Protecting your Privacy: Wickr’s Mission of Personal Security

Slide1Please join us for a seminar on “Protecting your Privacy: Wickr’s Misson of Personal Security” by Niko Sell. As the CEO of one of the premier secure text messaging companies, she is uniquely placed to discuss the new emphasis on security within communications services and the current business landscape.  

Nico is the cofounder of Wickr and r00tz Asylum —  a nonprofit dedicated to teaching kids how to love being white-hat hackers. Wickr is a free messaging app enabling anyone to send self-destructing messages that are anonymous, private, and secure. She also helps organize DEF CON, the largest hacker gathering in the world. She has helped start over 20 successful security companies as a venture catalyst and sits on numerous advisory boards. Nico is a professional artist, athlete and entrepreneur based in California.

This event will take place Tuesday, 11 March in the Casa Fuentes building (room 434) from 12:00 to 2:00 pm. This is located on the MIIS campus at 434 Pacific St, Monterey, CA, 93940.  It is open to the public.

If you are unable to attend and have questions for the speaker, kindly direct them to our Twitter account @MIIS_CySec. The session will be recorded and a link will be posted on our site. Please find additional information in the flyer below or on our website (http://go.miis.edu/cysec).

This speaker series is supported by the Monterey Cyber Security Initiative (MCySec) and the Cyber Security Student Working Group (CSWG). The aim is to create a multidisciplinary network of professionals, faculty, staff and students interested in how technology impacts international affairs. If you have any additional questions regarding this event please email us at CySec@miis.edu.