PROGRAM: Cyber Security Best Practices in 30 Minutes or Less
About our Speaker: Richard Smith 

Richard has worked in technology for over twenty years, beginning as a Radio Shack Manager, then for AT&T (now Comcast) Internet Service Provider before returning to school. He holds three degrees, A.A.S from Joliet Junior College along with a B.S. and M.S. in Geology/Geophysics from SIU.  His time spent as a SIU student was fulfilling through various research opportunities, including work with the Geodynamics branch at NASA/GSFC and various petroleum exploration opportunities in the Illinois Basin.  Richard has spent the last 9 years working in Information Technology at SIU in a variety of roles, including datacenter and cloud infrastructure management as well as information security.

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