Guest Lecture “Information Security – A Fact of Life”

On November 19th of this year, a meeting was held between marketing students and cybersecurity experts.

The topic of the meeting was “Information Security – A Fact of Life.”

The lecture will be held online for two streams of students: in-person at 12:10 p.m. and remotely at 3:10 p.m.

Speakers:

Alexey Zhilenko, an IT executive with strategic thinking and experience building effective digital business solutions.

Alexey Zhilenko:

• specializes in IT function management, information security, business process optimization, complex project management, and the creation of innovative IT products and startups;
• has experience developing and implementing corporate systems, SaaS platforms, and analytical solutions aimed at improving operational efficiency, security, and business scalability;
• has expertise in working at the intersection of technology and business, formulating development strategies and ensuring their practical implementation.

Yevgeniy Goncharov is a DNA Architect and founder of OpenBLD.net, creator of the Open SysConf.io conference and several InfoSec communities on Telegram (Sys-Admin InfoSec, Sys-Admin Up). He has 20+ years of experience in IT and CyberSec and is the author of over 200 open source tools on GitHub.
Yevgeniy Goncharov: “I love coming up with out-of-this-world ideas and bringing them to working code. I believe technology is where imagination meets engineering.”

Students and speakers discussed:

• Types of cyberattacks and phishing;
• Corporate data protection strategies for Kazakhstani companies;
• Cyber hygiene;
• The 1C-Accounting software product through the lens of IT solutions;
• Case studies of global brands on reputation protection.

The meeting was organized by Asel Akhatkanovna Kairova, senior lecturer at the Higher School of Marketing and Logistics at Turan University.