A Sold-out and Successful CyberSalon ... For Ladies Only!

 

 



We couldn't have asked for a better start to 2017 at Lisa Bernard's SecuritySpeak!  At our first Dr. Robert L. Bernard Memorial Lecture, women from IT, financial services, and industry gathered to get their cyber-safety on - and they did!  With formal remarks followed by a workshop led by Ami Soifer, we dug into the science and systems behind hacking and then moved immediately to enhance our cyber-security as a practical matter.  Ami is the CEO of The TNS Group, a managed IT consulting firm based in Connecticut and serving firms in the Global 2000.  He is a world-class engineer of IT designs and considered by many to be one of the world's foremost secure application delivery experts.  Warm and personable, Ami engaged the group in his inimitable style from the get-go and then proceeded to bring the complexities of cyber-matters to practical levels.  We left the CyberSalon both feeling more secure as well as being more secure with regard to our online lives, devices and our and our clients' data.  Let this program be the first of many as Ami is prepared to bring his expertise to others in this forum.  At SecuritySpeak, we say that we "bring a human face to security matters."  Ami's CyberSalon... For Ladies Only has become the model for this mission. 

 

 

 

 

 

 



A CyberSalon - For Ladies Only, Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 3:00 - 5:00 p.m.

Ladies, its 2017 and time to get your cyber-safety on!  Join us for a CyberSalon with Ami Soifer, world-class engineer of IT designs and the CEO who bridges the cyber-security and hardware worlds.  This is a relaxed, “whine” and cheese, end-of-the-day event to provide a safe space for the questions you know you need to ask about passwords, servers and settings(oh my!) , but haven’t made the time to … until now:  

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

55 Greens Farms Road, Westport, CT  06880

5-minutes from Westport’s Saugatuck Metro North Station (shuttle-service available) and 5-minutes off I-95 Exit 17 or 18 with free parking on-site

3:15 p.m.  Charge-up your devices and wind-down with wine and cheese

3:30 p.m.  Insights, Guidance and Remarks by Ami Soifer

4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.  Q&A and workshop-style exchange

$36 a lady.  Completed registration required by Monday, 1/9/17, as seating is limited.

Hit reply or email LisaBernard@SecuritySpeak.net to start your registration.  We need to know what’s on your mind and about your mobile phones, tablets and other devices.

Sign-up with a colleague, mom, sister, daughter or pal!  And remember:  Share - or be square!

#CyberSalonCT        #ForLadiesOnlyCT

Why the Worry about Wi-Fi?

As a communications coach, when I attend presentations I watch the audience as much as I watch and listen to the speaker.  When I attended Ami Soifer’s, Getting Your Head in the Clouds, Comfortably and Carefully, presented to a packed room of attorneys, I gleaned that he was one to watch.  Educated at Boston University as an Electrical Engineer and co-founder and CEO of a pioneering IT firm, Ami has a knack for translating cyber-matters into terms that non-techie professionals can appreciate and comprehend.  I welcomed him to my interview chair last Friday and we discussed what is worrying my followers about public Wi-Fi.  What follows are his responses to the most “frequently asked questions” I hear from sole-proprietors, business-owners, and practitioners, especially those in 2-25 person firms whose staff and employees communicate largely on mobile phones and devices. 

Lisa Bernard:  I travel a lot for business and don’t know if airport Wi-Fi and hotel Wi-Fi are secure.   Should I be concerned?



Lisa Bernard:  Is there a difference between using my mobile phone and using my tablet in terms of secure communications?   Is one more secure than the other? 

Lisa Bernard:  What is a VPN? 

 

 

Lisa Bernard:  If I email from my office with secure Wi-Fi to someone using public Wi-Fi – say at an internet café - does that compromise my communication and data?



Lisa Bernard:  Ami, thank you.  Your office is buzzing here - even late on a Friday afternoon - and your generosity with your time, commitment to education on cyber-matters, and insight are appreciated by my followers and me. 



To host Ami Soifer for a briefing, dinner presentation or address on CyberSense at your firm, school or association see Ami's bio at  www.SecuritySpeak.net and email me LisaBernard@SecuritySpeak.net.  I am happy to talk with you about the particulars and make it meaningful for your audience.