CySER seminar: The Cyber Threat Landscape — The FBI’s Perspective, Kevin Brennan (A/SSA)

About the event

Abstract: FBI Special Agent Kevin Brennan will discuss the current cyber threat landscape: who is conducting computer intrusions, why, and how. This will include a discussion of what computer intruders are targeting, how they are getting into the networks, and recent developments in the cybercrime world. This will include threats to industrial control systems, ransomware, and business email compromises. The talk will be followed by a short Q&A.

Bio: FBI Acting Supervisory Special Agent (A/SSA) Kevin Brennan is currently assigned to the Seattle Field Office to investigate computer intrusions, where he is currently leading the FBI Seattle Cyber Task Force (CY-1). He is also an FBI cyber instructor, teaching about cybercrime investigations to local, state, federal, and international law enforcement agencies. Prior to joining the FBI in 2006, he worked for IBM Global Services. A/SSA Brennan is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame (BS in Computer Science) and Carnegie Mellon University (M.Sc. in Information Technology (Information Security and Assurance)).

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