Please be sensitive of attempted Business Email Compromise/Email Account Compromise (BEC/EAC) scams.

Common BEC/EAC Characteristics:

• Targeting businesses and individuals who perform legitimate transfer of funds requests
• An urgent need or attempt to conduct unauthorized transfer of funds or sensitive data, e.g., requesting a change in wire transfer details
• An unexpected inquiry from a vendor looking for confirmation of orders for physical and/or branded goods, e.g., procurement fraud
• Often sent from accounts appearing to be valid (e.g., John_Harvard.harvard.edu@outlook.com) or compromised Harvard emails

... Read more about Fraud Alert Reporting

The HUIT PM Community of Practice presents the following session:

Session Title: What Do Project Managers Need to Know about Cybersecurity - A guide to healthy digital paranoia for IT project managers
Date: June 14, 2018
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Thompson Room, Barker Center
Presented by: Ben Gaucherin, HUIT Director of Information Security and Instructor for DCE's Cybersecurity Certificate courses

Session Description: Things can be a little scary out there on the inter-webs. And, as IT project managers, we all want to help build great technology solutions that are not going to be the digital equivalent to Swiss cheese - No one wants to be on the front-page of the Crimson because their system suffered a major security incident.

This presentation will provide you with:

• Some fundamentals of cybersecurity
• Highlights of key activities in IT projects to ensure both technology solutions and humans are safe 
• A smattering of news stories and real-life examples from the world of Harvard

We invite you to connect with your inner-hacker, grab your tinfoil hats, and join us for an exciting discussion about cybersecurity for project managers.

Please forward this invitation to colleagues who may be interested.
To join the PMCoP, subscribe to our list here: http://calists.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/pmcop

Click here to register: https://pmo.huit.harvard.edu/event/what-do-project-managers-need-know-about-cybersecurity?admin_panel=1

If you have any questions, please email us at: pmcommunity@harvard.edu