Women In Business Committee - Being an Educated Consumer to Protect Yourself From Cyber Security Threats

Aleta Jeffress, Chief Information Officer, and Tim McCain, Chief Information Security Officer, with the City of Aurora will be giving an in-depth presentation on how you can protect your business from cyber security threats. The issue of cyber security has become a central focus for companies, big and small, across industries. Cybercrime damage costs are to hit $6 trillion dollars annually by 2021 and global ransomware damage costs are predicted to exceed $5 billion. Learn how you can protect yourself from threats!

Main Theme: Protect yourself from cybersecurity threats by being an educated consumer.  As business leaders you will not be an expert on everything cyber security, but you can still protect yourself from threats by looking for opportunities to grow your knowledge, asking questions and maintaining a critical eye.

Why Technology, Security & Privacy Need to Be One of Your Top Considerations 
What You Can Do To Protect Your Business 
Take a Deep Breath and Approach Discussions with a Critical Eye


Aleta Jeffress is currently the Chief Information Officer for the City of Aurora.  She has over 20 years of success as an executive business leader and technologist with a proven track record of establishing relationships between business and technology.  Aleta has experience in enabling digital transformation and delivering best in class business value with software companies, as well as large federal, state, and local government agencies.  She drives innovative strategies for business and IT leadership and has developed teams for Cybersecurity and Project Management Offices from the ground up.  She is a champion for change!  
 
Originally from Indiana, Aleta has a Bachelor’s Degree in Public Affairs and Management from Indiana University.  She also sits on the board of the Colorado Technology Association, is an advisory board member for PC’s for People (Denver), and is on the advisory committee for the Community College of Aurora.  Aleta and her family moved to Colorado in 2014 and love the outdoors.  

Tim McCain, CISM, CIPM, has been in the governance, risk and compliance industry for 18 years, acting at the manager, director and CISO levels of start-ups to multi-national corporations, including public and private sector.  Each company has afforded him the opportunity to experience the various ways in which companies perceive and react (or don’t) to information security and privacy and be a valued partner in helping to drive meaningful business culture change.  He is currently the Information Security Officer for the City of Aurora.

Fun Fact:
In 1973, Congress designated Aug. 26 as Women’s Equality Day. That date commemorates the certification of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote in 1920.

The Women In Business committee is to serve as a voice for all women in business, acting as an advocate on issues that affect their professional growth and long term economic vitality.