Corey is tasked with helping leaders look out into the future and anticipate how technology will impact their organizations. He is focused in the areas of machine intelligence, cybersecurity, and data privacy. Corey began his career as a journalist before joining Future Point of View. As a journalist, he developed investigative skills as well as a desire to understand complicated topics and to explain those topics in a way that everyone can understand. He often brings these skills to the speaking stage where he offers insights into how complex innovation is dramatically altering the world we live in ways that can be both positive and negative.
Speaking Topics
When an Algorithm is Biased: How Technology Can Amplify Inequities
Machine intelligence is playing an increasing role in every aspect of our lives. Machine learning algorithms are helping to decide the colleges we are accepted into, the job interviews we receive, the homes we can purchase, even the people we date. What happens when those algorithms are biased? In this presentation, Corey will describe how technology is helping to magnify harmful bias and stereotypes. He will explain how historic prejudices and inequalities are being injected into the algorithms that fuel machine intelligence. These tools are then being used to make important determinations with profound impacts. He will ultimately show attendees how they can work to change this dangerous reality.
Learning Objectives
- Understanding how algorithms work and how they are playing an increasing role in decisions that are shaping important areas of our lives
- Examples of different types of bias in algorithms and how they manifest into real world consequences
- How attendees can spot bias in algorithms, work to ensure that algorithms are fair, and ultimately how technology is being used to solve this critical issue
The Evolving State of Data Privacy Regulations
Since 2013, billions of records have been lost or stolen. Mega breaches and leaks happen at a breathtaking frequency, and this reality has no signs of dissipating. Data breaches suffered by organizations like OPM, Equifax, and countless others have left millions of people’s personal and financial information vulnerable to theft. Because of this, there is mounting personal data privacy by consumers and tightening regulation by governments on businesses. In this presentation, Corey will take a look at the current state of data privacy legislation including GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and other important data privacy regulations that will impact organizations and enterprises in America and throughout the world. Corey will review these regulations and offer practical steps that organizations can make to get compliant with constricting data privacy restrictions and improve the way they handle consumer data.
Learning Objectives
- An up to the minute look at the latest regulations organizations should be aware of in American and around the world
- The ways organizations must adhere to increasingly complex regulations
- The practical steps organizations should take to ensure they understand the data they possess, the value of this data, who has access to it, and how it is protected
Battling Online Extremism at the Source
According to the ADL, white supremacist propaganda efforts have increased by nearly 200%. Technology has allowed hate groups to magnify their ideologies and expand their recruitment efforts. From the fringe corners of the internet, extremist groups have been able to bleed into mainstream social networking websites where their views have then been amplified. This has led to real world violence like that seen in Christchurch, El Paso and many other places. In this presentation, Corey White, an intelligence analyst who helps monitor mainstream and fringe online platforms for extremist content, will show the audience how and why people are radicalized online and the pathway a person can walk from simple curiosity to violent terrorism. He will help the audience understand why these groups are so successful in spreading their extremist ideology online, how the messages are spread, and the digital platforms where these extremist groups are congregating and recruiting. The audience will leave being able to recognize some of the warning signs of those susceptible to radicalization and what we all can do to help ensure young people do not get ensnared into extremism.
Learning Objectives
- An examination of the tools and methods extremists use to spread their message using digital tools and platforms
- The steps that lead a vulnerable young person up the staircase of terrorism
- The challenges faced and accomplishments gained using technology and machine intelligence to curb extremist content
Disinformation and the Future of Digital Security in a Hyper-Connected World
This absorbing presentation dives into the future of security in an increasingly digital and hyperconnected world, a world where information moves at lightning speeds and innovation has the impressive power to alter the world in a healthy way or in a deeply dangerous way. The presentation will dive into a number of topics including: The future of disinformation and an examination of deep-fakes including a step-by-step tutorial on making a deep-fake and the reasons why they are concerning for businesses, governments, and individuals.
Learning Objectives
- How our increasing connectedness has offered profound positives and notable negatives within both organizations and individuals
- Understand how tools such as deepfake videos and audio will evolve into a new, and potentially enormous, social engineering threat
- Learn why technology and machine intelligence will be critical in helping to neutralize disinformation and the weaponization of fabricated content
