400 attendees and on a first come-first served basis. Please note: when you register to attend this conference, you are automatically included in the first day’s activities. There is an option to choose to attend the second day. Conference attendance is FREE for both days, but MTSU will require additional parking passes.

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Cyber theft is the fastest-growing crime in the U.S., and cost the global economy more than $450 billion in 2016, with more than 2 billion person records stolen. By 2021, cyber crime damage costs could hit $6 trillion annually, according to a report by Cybersecurity Ventures.

And companies are experiencing larger breaches, reported IBM. The average size of data breaches increased 1.8 percent in 2017 to more than 24,000 records, according to its 2017 cost of data breach study.

  • WHEN

  • Tuesday, May 15, 2018 – Wednesday, May 16, 2018
    7:00 AM – 5:00 PM
    Central Time
  • WHERE

  • MTSU Student Union Building
    1768 MTSU Boulevard
    Murfreesboro, Tennessee 37132
    USA

There are only 100 seats left (out of 500!)  Register here:

http://www.2018cyberconf.com/events/2018-cybersecurity-conference/event-summary-649042b1ef294b7b8bd460554d0350b8.aspx

Details

Start:
May 15, 2018 @ 7:00 am
End:
May 16, 2018 @ 5:00 pm
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