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Cybersecurity for Seniors

Program Schedule

10:00am - 10:30am     Welcome + Breakfast

10:30am - 11:00am     Community Partners

11:00am - 12:00pm     Yair Levy, Ph.D., Professor - Computing
                                   NSU College of Computing and Engineering

12:00pm - 1:00pm       Lunch

1:00pm - 2:00pm         Peter Warmka, author of Why are you messing with Me? Senior
Survival Guide on fraud, privacy, and security

2:00pm - 3:00pm         Book signing - Peter Warmka

About the Speakers

Dr.Yair Levy, Professor, NSU College of Computing and Engineering

Dr. Yair Levy is a Professor of IS and Cybersecurity and the Director of the Center for Information Protection, Education, and Research (CIPhER).

Before joining the school, Dr. Levy was an instructor and director of online learning at Florida International University's College of Business Administration, where he earned his Ph.D. in 2003.

His research focuses on cybersecurity, social engineering, cybersecurity skills, competencies, awareness, and cyber threat mitigation. He has authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications, including invited book chapters and encyclopedias, with his work cited by over 4200 peer-reviewed manuscripts.

 

Peter WarmkaPeter Warmka

Peter Warmka is a retired senior intelligence officer with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) where he specialized in clandestine HUMINT (human intelligence) collection.

With 20+ years of breaching security overseas for a living, Warmka is now dedicated to educating businesses and individuals about human hacking and AI threats.

Mr. Warmka is the author of another book titled, Confessions of a CIA spy: The art of human hacking. In this explosive book, former intelligence officer Peter Warmka unveils detailed methodologies that he and other threat actors use to breach the security of their targets, whether they’re high-profile individuals or entire organizations.