As increasing amounts of our day-to-day transactions and services take place via the web, and devices from our mobile phones to our refrigerators transmit data about our lives across the Internet, we need STEM professionals to ensure that this data is protected from those who would use it in deleterious ways. Cybersecurity is one of the hottest career fields in STEM today because it is an area that affects us all in some way.

Joining us to provide his insight and expertise into the field of cybersecurity, and IT (information technology) field overall, is Mr. Fernando Sosa. Mr. Sosa is the CEO and Managing Partner of the Information Technology Consulting firm HaonTech; providers of the WorryFreeMD brand of Healthcare IT services. There is a lot of great information in this episode as we discuss the impact and importance of cybersecurity in our lives, and how that growing importance translates into career opportunities.

Learn more about Fernando Sosa’s company: http://www.haontech.com/ or

http://www.worryfreemd.com/

Check out the article regarding the Uber data breach hack: http://fortune.com/2017/11/22/uber-hack-were-you-impacted/

Learn more about the IT and cybersecurity programs at Penn State’s College of Information Sciences and Technology: https://ist.psu.edu/college/about

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