Human history has dictated that we can’t trust our governments, corporations, and other entities to watch out for our personal best interests. We will look at the Eugenics movement as a reminder of the things governments can accomplish when they collect data, and then continue our journey towards the Nazi regime and how they so efficiently tracked humans via machines. This all plays into the current age of big data. This talk touch base on things that went wrong, and some of the ways we still have power to correct the current issues by building up political and technical defenses.

David P. Schaefer has been utilizing programs to break encryption since he was 11 years old, penetration testing web pages at 17, and testing physical controls since he was a teenager. He holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) with a specialization in Information Assurance (IA) and a Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) with a Major in Computer Information Systems (CIS) from Walsh College. In completing his IA specialization he has met the National Training Standards for Information Security Professionals as reviewed by the Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS). David is also a member of the Help Desk Institute (HDI), and currently is certified as a Support Center Manager (SCM) through HDI and while holding a Security+ Certification via CompTIA. David Schaefer was hired on full-time in 2000 by Oakland Community College as a Network Information System Professional (ISP). He retired OCC after 15 years of service as a Manager of Desktop Support (MDS) at the Highland Lakes campus as well as 3 additional years’ experience as a contractor. Mr. Schaefer has given presentations and consulted outside of Oakland Community College professionally on various topics from basic computing to more advanced topics such as security awareness, protecting children from cyber threats, and host based hardening. He has taught at Oakland Community College, Lawrence Technology, and now is fully employed as the Cybersecurity faculty at Walsh College.

Human history has dictated that we can’t trust our governments, corporations, and other entities to watch out for our personal best interests. We will look at the Eugenics movement as a reminder of the things governments can accomplish when they collect data, and then continue our journey towards the Nazi regime and how they so efficiently tracked humans via machines. This all plays into the current age of big data. This talk touch base on things that went wrong, and some of the ways we still have power to correct the current issues by building up political and technical defenses.

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