Community events offer an excellent opportunity to meet peers, learn from industry leaders and discover compelling new business insights. At the UK Channel Community's upcoming February meeting, attendees will discuss the opportunities inherent in creating a new business, and how to cement client relationships through safeguards that will protect you and your clients against an onslaught of attacks.
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Get some expert insight and discover unexpected dangers to your company—business risks caused by social media and smart phones
Due to the unprecedented growth of mobile data and social media, never before has so much information been so freely available on peoples’ lives, habits, movements and relationships. This data can create vulnerability and can be used to target individuals and organisations by criminals, political or religious extremists and activists in a bid to damage reputations or gain unlawful access to information, data, services, buildings, systems or to harm specific individuals. During the presentation, Blackstage Forensics Limited Managing Director David Benford will demonstrate some methods used by criminals for profiling potential victims, as well as examine some of the risks involved and their mitigation.
Know your terrain: learn the best practices for security in today’s modern threat landscape
The current tide of encrypting malware and social engineering attacks leaves most companies and individuals feeling vulnerable to attack, lost earnings and business uptime. The only way to mitigate the risk posed by modern malware is to adopt a holistic approach to securing your environment. EMEA Sales Manager at Webroot Adam Nash will present a summary of the kinds of malware they see in the wild and what steps you can take to secure your IT environment against these threats, including proper patching of software, backup of vital resources, solid security policy and security solutions.
Follow Webroot on Twitter: @webrootuk
Get Inspired by 2015 PCR Woman of the Year Nova Smith
You'll also have the chance to see what the UK Community is doing to actively encourage more diversity in the workplace. Learn more about the Dream IT initiative, a program by CompTIA’s Advancing Women in IT Community, which will reach 10,000 people this year with the message that IT is a great place for women and girls.
Follow Smith's company IT Tablet on Twitter: @ittablet
Test your knowledge: do you know the what, when, who and why of computer malware?
Today, opportunities abound for cyber-attackers. Such attacks can be highly complex and may make use of very sophisticated techniques to infiltrate an organisation and steal sensitive data. Kaspersky's Prinicpal Security Researcher David Emm will discuss how to determine the types of attack we see (what), the methods used to spread malware (how), who's behind them (who) and what they want (why). The presentation will also look at how these threats are likely to evolve in the future.
Follow Emm on Twitter: @emm_david
Our community meetings offer extensive value for attendees, and you're guaranteed to hear some hair-raising stories from our experts when you join us. Grow your network and learn from some of your brightest peers in the UK channel. Want to keep up with all our upcoming events? Learn more on our community page.
