CEN: A Conversation on Cybersecurity: Should you be paranoid?

CEN DC in partnership with the Faculty of Computing and Information Science (CIS) present: Should You be Paranoid? A Conversation on Cyber Security,

Are you wondering about the information age and security? Cornell alumni and faculty are at the forefront of Cyber Security, join our conversation on November 4th with leading experts on the topic. Hosted by Cornell alumnus Jamil Sopher '65, the conversation with Cornell's Computer Science professor Fred Schneider will cover:

• Should you worry about cyber-crime and identity theft?
• Is cyber-war a real concern for the US?
• How did the nation get so dependent on networked computing systems?
• How can our systems be made more trustworthy and what will it take for individuals, for engineers who build our systems, and for the nation to improve things?
• How is Cornell contributing to solutions?

For complete information and to register, please visit http://cen.cornell.edu/index.cfm/events.details?eventID=520&regionID=9 .