Published: February 09, 2015
Local Cybersecurity Expert to Speak at UT on Thursday, Feb. 12
Cybersecurity industry veteran Gene Frederiksen, the chief information security officer at local credit union services provider PSCU, will speak at The University of Tampa on Thursday, Feb. 12, at 7:30 a.m. His presentation is titled “Intelligence Driven Cyber Security.”
The event, which will be held on the 9th floor of the Vaughn Center, is sponsored by the UT Department of Information and Technology Management and the Tampa Bay Technology Leadership Association (TBTLA).
The presentation is open to the public with an RSVP. There is a $25 fee for non-members and non-UT students. Breakfast is included. To RSVP, or for more details, visit the TBTLA Web page.
In his role at PSCU, Frederiksen is responsible for the development information protection and technology risk programs for the company. He has more than 25 years of information technology experience, with the last 20 focused specifically in the area of information security.
Additionally, Frederiksen served as the chair of the Security and Risk Assessment Steering Committee for BITS (the technology policy division of Financial Services Roundtable), as well as serving on the R&D committee for the Financial Services Sector Steering Committee of the Department of Homeland Security. He also served as an advisor on various cyber security steering committees for the administration of two presidents, assisting in the preparation of the president’s Cyber Security Position Paper.
Frederiksen is also a member of the SC Magazine Editorial Advisory Board. He is also a Distinguished Fellow for the Global Institute for Cyber Security and Research, headquartered at the Kennedy Space Center.
On Friday, April 17, a panel of four industry professionals will present the obstacles and challenges faced in today’s business environment related to whistleblowing.
The panel will be held at The University of Tampa Sykes College of Business, Room 234, from 10:30 a.m. to noon. This “Hot Seat Event” is sponsored by UT’s Center for Ethics. The public is invited, and there is no charge for the event.University of Tampa film students will screen their work at the first annual Moon Dance Film Festival at UT’s Reeves Theater on Tuesday, April 14, at 8:30 p.m.
Aaron Walker, assistant professor of communication, said the festival is an opportunity for UT students both to screen their work and to curate the best work of their peers.“It’s fully student-run, so it shows how deeply the students care about celebrating the strong work of their peers, but also shows how much desire there is for our FMA students to create venues of success for one another,” Walker said. “It’s a terrific collaboration, and will be a terrific party for film. Plus, the movies are great.”
The Sustainable Business Coalition of Tampa Bay Inc. and The University of Tampa Center for Ethics is calling for nominations for their annual Sustainable Business Awards, which will be held on Wednesday, June 10, at The University of Tampa’s Vaughn Center.
Now in its seventh year, the Sustainable Business Awards, sponsored by the Sustany Foundation, recognize and honor for-profit businesses in the Tampa Bay area that engage in practices that increase economic opportunities and improve the environment and community.