CID CO Visits Pensacola Tiger Bay Club

PENSACOLA, Fla. (NNS) -- Capt. Susan K. Cerovsky, Center for Information Dominance (CID) commanding officer, spoke to members of the Pensacola Tiger Bay Club at the New World Landing on internet user security, May 17.

The Panhandle Tiger Bay Club is a diverse, non-partisan group of men and women who are interested in public policy issues and politics.

A show of hands at Cerovsky's presentation revealed that everyone had a cell phone, smart phone, tablet, e-reader or computer. This emphasized to the audience of how many people world-wide, not just those in attendance, are integrated with the internet and use it for much more than just e-mail and paying bills.

"For many of us, the thought of being unplugged is almost unthinkable," said Cerovsky.

Topics discussed included current internet threats, such as phishing, spear phishing, whaling, tab nabbing and other scenarios members might encounter with computers. Cerovsky concluded with one final bit of advice regarding unknown links or e-mails.

"Remember," said Cerovsky, "when in doubt, DELETE; Do NOT open unknown files; Do NOT click on unknown URLs; Do NOT open images or audio files. Again, when in doubt, DELETE."

At the end of Cerovsky's talk, club members were encouraged to fill out and submit a query card. Cerovsky then fielded questions for another half hour.

"How gracious of her to spend so much time afterward answering questions and meeting our members!" said Jones. "They were clearly delighted by her. We rarely have people staying for so long after a meeting, but Capt. Cerovsky went out of her way to listen and interact with each person wanting to talk with her."

CID is the Navy's learning center that leads, manages and delivers Navy and joint forces training in information operations, information warfare, information technology, cryptology and intelligence. CID, with a staff of nearly 1,300 military, civilian and contracted staff members, oversees the development and administration of 226 courses at four commands, two detachments, and 16 learning sites throughout the United States and Japan. CID provides training for approximately 24,000 members of the U.S. Armed Services and allied forces each year.

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