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Roman Dumiak will close our fall speaker series by providing us with a forward looking view on Cybersecurity products and practices. 

As the Executive-in-Residence for Industry at the DePaul University Innovation Development Laboratory (iD Lab) and Adjunct Faculty at DePaul University, Roman Dumiak acts as the liaison between the DePaul faculty and corporate enterprises that are currently engaged with DePaul’s iD Lab. He works to bridge the gap between the business and academic communities around innovation. Roman Dumiak has recently retired from his position as Director in the Technology Innovation group for the Allstate Insurance Company. His focus included building out, directing and facilitating efforts utilizing innovative software and hardware solutions from the ideation phase through implementation as part of Allstate Technology and Strategic Ventures (ATSV). Prior to working on digital innovation and corporate transformation efforts, Roman was an Allstate Chief Architect with responsibilities for enterprise-wide governance, support for enterprise frameworks and integration architecture.  

Mr. Dumiak has a B.S. in Math and Computer Science from the University of Illinois and a Masters in Telecommunications. 

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About the Silicon Valley Speaker Series: Demystifying Information Technology

In this Silicon Valley Speaker Series focused on demystifying Information Technology (IT), we started to explore the term, “Information Technology,” a.k.a. “IT.” Although general in scope of IT, cybersecurity is emerging as its own discipline, equally critical to business or personal finance. Cisco, one of the leading enterprise technology companies, defines cybersecurity as “the practice of protecting systems, networks, and programs from digital attacks.” Cybersecurity practices include awareness among the consumers and stakeholders, policy by the organization, operations performed by IT and Information Security (IS) professionals, and compliance by an independent party to perform verification and validation.  

Please join the Silicon Valley Speakers Series (SVSS) on Fridays at 9 am PT to hear the basics of cybersecurity and learn what an IT or IS professional does on a day-to-day basis. This is a 9-week series of sessions. During the first 5 weeks, Information Security professionals will share what they do to protect systems, networks, programs and data. During the 6th and 7th weeks, we will discuss what we, as individual consumers, can do to further enhance our security posture. The last session will be a forward-looking perspective on cybersecurity practices. Like previous quarters, we are inviting guest speakers from the banking and/or technology industry to demystify IT and cybersecurity practices. This series intends to open the eyes of those of you with curious minds and connect common technology terms to our day-to-day activities.  

Please note the speakers will share their perspectives that are of their own, which do not represent the organization they work for.