ISSA Central Plains Chapter
November 5th, 2021

 

Central Plains Chapter Meeting:

"Presentation", Tonia Dudley of Cofense

Threat actors are masquerading as business tools & communication platforms to slip past perimeter controls that are programmed to block known threats. Once they make it through, human detection & threat analysis become an integral part of the process to thwart an attack. When technologies aren’t programmed to catch the latest threats, are your users enabled to respond to unknown phishing attacks? Here the latest phishing threat landscape from Cofense as it relates to ransomware.

Tonia Dudley, Strategic Advisor, joined Cofense in 2018. In this role, she focuses on phishing defense advocacy while demonstrating how Cofense solutions help organizations worldwide minimize the impact of attacks thus reducing operations costs. Tonia evangelizes Cofense’s approach to phishing defense and incident response to new and existing customers, prospects, and the information technology market through speaking engagements, publishing platforms, and numerous media opportunities. Tonia also advises Cofense product teams on specific customer and market-driven needs to help streamline product roadmaps and was instrumental in creating Cofense’s inaugural international customer advisory board. 


With more than a decade of cybersecurity experience, Tonia has managed programs in incident response, security awareness, and IT compliance for large global organizations. Her diverse career encompassed 14 years in finance roles for a national automotive retail chain, transitioning into 12 years of IT roles for a global manufacturing organization where she developed an interest in cybersecurity. In 2011, Tonia began building a robust security awareness program that focused on behavior instead of compliance. From there, she spent 3 years developing and leading another security awareness program for a financial services industry company as well as participating in a working group that assisted small firms with implementing their own cybersecurity programs. Tonia has spoken at several cybersecurity and industry conferences on how to build and implement successful security awareness and phishing programs. She has received several awards for her anti-phishing training programs. 

 

 

The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit international organization of information security professionals and practitioners.  It provides education forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members. We hope the ISSA will provide a chance to interface with other IT professionals and further your awareness of security practices and technologies.

 

This meeting is open to the general public with no expectations of membership.


Date:        Friday, November 5th, 2021
Location: Zoom Video Conference

Time:       1:00 pm until 3:00 pm