NOVA Cyber Student Presents on Continuity of Operations for the Home

NOVA Cybersecurity Student James Kelly presented on Continuity of Operations for the Home on March 26 as part of the Keeping Cyber Awake series with NOVA SySTEMic and partners. James is a cybersecurity student, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) maintenance professional and works on emergency response teams. As a NOVA ISACA Student Group (NOVAISG) vice president, he leads technical learning sessions for ISG members on topics such as firewalls, IDS/IPS, VPN and debugging software. 

James’ presentation touched on various approaches to working from home, with safety and security in mind, such as updating routers, workstations, mobile devices and having a backup plan that all family members agree on. His presentation attracted diverse audiences from academia, industry and government. A recording of his presentation can be found at https://isaca-gwdc.org/about/cyber-workshop-series-2020/.

The NOVA community is encouraged to attend and support our “Keeping Cyber Awake” Virtual Cyber Workshops. Those interested in presenting on a cyber or related topic can send proposals to Babur Kohy, bkohy@nvcc.edu. Proposals should include the presenter’s name, short bio, topic title and topic description.