Event

WiTT Meeting

When: Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Time: 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Where: KraftCPAs
Topic: "Cyber Crime: Threats & Deterrents"

Speakers:
Scott Augenbaum, Cyber Crime Supervisor in the FBI Memphis Division
Gina Pruitt, CPA, CISA, CRISC, CQA, CHFP, CEMB

Every day, criminals invade countless offices across the nation -- not by breaking down windows and doors, but by breaking into laptops, personal computers, and wireless devices via hacks and bits of malicious code.

The collective impact is staggering. Billions of dollars are lost every year repairing computer systems hit by such attacks. Some attacks are designed to steal sensitive and valuable information from companies’ databases. Other attacks take down vital systems, disabling the work of businesses around the country.

In 2009, the annual dollar loss due to Internet fraud was nearly double the previous year, and cyber attacks on company databases are increasingly more common. (Source: 2009 IC3 Annual Report)

The FBI’s Cyber Investigations team aims to stop those behind the most serious computer intrusions and the spread of malicious code.

Special Agent Scott Augenbaum from the FBI Cyber Crime Squad and Gina Pruitt, CPA, CISA, CQA, CHRP, CRISC, director of information systems assurance and consulting services with KraftCPAs PLLC, will be addressing the growing threat of cyber crime at the WITT meeting on October 25. Join us to:

• find out about the most common cyber scams and the latest scams aimed at businesses,
• learn how to help protect your company’s information assets and reduce your company’s risk of becoming a victim of cyber crime, and 
• learn how to file an Internet crime complaint.

SPONSORED BY KraftCPAs   

and CO-SPONSORED BY Kraft Enterprise Systems 

Meeting Location: KraftCPAs, 555 Great Circle Rd. Nashville TN  37228 (in Metro Center)

About the Speakers:

Scott Augenbaum is the Cyber Crime Supervisor in the FBI Memphis Division and manages the program in Nashville and Memphis with a staff of seven Special Agents. The FBI’s Cyber Program covers computer intrusion investigations, online child exploitation, intellectual property rights and Internet fraud.

Scott started his career in the FBI in the New York Field Office in 1988 as a support employee in the Financial Management Section. In 1994, he went to the FBI Academy in Quantico, VA and became a Special Agent. His first office was the Albany, New York Field Office, Syracuse Resident Agency. He was assigned to work domestic terrorism, white collar crime and all computer crime investigations.
 
After September 11, 2001, Scott was appointed the Joint Terrorism Task Force Coordinator for the Syracuse Office. In December 2004, he was promoted to a Supervisory Special Agent at FBI headquarters in the Cyber Division. He was assigned to the Cyber Task Force Unit and was responsible for managing the resources of the FBI’s 72 Cyber Task Forces throughout the United States. In addition, Scott was responsible for the management oversight of the Internet fraud and intellectual property rights program.

Gina Pruitt, CPA, CISA, CRISC, CQA, CHFP, CEMB, is the managing director of information systems assurance & consulting services with KraftCPAs. Gina has over 25 years of experience. She spent 10 years in Big 4 public accounting as the partner in charge of the Nashville practice of enterprise risk services (ERS) with Deloitte & Touche. Her responsibilities include IS audit and consulting, risk management, internal audit, service organization control audits, network security assessment and network vulnerability assessment.

In addition to being a certified public accountant, Gina is a certified information systems auditor (CISA), and is certified in risk and information systems control (CRISC) which recognizes professionals for their knowledge of enterprise risk and their ability to design, implement, monitor, and maintain information system controls to mitigate such risk. She is also a certified quality auditor (CQA), a certified healthcare financial professional (CHFP) and a certified electronic medical biller (CEMB).

Gina is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and the Tennessee Bankers Association. She is also active in the Nashville Healthcare Council, Leadership Healthcare and the Nashville Technology Council. Gina serves on the Nashville Institute of Internal Auditors Board of Governors. She is on the IT advisory board for the Tennessee Performing Arts Center (TPAC) and the Women Build Committee for the Williamson County Habitat for Humanity. She also serves on the Tennessee Society of Certified Public Accountants Healthcare Conference Committee and the Tennessee Bankers Association Technology Committee

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