CYBER HACKS, RANSOMWARE, THREATS

 At the June 3 virtual meeting of our Upstate SC Chapter of Sisters in Crime, Jim Mann, a recently retired Security Strategist for HP Inc., will provide an overview of today’s biggest cyber threats, how criminals use them, and efforts to combat them. He’ll also answer member questions.

The Zoom meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. Eastern time to give members and guests a chance to share writing and publishing news before Jim begins his presentation at 7 p.m. Eastern time. The meeting is free and open to guests, but you do need to register in advance.

Click HERE to register.

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Security Strategist Jim Mann pictured at the 2020 NBA Finals.
In his “side job,” he serves as Head Statistician for the Houston Rockets.

Jim is a retired Distinguished Technologist from HP Inc. As Security Strategist in the Office of the Chief Engineer, he led and participated in various security-related activities both across HP and in industry consortia. Jim led the company’s product security quality and governance efforts, community development, education, supply chain security, and wrote security requirements and policies. He served as a technical resource for HP business units in bringing secure products to market. Active in numerous industry consortia activities and other private-public forums related to security, he also worked with security-sensitive U.S. government agencies.

Prior to this position, Jim held various chief technologist and strategist roles embedded in the business units. He was the Director of R&D at both Hewlett-Packard and Compaq for iPAQ Handheld products, and held design and management roles in both consumer and commercial desktop organizations. Jim received B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computer Engineering from Iowa State University, where he graduated with Distinction and performed graduate work in the fields of non-destructive evaluation and artificial intelligence. He was awarded the 1992 Achievement Award by the American Society for Nondestructive Testing. A resident of Cypress, Texas, Jim retired after 30 years at HP and Compaq. He holds 32 Patents with more pending.