Events for January 2018

The Original Coffee Contacts!

The Original Coffee Contacts Decaf!

Did you know that 60 percent of small companies go out of business within six months of a cyber attack? Criminals can attack your business for profit, revenge or just for the thrill. In addition, other unexpected information security events can severely damage computer systems.  In this seminar experts from Dollar Bank and Skoda Minotti will talk about developing a plan to protect your small business and identifying fraud  risk from cyber thieves, employees, customers and even environmental events. Topics covered include:
 
· Ransomware/Cyber threats 
· Phishing 
· Credit Card/Payment fraud
· Identity theft 
· Malware (viruses) 
· Internal threats from employees-protecting against embezzlement and/or other employee fraud 
· Natural disasters/Equipment failure-backing up your data 
· How to create controls and develop best practices to prevent internal and external fraud.  

Instructed by:
· Judy Murtha, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of the Treasury Management Group at Dollar Bank in Pittsburgh, PA
· Joe Compton, Principal, Risk Advisory Services at Skoda Minotti 
· Frank A. Suponcic, CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified in Financial Forensics, and Partner at Skoda Minotti
 
Register by January 17, 2018 at:  https://clients.ohiosbdc.ohio.gov/reg.aspx?mode=event&event=82380010
 

Mentor Area Chamber of Commerce Monthly Meeting

Join us for our annual State of the Schools Luncheon as Mentor Schools Interim Superintendent William Porter gives his address.

Sponsored by Dollar Bank, Grace Church of Mentor, Lake Erie College and Mentor Teachers Association.

Cybersecurity in Manufacturing – Save the Date
 
 
Are you looking to hire people with skills to protect your business from cybersecurity threats?  Do you want your employees to know about:

•          Network vulnerabilities and threats
•          Network security planning

 
 
SAVE THE DATE – JANUARY 24, 2018!
 
You are invited to play a leadership role in preparing the next generation of skilled technicians for today’s manufacturing environment.  Please join us to learn about the development of TRAIN OH at Lakeland Community College, an innovative earn and learn program leveraging Lakeland’s cybersecurity coursework.  TRAIN OH at Lakeland Community College will blend school and work into a 21^st century earn and learn hybrid activity.
 
We are inviting area employers to be among the first to benefit from the adoption of this approach to Lakeland’s cybersecurity coursework.  Employer partners will offer direct input to program content and have the best opportunity to host students for paid work experience which is designed to run concurrent with students’ classroom education.
 
Through TRAIN OH at Lakeland Community College, students will gain the diverse set of skills necessary to work as a cybersecurity technician in an advanced manufacturing environment and elsewhere.  Typical job titles include:  Information Security Analyst, Computer Network Security Technician.
 
 
Who should attend? Company leadership, HR professionals, and subject matter experts.

Please RSVP by January 15 to Cynthia Millonzi by email at cmillonzi@lakelandcc.edu (please be sure to include your name and the name of your company), or by phone at 440-525-7085.  We look forward to seeing you on January 24.