Don Shafer

Don Shafer

Don Shafer is a Senior Life IEEE member, an investor and mentor at the entrepreneur’s Capital Factory and founder/director/ Technical Fellow of Athens Group Holdings LLC. A decades long volunteer for IEEE, he has held EIC, VP and board of Governors positions. 

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Don Shafer's Talks
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Taking Responsibility for Technology
Date    November 8, 2012
Time    55 min
This webinar with Don Shafer presents lessons learned from real world hardware and software technology disasters.
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The Cloud - Has it Lived Up to the Hype?
Date    September 24, 2013
Time    76 min
This webinar will bring everyone up to date on today's cloud and what has happened along the way. Will all of us be in the cloud version of the "Trough of Disillusionment"? We shall see!
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Stuxnet – 10 Years Later, Have We Learned Anything?
Date    June 11, 2014
Time    68 min
This webinar will explore the fallout from the success of the Stuxnet virus and why this hyper-sophisticated worm has threatened our automation infrastructure from the laptop to the cloud.
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Embracing the Cloud - How's Your POS System Doing?
Date    March 26, 2015
Time    52 min
This webinar presents a current look at the malware running loose in the retail sector and will lay out the risks you face and how you can protect yourself.
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The State of Oil & Gas CyberSecurity: Oil Price + Political Instability = Disasters
Date    March 8, 2016
Time    58 min
This webinar highlights the growing importance of cybersecurity in the oil industry, especially after Stuxnet.
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Emerging Technology Hype Cycle: Buzzword Bingo at its Best!
Date    July 18, 2017
Time    49 min
Will the Internet of Things and Big Data go the way of 1995’s Information Superhighway? Attend this session and find out.
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Russian/Chinese Troll Farms: Who, What and Where?
Date    May 16, 2018
Time    60 min
When did your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram and partisan chat rooms become weaponized? Who is doing it and how? This webinar looks at today’s troll farms and explores the impact on you, your economy and your community.
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Internet Troll Farms – An Update After the US Mid-Term Elections
Date    March 19, 2019
Time    55 min
This webinar examines social media troll farms: how we got here, and what the impact is on you
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Internet of Things – Truth or Dare!
Date    December 6, 2018
Time    54 min
This webinar looks at the top 10 questions you need to answer to get to the “Truth” of IoT. And, then, the top 10 “Dares” you need to accept in order to make the IoT work for you and your organization.
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CryptoCurrency – A Tulip or an Apple?
Date    December 11, 2018
Time    48 min
Currently there are 48 active Cryptocurrencies. This webinar will examine the top 5: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, and Cardano. You will take away an understanding of how Blockchain works to add value to these currencies, how they are being used today, and what the future holds.
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AI and Machine Learning: What Works and What Doesn’t
Date    November 19, 2019
Time    48 min
This webinar provides an AI topology showing which AI tools and techniques work for specific applications.
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Threat Assessment Intelligence is Free! Session 1: Threat Assessment Planning
Date    March 12, 2020
Time    29 min
This webinar introduces the Threat Assessment Topology. Focus is on planning, definition of the project requiring the threat assessment, and preparation necessary to execute the assessment
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Threat Assessment Intelligence is Free! Session 2: Threat Assessment Identification
Date    March 19, 2020
Time    27 min
This webinar further discusses the Threat Assessment Topology and demonstrates how to take the information put together in the planning stage and identify/frame potential threats.
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Threat Assessment Intelligence is Free! Session 3: Threat Assessment Mitigation
Date    March 26, 2020
Time    28 min
This webinar further explores the Threat Assessment Topology and shows you how to take the identified threats and categorie them into a mitigation framework.
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Threat Assessment Intelligence is Free! Session 4: Threat Assessment Detection
Date    April 7, 2020
Time    28 min
This webinar further explores the Threat Assessment Topology. Once the identification and mitigation phases are complete, we will teach you - in this session - how threats are to be detected.
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Threat Assessment Intelligence is Free! Session 5: Threat Assessment Responding
Date    April 14, 2020
Time    30 min
This webinar further explores our Threat Assessment Topology. After threats have been detected, we will teach you - in this session - how to respond.
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Threat Assessment Intelligence is Free! Session 6:  Threat Assessment Evolving
Date    April 22, 2020
Time    29 min
This final episode in our Threat Assessment Topology series will cover both the verification and adjustment sub-processes.
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Lessons Learned from Social Distancing: Video Apps
Date    September 23, 2020
Time    60 min
Pre COVID-19, we worked internationally and kept in daily contact using video apps. What has changed since January 2020? Find out in this webinar!
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Machine Learning and AI: Did It Help Our COVID-19 Response?
Date    November 19, 2020
Time    59 min
This webinar will review the impact that machine learning and AI had on our national COVID19 response.
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Anatomy of a Threat Response: COVID-19 Impact on a Small, International OT Company
Date    December 10, 2020
Time    54 min
This webinar examples projects in the North Sea, Azerbaijan, Russia and the West Indies from the perspective of threat identification and response.
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Internet Troll Farms: The COVID-19 Bonus!
Date    December 15, 2020
Time    61 min
In this webinar we will examine how COVID19 has exacerbated how social media and communications can be weaponized by state and non-state actors.
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DOJ Versus Google - Why Didn’t We Learn From AT&T, IBM and Microsoft?
Date    January 28, 2021
Time    61 min
This webinar will look at the DOJ’s relationship to enormous technology companies in order to see what we, as technologists, can learn from history.
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What Did Technology Learn From COVID-19?
Date    April 8, 2021
Time    51 min
This webinar will provide lessons learned from COVID, lessons that you can continue to use in your organizations long after the pandemic.
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Technology Hype Cycle - Who Are 2021’s Winners and Losers?
Date    May 12, 2021
Time    57 min
In this webinar, veteran technologist Don Shafer shares the truths he has gleaned from working at the forefront of the technology industry over many decades.
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CRISPR - The Fourth Industrial Revolution is Here!
Date    August 17, 2021
Time    49 min
Led by CRISPR, the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) will now start focusing on biology - the editing of the building blocks of life. In this webinar, you will gain an appreciation of how we got to 4IR, an understanding of CRISPR, and the role CRISPR played in developing the COVID-19 vaccines.
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What Are the Top 10 Technologies to Watch in the Next 12 Months?
Date    April 6, 2022
Time    53 min
As managers and technologists you need to get a grip on new technology before it hits. To that end, we will be discussing AI everywhere, Anything as a Service, Governance and Accountability, Virtualization, Sustainable Energy, Cybersecurity, Hyperautomation, Operate Anywhere, Predictive Analytics, Software Quality Standards, Smart Cities, Deep Fakes, Autonomous Vehicles, and even NFTs!
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Quantum Computing - What Is It REALLY, and WHY Do YOU Care?
Date    April 27, 2022
Time    53 min
In this webinar we will explore the emerging world of quantum computing. The areas of cybersecurity, chemical engineering, banking and finance, and advanced manufacturing will all be transformed. You do not need a math or physics degree to attend, just an open mind.
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Stakeholder Feedback
Date    September 28, 2022
Time    49 min
Stakeholder Feedback is critical to the continuous improvement of any company. In this webcast, you will gain an appreciation of the effort involved in continuously monitoring and improving stakeholder relations through the careful processing of all feedback. You will also be presented with a process that you can use within your own organization to improve and prosper.
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Continuous Status Monitoring
Date    October 11, 2022
Time    54 min
Continuous Status Monitoring is critical to successful project management, execution and delivery for any company. In this webcast, you will gain an appreciation of the effort involved in continuous status monitor and how this connects back to the improvement of customer/project outcomes. Starting with our project management process and the KPIs for each project, you will be presented with a process that you can use within your own organization to improve projects, customer satisfaction and overall outcomes.
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Independent Verification and Validation
Date    November 29, 2022
Time    51 min
Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V) is generally given mere lip service within project management. Usually lumped into testing, IV&V is the first to go when a project gets behind its time and cost goals. You will take away from this webcast an appreciation of how true independent IV&V functions within both IT and OT environments.
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IV&V – When Do You Need It?
Date    March 22, 2023
Time    55 min
You will take away from this presentation an appreciation of how true INDEPENDENT IV&V functions within a product development environment and the decision points on when you need it. You will leave with an appreciation of the benefits of IV&V done correctly and a blueprint for you to follow in your own organization.