Chicago Data Night: Sanjay Krishnan (UChicago and EchoMark Inc)

Please join us for the University of Chicago's monthly Chicago Data Night, cohosted by Drive Capital, ChiData and the Data Science Institute (DSI). Practitioners, academics, and aficionados within the Chicago area are all invited to be part of a community at the intersection of industry and academia, brought together by a mutual interest in data, data science, and AI. Each month, guest speakers will cover a specific data-related topic.

Hors d'oeuvres and drinks will be provided. Admission is free, and we strongly encourage an RSVP to attend.

AGENDA
5:30pm: Networking Reception
6:00pm: Welcome Remarks
6:05pm: Guest Speaker
6:50pm: Q&A
7:00pm: Networking Reception
7:30pm: Event Ends

Please note our new event location at Drive Capital! Please check-in with a government issued photo ID in the lobby. Public transportation is accessible by the CTA Green Line Morgan station. Street parking is available. Parking is not available in the Fulton East building.

Title: Combating Knowledge-Based Threats in an Evolving Cybersecurity Landscape

Abstract: The primary role of a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is to defend an organization against threats such as hacking and other types of electronic fraud/malfeasance. Due to a confluence of technological and human factors many organizations face a new set of cybersecurity threats that don’t neatly fit into a CISO’s current job description. Such threats include insider leaks, intellectual property theft, and AI manipulated inauthentic data — attacks that target or use privileged “knowledge” rather than device or data compromise. I will talk about the growing severity of knowledge-based attacks and the technical solutions developed in a new startup.

SPEAKER
Sanjay Krishnan is an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago and Head of Research at EchoMark Inc. He has a number of publications, awards, patents, and serves on the organization committees of SIGMOD and VLDB. He received his PhD from UC Berkeley in 2018 and a BS/MS in 2012.