Jim Stickley
His job is to find security flaws before the real criminals and warn people and organizations about what they can do to protect themselves
Topic Categories:
- Cybersecurity Expert
- Author
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Jim Stickley has stolen credit cards, hacked Social Security numbers, robbed banks, and created fake ATMs. He has broken into armed government facilities and has stolen from teenagers. He is an identity thief, but he is no criminal. Fortunately for all victims involved, Stickley is a cybersecurity expert with over 20 years in the industry who was hired to perform these attacks by corporations testing their security, news agencies investigating security concerns, and other media outlets interested in knowing just how easy it is to commit identity theft. His job is to find security flaws before the real criminals and warn people and organizations about what they can do to protect themselves.
Stickley is a published author and has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers including Time Magazine, Business Week, Fortune Magazine and New York Times. He has also been showcased on numerous television shows including NBC’s “Nightly News”, CNN’s “NewsNight”, CNBC’s “The Big Idea”, Anderson Cooper’s “Anderson” and is a frequent guest on NBC’s “Today Show.” You can also see Stickley almost any night of the week as the featured cybersecurity expert for LifeLock infomercials.
In this session Stickley will discuss new ways in which criminals are targeting organizations beyond normal desktop attacks. With a shift in focus to IoT devices, this session will highlight risks that until now have been overlooked by most organizations. As usual, Stickley with demonstrate real world examples, showing how everyday products in your home and office are providing criminals new opportunities to compromise not only IoT devices but also employee PC’s as well. Attendees of this session will see the future of hacking before it makes main stream media and learn important information to help protect against these coming attacks.
By now, most people have heard of the dark web, but few people understand what it really is or what impact it has had on cybercrime and identity theft. In this session, Jim Stickley will take you into the world of the dark web, showing you what it is, how it works, and how criminals have embraced the technology. As usual, Stickley will provide real world examples, demonstrating the more dangerous aspects of the dark web and how they can affect your credit union. In addition, he will provide plenty of tips and tricks to help you and your organization avoid becoming victims of an identity thief. If you are interested in reducing risk and understanding the dark web, this session is for you.
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