The Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Practitioners IT Community of Practice will host guest speaker Kevin Hayes, CISO of Merit Networks at 2pm on June 21st for his presentation "Planning a Disaster Recovery Tabletop Exercise."

Kevin Hayes is the chief information security officer at Merit Network, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for the management of IT security controls and products, responding to information security incidents big and small, and providing security policy and strategy guidance to Merit members, system administrators, and management. No stranger to the nonprofit world, Kevin has previously worked at Wayne State University, creating and directing the team of cyber professionals dedicated to keeping the organization secure. Kevin holds both CISSP and CISM certifications, is a member of the Governor’s Cyber Civilian Corps, and has been heard talking about security issues from time to time on the Detroit television stations WDIV-TV and WXYZ-TV, as well as the Detroit public radio station WDET-FM.

Anyone from the University community is welcome to attend this presentation over Zoom, no registration required.