Privacy Seminar Speaker: Nickyra Washington, MITRE Corporation

Tuesday, February 25, 2014
3:30 - 4:45PM in 3120 Computer Science Instructional Center (CSI)

Talk title:  Mobile Privacy – best practices, standards and guidance

Our guest will cover state of the practice in mobile technologies and the privacy policies they implement. Nickyra Washington is a Senior Information Security Engineer/Scientist at the MITRE Corporation, and she oversees the MITRE InfoSec’s Vendor Risk Assessment program. Nickyra has supported a number of internal research (through MITRE’s Research and Development arm, MITRE Innovation Program) and sponsor projects, requiring subject matter expertise and interest in the privacy and security engineering disciplines. Her work encompasses concept and requirements development, policy and compliance, auditing, training development and delivery, program development, continuous monitoring, and risk management. Prior to joining the MITRE Corporation, Nickyra was employed with SRA International, Inc., in the Information Assurance Division, providing significant thought leadership on and contributions to the federal government in the areas of privacy and information security pertaining to airline security. She has her Certified Information Privacy Professional Government (CIPP/G) certification. She earned her BA in Criminology, Pre-law from University of Maryland, College Park and dual master’s degrees in Business Administration and Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland, University College. 
 

As always, any student in the Honors College who has an interest in meeting our seminar speakers is welcome to attend class as our guest. Details on the course are at http://doubletap.cs.umd.edu/purtilo/239R
Prof. Jim Purtilo   (purtilo@cs.umd.edu)