Cloaked & EFF: Secure Your World, Protect Their Future
For Cybersecurity Awareness Month, Cloaked’s CEO Arjun Bhatnagar is connecting with the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s Legislative Activist Rin Alajaji to discuss the threats, legislative activity and data connectivity that impact your security and the safety of your most important connections.
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AI and evolving technologies are making scams and spam more sophisticated than ever before. This, along with record data breaches, unchecked data broker activity and lax privacy protocols are contributing to major concerns and losses. Last year alone, there were more than 1.1 million identity theft claims in the US resulting in $12.5 billion lost to identity theft and fraud.
In our discussion — Secure Your World, Protect Their Future — we’ll discuss how your online footprint not only provides direct access to you, but also connects potentially bad actors to those closest to you. We'll outline how new technologies are making it harder to detect malicious activity and the roles legislation and personal action play in protecting individual safety and those we care about most.
Takeaways include:
A deeper understanding of the changing data privacy landscape
Approaches to advocacy and legislation that are improving safety and security
Your personal risk and the implications of an accessible data footprint on the collective
Specific steps and tools to secure your data to improve your safety and that of others
About Our Speakers:
Arjun Bhatnagar - Co-founder and CEO, Cloaked
Arjun Bhatnagar is a developer, innovator and serial entrepreneur. As Co-founder and CEO of privacy company Cloaked, Arjun has launched an innovative, secure platform to give consumers control over their personal information. He and his team are reshaping how industries access, use and think about data by helping consumers take control of what and how they share. Arjun is a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree whose insights have been featured in TechCrunch, Fast Company, WSJ, Forbes, CNBC, Venture Beat and more. Cloaked is also a Fast Company World Changing Ideas honoree. Prior to Cloaked, Arjun started two companies, was a partner at a venture capital firm, taught programming at MIT and founded an education non-profit for underserved communities. He knows 15 coding languages and strives to make the world a better place through people-centric innovation.
Rindala Alajaji - LEGISLATIVE ACTIVIST, EFF
Rindala "Rin" Alajaji (she/her) is a Legislative Activist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, primarily focused on state legislation impacting digital privacy, reproductive rights, and free expression. Prior to joining EFF, Rin worked to advance and defend civil rights and education justice policies in state legislatures as GLSEN's State and Local Policy Manager and Equality Florida's Public Policy Manager. She is a graduate of Columbia University's Human Rights Studies M.A. program, and holds a B.S. in Applied Psychology and Global Public Health from New York University.
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To learn more about your risk, visit haveibeenbreached.com or go to Cloaked to review and download useful resources. And visit eff.org to learn more about the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s efforts to protect consumer privacy.