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CARVERCON returns to USF with Free Virtual Event Featuring Former NSA Director

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November 9, 2020 – Sarasota

CARVERCON 2020 is retuning to the University of South Florida with special guest speaker former director of the National Security Agency Mike McConnell.

WHAT: CARVERCON is an annual conference focused on the CARVER vulnerability assessment method commonly used by the CIA, FBI and other security agencies to evaluate security threats and create countermeasures.

WHEN: Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

WHERE: This event will be held virtually. Register and learn more here.

WHO: Guest speaker Mike McConnell is a retired U.S. Navy vice admiral and former director of the National Security Agency. He is the executive director of Cyber Florida, a state-funded organization hosted at USF. Luke Bencie, the organizer and host of CARVERCON, is the managing director of Security Management International and the co-author of “The CARVER Target Analysis and Vulnerability Assessment Methodology: A Practical Guide for Evaluating Security Vulnerabilities.”

COST: No charge.

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Security professionals nationwide are expected at the daylong conference, including professionals from the military, law enforcement, intelligence agencies and Fortune 500 companies.

Topics will include:

How COVID-19 and other bio-threats might be weaponized
Ever-growing cyber threats
Emerging geopolitical enemies
How security professionals can stay ahead of threats
What’s next for the coming decade?

To learn more about the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus, visit www.sarasotamanatee.usf.edu.

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