Palo Alto Weekly: Cybersecurity experts, students caution against fraud
When uttered in the context of cybersecurity, phrases like “pig butchering” and “jail breaking” hold totally different meanings from those most people find familiar.
A panel of experts deconstructed terms like these and cautioned against the perils of internet fraud at an event titled “Cyber Secure Palo Alto 2024: Panel Discussion & Science Fair,” held at Mitchell Park Library on Thursday, May 23. A few local community members worked with the city’s IT department to organize the event.
The panel comprised Girija Narlikar, director of engineering at Google; Kanna Sekar, a sales engineer with Google Cloud Security; Mark Nagel, deputy district attorney from the office of Santa Clara County; Darren Numoto, chief information officer for the city of Palo Alto; and Donald Hester, a cybersecurity advisor for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency.
Their discussion was followed by presentations, made by three teams of middle and high school students from Palo Alto, aimed at educating locals about internet safety. At a similar event held in February, Erin West, deputy district attorney for Santa Clara County, added to that panel discussion.