INTERFACE Omaha
Presented by Kenneth A. Schmutz • Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
This presentation will highlight the rise in cyber-attacks coming from criminals, nation state actors, insiders, and terrorists. These attacks include ransomware, business email compromise, data theft, and theft of intellectual property. Supervisory Special Agent Schmutz will discuss ways in which these cyber adversaries are getting into our systems including current investigations being worked by the FBI's Omaha Cyber Task Force. He will finish by providing ideas and resources that companies have used to reduce their vulnerability to these attacks.
Presented by: Kenneth A. Schmutz / Supervisory Special Agent, FBI
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Schmutz graduated from Utah State University with a Bachelors and Masters degree in Information Systems. He worked for 13 years in the private sector for IT companies prior to joining the FBI in 2004. SSA Schmutz investigated computer intrusions his whole career which included his time in Seattle, Chicago and the FBI’s Cyber Division in Washington DC where he focused on cyber threats to the critical infrastructure. In August of 2012, he was transferred to the Omaha Field Division where he serves as the supervisor of the FBI’s Cyber Task Force (CTF).
