Technology is an unavoidable part of every business. How much technology you integrate into your office is up to you, but it’s certain there’s enough sensitive information out there to cause some major headaches and sometimes bring a business to a halt.

By the end of his one hour presentation, you will:

• Be able to identify signs before catastrophic data loss
• Understand what phishing emails are and why criminals use them
• Explore the different types of phishing and spam emails
• Educate staff on the key ways to spot malicious emails and websites
• Understand how the black market works when information is stolen
• Understand how modern viruses work and how to protect your business
• Learn the 7 critical steps to protecting your data

Call to Action: Adopt a Zero Trust mindset. Always verify when something is asked of you even from a familiar source.

About the Speaker

Ophtek LLC Owner and Technologist, Arash Shokouh has had over 21 years of experience with technology spanning IT, engineering and web security. A common thread that comes up almost on a daily basis from the businesses supported by Ophtek is knowing how to protect computers and business data. Arash will show you the history of data theft and data loss, modern threats to be aware of today and what every individual and business should be doing at a minimum to protect themselves.
The presenter Arash Shokouh is a published inventor, Computer Engineering professor at SJSU and owner of Ophtek LLC providing IT security and support. He has a BS and MS in Computer Engineering.

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/arashshokouh
• https://www.ophtek.com/blog
• https://ophtek.com/safeguarding-your-business-against-social-engineering/

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11:30 am – Noon Networking

Noon – 1:30 pm Presentation and discussion