Rotary Club of STX West Thanks Those Who Made Cyber Security for Seniors Happen

The Rotary Club of St. Croix West thanks District 7020 for awarding the club a grant that enabled it to fund a cybersecurity advertisement campaign that focused on educating the senior citizens in the community about cybersecurity threats and how to respond to and/or avoid them.  Informational brochures and bookmarks in Spanish and English were distributed by members of the Rotary Club of St. Croix West.

Rotary West also extends thanks to presenters at the May 7^th cyber security workshop who provided valuable information and insights on this current threat to senior citizens:

• Rupert Ross, director of the Virgin Islands Bureau of Information Technology (BIT)
• Ofari Benjamin, Virgin Islands National Guard Cyber Network defender, and Information Technology specialist. He is currently the J6 NCOIC and the Network manager
• Kevin Henley is a 30+ plus years veteran in the Virgin Islands National Guard. With a background in communications and electronics, he constantly strives to bridge the gap between radio and information technology (IT). He is currently pursuing a degree in cybersecurity
• Patricia Lynn Pryor, assistant Attorney General of Virgin Islands Department of Justice – White Crimes Division.

Rotary Club of St. Croix West extends its thanks to the following members of the media who have helped make this presentation a success:

• The St. Croix Source and St. Croix Avis for disseminating information about the workshop, which resulted in a broad participation by the senior citizens of the community in the workshop.
• Radio hosts: P Show of “Talk VI in the Morning;” St. Claire Williams of “I am Making It Happen;” Nykole Tyson 1620 AM/103.5 FM and Papi Love 91.9FM.
• Loren Hughes has a Master’s of Information Technology. He has 20 years in the field of information technology both in the private sector and government. Currently, he is a network systems manager for the USVI Department of Education.

Finally, the Rotary also thanks the members of the community who attended the workshop, and listened on the radio and call in. Thank you, and let us keep the conversation going and keep our community safe from cybercrime.