Starkey and Meadows are cybersecurity keynote speakers April 7

Businesses, nonprofit organizations and even homeowners can be at risk for cyber-attacks if they are not aware of the risks.

To address these concerns, Elayne Starkey, chief security officer for the State of Delaware, and Capt. Daniel Meadows of the Delaware State Police Criminal Intelligence Section will speak on cyber-crime in Delaware and how businesses, nonprofits, governmental agencies, academics and individuals can recognize and prevent it.

They will be at the free Delaware Resiliency Summit set for Thursday, April 7, at Kings Creek Country Club in Rehoboth Beach. The keynote talks will be from from 10 to 11 a.m. The summit opens with check-in and continental breakfast at 8 a.m. and closes following lunch at 1:15 p.m. The summit will prepare businesses, nonprofits and residents with business continuity and resiliency information to protect against cyber-crimes, weather events and insurance risks.

Congressman John Carney said, “A key part of a successful business or nonprofit is preparing for the unexpected. It’s never been more important to protect customers, clients, employees and volunteers in the case of an emergency such as a fire, natural disaster or cyber-attack. Planning ahead not only helps limit potential damage, it helps get the organization back up and running at full strength.

The 2016 Delaware Resiliency Summit is a great opportunity for Delaware business owners and nonprofit leaders to learn how they can prepare for any challenge that comes their way.”

“Whether you’re a business with online customer records and financial information, or a nonprofit organization with a membership database and credit card payment information, you are likely at risk for a cyber-attack,” said Cindy Small, Delaware Resiliency program coordinator for the University of Delaware’s Small Business Development Center, which is hosting the summit in cooperation with University of Delaware and the Small Business Administration.

Starkey is responsible for the enterprise-wide protection of information assets from high-consequence events. She is chair of the Delaware Information Security Officer Team and a member of the Governor’s Homeland Security Advisory Council. In 2012, she was honored as one of 10 Most Influential People in Government Information Security, and in 2011 she was a Computer Week’s Federal 100 winner.

Starkey was previously the chief technology officer at the Department of Technology and Information and the chief information officer for the Delaware Department of Public Safety. She holds a master’s degree in computer science from Rochester Institute of Technology and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional.

Meadows is a captain with the Delaware State Police assigned to the Criminal Intelligence section in Dover. He is responsible for the daily operation of the Delaware Information and Analysis Center, which is the state-designated fusion center for Delaware.

Meadows also has oversight for other operational units in the Delaware State Police including the Maritime Unit, the Critical Infrastructure Protection Unit, the High Technology Crimes Unit, the Electronic Surveillance Unit and the Internet Crimes Against Children Unit. He has been in law enforcement in Delaware since 1994 and has been with the Delaware State Police since September 1997. Meadows held supervisory roles in Patrol, the Governor’s Task Force and the Special Investigations Unit. He has held command positions at the state Bureau of Identification and the Criminal Intelligence Section.

For more information to register, call 302-856-1555 or go to www.DelawareSBDC.org.