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Cybersecurity: What Leaders Need to Know

Led by Raffi Krikorian and Fred Leyva, this webinar shares practices for how nonprofits can keep their systems secure and prevent cyber threats.

This webinar is led by Raffi Krikorian, Emerson Collective’s chief technology officer, and Fred Leyva, former senior software engineer at Emerson Collective. Krikorian and Leyva will share their perspectives on the key issues that leaders should be thinking about related to data and cybersecurity. They will explore questions such as:

  • What are the significant risks facing nonprofits today?

  • How can leaders better prepare their organizations for potential cyber threats?

  • What are effective ways to manage security in remote environments?

About the Speakers

Raffi Krikorian is Emerson Collective’s chief technology officer, and previously held a variety of roles including as the chief technology officer for the Democratic National Committee (to both secure their systems after the 2016 cyberattacks and to win the House in 2018), as the director of Uber's self-driving efforts, and as an executive at Twitter responsible for scaling their platform globally.

Fred Leyva is a former senior software engineer at EC, and previously, had worked on technology in the social sector in a variety of ways, including as a member of the rapid-response team of Streetwide, a tool for communities engaged in resistance to ICE raids.