Pritzker Fellow Adrian Perkins on "Municipal to National Cybersecurity Threats"

(Current UChicago Students Only)

Tuesday, February 28

12:30-1:45 PM

The expansion of automation into smaller municipalities is increasing our national cybersecurity vulnerability. There is a nationwide shortage of cybersecurity experts to protect our public and private infrastructure. Private industry typically has the good fortune of larger resources to recruit the available talent. The public sector isn’t so lucky and oftentimes has minimal coverage or goes without altogether. As was pointed out, necessity is pushing smaller municipalities through digital transformations, but what happens when they get there? How do they protect their digital infrastructure without the resources and personnel that private industry has? We’ll discuss how these cracks in our system can be of national security concern.

Pritzker Fellows seminars are off the record and open to current UChicago students only. Seating in the IOP Living Room is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis. 

If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact Ashley Jorn (ashleyjorn@uchicago.edu).