University Open Air: Cybersecurity: Identifying and Preventing Cyber Attacks

Sun, Sep 22 2024
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Prospect Park Boathouse

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If you ever came across a spammed website or email, would you recognize it? What common features exist in cybercrimes? What techniques do attackers use?  This lesson discusses the techniques used introduces some techniques to identify and prevent cybercrimes. This lesson is full of practical life activities that can be a life saver to you and your network.

Eugene Opoku-Mensah is an Assistant Professor at Middlesex’s College Department of Computer Science. He has taught diverse of students in Ghana Mathematics and Technology then continued teaching in China, where he worked for 6 years before moving to the United States. Dr. Opoku-Mensah uses an interactive approach with practical illustrations that attracts students’ interest to grasp the concepts being taught. His interests are Information Security, Data Science and culture.

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University Open Air is generously supported by The Morris & Alma Schapiro Fund.

Prospect Park Boathouse
101 East Drive
Brooklyn, NY 11225

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If you ever came across a spammed website or email, would you recognize it? What common features exist in cybercrimes? What techniques do attackers use?  This lesson discusses the techniques used introduces some techniques to identify and prevent cybercrimes. This lesson is full of practical life activities that can be a life saver to you and your network.

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