Preventing Viruses from STDs to .EXEs

Presented at Notacon 8 (2011), April 16, 2011, 11 a.m. (60 minutes).

In the 80's, viruses were something you worried about catching in a nightclub. Today, computer viruses are on the top of the list. In movies, we see how "viruses" spread across the world, devastating every network they touch. It's easy to see the analogy between biological viruses and computer viruses, so lets take that a step further and see if the methods used to prevent biological viruses can be applied to the technology realm. In this talk, we'll be exploring deeply into a study on the success of Evidence-Based Intervention for HIV Prevention. We'll create a group education session that expands upon the familiar analogy of risky sexual behavior to affect a reduction of the risky behavior of Internet users.


Presenters:

  • dewzi
    During her day job, dewzi talks frequently about Security in the Software Development Lifecycle. For Notacon 8, she gets to remember her previous life in the Public Health field where she participated in literature reviews for behavioral health studies on HIV/AIDS. Bridging the gap between the technology sphere and the people sphere is her passion, focusing on empowering users.

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