This annual event brings together more than 500 government and educational leaders, thought leaders from the private sector and faculty/students for a day of collaboration and sharing of ideas. PA TechCon is brought to you by the Technology Council of Central PA, Harrisburg University, and PA.GOV.
Appalachia's Cybersecurity Practice Lead, Brandon Keath, will be presenting in Track 3 - Security Citizens' and Customers' Identity Data: Rethinking How We Protect Data
The world has changed a lot in the last 20 years. 20 years ago, it was much harder to get information on people, in fact, if you wanted to find someone's phone number you had to look it up in the phone book. Even then you would be lucky to find the person you were looking for. Information today is far more accessible, and you can find information on virtually anyone. In the first days of the internet, the more data you had on people the better off you were. After all, with knowledge comes power. However, data has now become a liability for many organizations as compliance requirements continue to rise on the use of data and how to protection that should be afforded to that data. In this fast-paced presentation, we will review a brief history of how far we have come in 20 years and how our management and handling of consumer data must change in the 21st century to avoid disaster.
