{"id":59421,"date":"2014-10-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/homeland-security-official-to-speak-at-uri-honors-colloquium-oct-14\/"},"modified":"2014-10-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2014-10-02T00:00:00","slug":"homeland-security-official-to-speak-at-uri-honors-colloquium-oct-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2014\/10\/homeland-security-official-to-speak-at-uri-honors-colloquium-oct-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeland Security official to speak at URI Honors Colloquium, Oct. 14"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n\t\tKINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Oct. 2, 2014 \u2013 Roberta Stempfley, deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security will be the featured speaker at the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Honors Colloquium, Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. The free, public lecture talk is titled, \u201cCybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure\u201d and will be held in Edwards Hall Auditorium, 64 Upper College Road. <\/p>\n

The presenting sponsor is Cox Business. Thanks to the generosity of Cox Business a free iPad mini will be given away at each event. You must attend the event to have a chance to win. <\/p>\n


\nStempfley\u2019s this office is responsible for enhancing the security, resilience, and reliability of the nation’s cyber and communications infrastructure. It works to prevent or minimize disruptions to critical information infrastructure in order to protect the public, the economy, and government services.<\/p>\n


\nShe received a bachelor of science degree in engineering mathematics from the University of Arizona and a master of science in computer science from James Madison University. <\/p>\n


\nPrior to her work at Homeland Security, Stempfley served as the chief information officer for the Defense Information Systems Agency, where she was responsible for supporting the director in decision-making, strategy development, information assurance, and management of information technology resources. She has also previously served as the director of the National Cybersecurity Division.<\/p>\n


\nStempfley has received numerous awards for her government service including being named as one of Information Week’s top 50 government information officers and has over 10 years of experience in communications and information technology systems.<\/p>\n


\nStempfley will discuss the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s mission to enhance the security, resiliency, and reliability of the nation\u2019s cyber and communications infrastructure, paying special attention to the role of privacy protection in that mission. She will close with a \u201ccall-to-action\u201d that highlights the need for a strong cyber workforce and strong leaders who can execute cybersecurity efforts while protecting privacy rights.<\/p>\n


\nClick here for a full schedule of Cybersecurity and Privacy speakers<\/a>.<\/p>\n


\nThose unable to attend the lecture can watch it live online at URI Live!<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n


\nPresenting Sponsor: Cox Business <\/p>\n


\nMajor Sponsors: URI Honors Program.<\/p>\n


\nSponsors: \u2028URI Office of the President;\u2028URI Office of the Provost;\u2028The Mark and Donna Ross Honors Colloquium Humanities Endowment;\u2028The Thomas Silvia and Shannon Chandley Honors Colloquium Endowment;\u2028URI College of Human Science and Services;\u2028URI Talent Development;\u2028URI Multicultural Center;\u2028URI College of Arts & Sciences;\u2028URI Harrington School of Communications and Media;\u2028URI John Hazen White, Sr. Center for Ethics and Public Service;\u2028URI College of Pharmacy;\u2028URI College of Engineering;\u2028URI College of the Environment and Life Sciences;\u2028URI College of Nursing;\u2028URI College of Business Administration;\u2028URI Division of Student Affairs;\u2028URI Department of Communications and Marketing;\u2028URI Department of Publications and Services;\u2028URI ITS Instructional Technology and Media Services<\/p>\n


\nThis release was written by Caitlin Musselman, a URI Marketing & Communications intern and a public relations and political science major.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 Oct. 2, 2014 \u2013 Roberta Stempfley, deputy assistant secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications at the Department of Homeland Security will be the featured speaker at the University of Rhode Island\u2019s Honors Colloquium, Tuesday, Oct. 14 at 7:30 p.m. The free, public lecture talk is titled, \u201cCybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}