February 2020 Monthly Meeting sponsored by GuidePoint Security

Please join us for our February 2020 Meeting sponsored by GuidePoint Security. Two technical talks followed by networking. This month we will be at Palm Beach State College at their Lake Worth Campus, room CBP-103 in the Center for the Bachelor Program. You may find a campus map here: http://www.palmbeachstate.edu/locations/documents/LakeWorth.pdf

Afterwards, we will be going off campus for networking at Wings Plus of Lake Worth - 4455 S Congress Ave, Lake Worth, FL 33461

Talk 1:
"Email Domain Spoofing and Phish Protection"

Abstract:
According to the Federal Trade Commission, over 96% of companies operating are vulnerable to domain spoofing attacks in one form or another. According to other research, 91% of phishing attacks are display name spoofs. The bottom line is that domain name spoofing is probably threatening your company. Learn how to take advantage of SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to protect your company against these threats.

About the Speaker:
Danielle brings over 25 years of experience in Technology, Automation and CRM Implementations and specializes in helping business define, refine and automate their business and sales processes.

Talk 2:
“The Evolution of Security in the Public Cloud”

Abstract:
Identifying effective cloud security is dependent on how your organization defines the cloud and the operational model chosen to build and manage your cloud environment. Jonathan will present how security in the public cloud has evolved through the release of new native cloud services, how vendors have reinvented traditional platforms to meet the speed of cloud delivery models, and the birth of new technologies and companies providing best of breed cloud security solutions. This presentation will focus on the two leading public cloud IaaS and PaaS providers: AWS and Azure.

About the Speaker:
Jonathan Villa has worked as a technology consultant since 2000. He has focused on the information security field since 2003. For more than 10 years Jonathan worked with a large municipality as a senior consultant in several competencies, including PCI compliance and training, web application architecture and security, vulnerability assessments and developer training, and web application firewall administration. Jonathan also co-architected and managed an automated continuous integration environment that included static and dynamic code analysis for over 150 applications deployed to several distinct environments and platforms. Jonathan started working with virtualization and cloud technologies since 2005; and since 2010 he has focused primarily on cloud security, helping clients—various organizations across North America, South America, and Asia—to enhance the security posture of their public and hybrid cloud environments via customized deployment of security solutions into CI/CD methodologies.

Jonathan holds various security certifications, including CISSP, CCSP, AWS Certified Solution Architect, to name a few. For the full list and to contact him, see his LinkedIn page [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanvilla/].