Fairfax, Va., January 4, 2010 - QinetiQ North America today announced that it will offer a half-day training session, Cyber Safety 101: An Introduction to Cyber Threats and Internet Risks. This course is designed to equip knowledge workers with an understanding of the Internet that will enable them to serve as the first line of cyber defense.
“Every knowledge worker whose PC, laptop, PDA or cell phone touches the Internet can benefit from this training,” says Mary Craft, Senior Vice President for National Systems in QinetiQ North America’s Mission Solutions Group. “Companies and federal agencies can realize some genuine reduction in their vulnerability to cyber threats through education. Cyber Safety 101 teaches how online criminals, scammers, adversaries, and hackers exploit technologies, systems and, most of all, the users themselves in the insecure cyber universe.”
The expert instructors come from QinetiQ North America’s Cyveillance business unit—a world leader in cyber intelligence. The half-day course will be offered on January 19, 2010, at QinetiQ North America’s Eastpointe facility in Reston, Virginia, and will cover:
- Introduction to the Internet - A non-technical overview explaining how the Web actually works.
- Internet risks - An introduction to the dangers, weaknesses, and flaws that make your online systems a lot less secure than you thought they were, with a look at how the physical and technical underpinnings of cyber space can be exploited, manipulated, and undermined.
- Internet policy and cyber law - How the borderless cyber space is extremely difficult to manage, monitor, police, or regulate—and the laws, policies, and regulations that try to do so.
- Cyber crime - Criminals are attacking the user instead of the machine—the human element is the one link in the chain that technology cannot secure.
- Questions, answers, and a review of recommendations - Discussion to ensure you are informed, aware, and able to take action to protect your professional and personal credentials against social engineering attack. For more information about the course, including how to register, please go to:
AM Session: http://www.suretomeet.com/exec/gt/event.h,event=bbab6e4cffab
PM Session: http://www.suretomeet.com/exec/gt/event.h,event=bbcb8e6c11cb
About QinetiQ North America
QinetiQ North America delivers world-class technology and responsive solutions to government agencies and commercial customers for many of their most urgent and complex challenges. QinetiQ North America is an independent, innovative technology provider that earns over a billion dollars in revenue operating with small company speed and agility while leveraging significant global resources. More than 6,400 QinetiQ North America engineers, scientists and other professionals have the mission knowledge and proven, reliable performance to meet the rapidly changing demands of national defense, homeland security and information assurance customers. QinetiQ North America is part of QinetiQ Group PLC, one of the world’s leading defense and security technology companies. For more information, please visit www.QinetiQ-NA.com.
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For more information:
John Petrik
QinetiQ North America Mission Solutions Group
703-852-2995
John.Petrik@QinetiQ-NA.com
