This month's NYC4SEC meet-up we will be covering the often talked about but not always well communicated topic of.....The Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) - for those playing at home start your dramatic music now. Highly publicized events such as Operation Aurora and Shady RAT have introduced the concept of Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) into the consciousness of information security practitioners everywhere.  Unfortunately, the term APT has been widely misunderstood and misused by vendors, journalists, and security experts. This session will answer questions such as who APT really is, why you should care, and what you can do about it.

The talk will be given by our one of our own NYC4SEC members: Eric Huber. Eric is an internationally respected and recognized leader in the field of cyber investigations, information assurance, and incident response who leads a cyber investigations team for a Fortune 100 company.  His areas of knowledge include detecting, responding, and remediating external threats such as advanced persistent threat by nation-state actors, the investigation of a broad range of complex internal incidents such as intellectual property theft, fraud, workplace violence, and misuse of corporate resources. He has successfully led and conducted many high-profile and cross-border investigations. Eric is a recognized authority, author, and speaker on areas including cybercrime, digital forensics, advanced persistent threat, and incident response. He is an instructor for the SANS Institute where he is part of the digital forensics instruction team teaching cyber investigations to individuals, corporations, and governments. He created the widely read and award-winning A Fistful of Dongles blog where he writes about information security, cyber investigations, and digital forensics and is a frequent panelist on the award-winning Forensic 4cast podcast.

So please join us on Wednesday November, 16th, 7:00pm at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 899 Tenth Avenue (59th St. and 10th Ave.) in Room 630T for this exciting meet-up.

Big thank you as always for John Jay College of Criminal Justice for being such gracious hosts for NYC4SEC! Check out the list of upcoming events on The Center for Cybercrime Studies website:

http://www.jjay.cuny.edu/centers/cybercrime_studies/index.php