Events

Rigby to Offer Cyber Crime Awareness Class

I’m again partnering with members of the Saint Francis University faculty to conduct a Cyber Crime Awareness Class on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 1-3 p.m. at the Portage Volunteer Fire Company, 721 Main., Portage.

Anyone planning to attend the seminar should register in advance by clicking here.

The objective of the class is to help residents of the 71st Legislative District stay informed, stay alert and stay safe online. The criminals we’re dealing with want nothing more than to disrupt their intended target’s life, ruin their reputation and profit at their expense. Anyone who’s been through an experience like this knows how damaging getting scammed can be and how difficult it is to recover from.

The seminar will be led by three members of the school’s faculty:

• Dr. Kevin Slonka, associate professor and cybersecurity director in the Computer Science Department. He has decades of industry experience and award-winning research in cyber security.

• Michael Zambotti, assistant professor in cybersecurity. His area of expertise is open-source intelligence, incident response and risk management.

• Dr. Mark Buckwalter, associate professor of criminal justice. He is a retired federal agent with 27 years of law enforcement experience in corrections, probation, parole and mental health services.

These gentlemen have seen it all when it comes to cybercrime, and I appreciate their willingness to share their knowledge with us.