(NOTE: This event has been canceled)
NEWPORT, R.I. – U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin (D-RI), co-founder of the Congressional Cybersecurity Caucus and co-chair of the bipartisan CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity, will talk to students enrolled in the graduate level “High-Tech Crimes” course being taught at Salve Regina’s Center for Adult Education, 144 Metro Center Blvd., Warwick.
The congressman will present his lecture at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 24.
The class, taught by Ernie Quaglieri, chief information security officer for Rhode Island’s Division of Information Technology and retired captain for the Coventry Police Department, is part of the university’s master’s degree program in administration of justice and homeland security. The university also offers a certificate of advanced graduate studies degree in cybersecurity and intelligence.
Salve Regina’s programs are designed to address the skills gap in cybersecurity training, said David Smith, director of the graduate program in administration of justice and homeland security. Smith, the former director of Rhode Island’s Emergency Management Agency (RIEMA), said students will be able to take what they learn here and become leaders in the growing technological crime sector fight.
“Technology has created some very interesting challenges,” Smith said. “People are somewhat complacent and don’t use appropriate measures because technology has become such a part of life. Some agencies like the military are very good at it but others are lackadaisical.”
The university’s academic approach to develop institutional leaders in an era of cyber-threat is part of a focused initiative on “Leadership in a Cyber-Age” being developed by Salve Regina’s Pell Center for International Relations and Public Policy.