Free Forum Focuses on Cybersecurity for Small Businesses

SAINT LEO, FL – As digital technology evolves, so do the threats facing anyone who uses any device that connects to the internet. Saint Leo University is hoping to help the area business community defend against these threats.

Small business owners and administrators are invited to “Protecting Your Organization from Cyber Breaches,” a free breakfast panel discussion on Wednesday, June 15 at 8:30 a.m. at Saint Leo University, 33701 State Road 52 in Saint Leo.

The panel will be moderated by Krista Covey, director of the SMARTstart Business Incubator in Dade City. The incubator is a program of the Pasco County Economic Development Council.

The panelists, who will help identify threats to small businesses and strategies to counter cyber threats, include:

• FBI Special Agent Lawrence Wolfenden, who works in the agency’s Cyber Squad
• Dr. Michael Moorman, professor of computer science at Saint Leo, who teaches in the university’s cybersecurity degree programs
• David Overton, director of information security at Saint Leo, who holds Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification.

The program format allows guests the opportunity to ask questions and learn from their peers as well as the panelists. The program, which takes pace in TECO Hall on the first floor of the School of Business building, is scheduled to end by 10:30 a.m.

For more information and to register, visit www.saintleo.edu/cyber.

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