A Year on the Blvd of Broken Hearts aka Security Lessons from Sh***y Dating Apps

January 21, 2026
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Description

30-50% of your employee base are actively using dating apps to find love or romance. BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) policies and Wi-Fi usage are just some of the reasons that your enterprise security is at risk. I’ll tell you more.
Examining the risks posed by dating apps provides crucial security lessons for individual users and organizations. Learn what the dating app landscape looks like and why, how to defend your heart & finances, how to help your people protect themselves, and how to defend your environment. Learn all the spicy and valuable secrets of a battle-tested, security-focused dating app diva.

Speaker: Tina Timmerman

Tina studied Cybersecurity at Bay Path University in Longmeadow, Massachusetts where she obtained a Bachelor of Science in Cybersecurity with a focus in Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity with a specialization in Organizational Leadership. Tina works at CarMax on the ACE (Associate Computing Experience) Engineering Team with over 13 years of organizational experience in cybersecurity, business operations, and retail training and leadership. Her unconventional career moves have provided a wealth of organizational and operational experience in how people succeed or fail at work and in life. Titles and pay scales may vary, but all hearts break the same!

Date & Time

Wednesday January 21, 2026
05:30 PM to 07:30 PM EST

Agenda

05:30 - 05:55 Welcome & Networking
05:55 - 06:00 Announcements
06:00 - 07:00 Main presentation
07:00 - 07:15 Q&A
07:15 - 07:30 Wrap-up

Venue

Ippon Technologies
3431 W Leigh St
Richmond, VA 23223

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Ippon is a consulting and expertise firm, who is convinced that technology is a source of progress for society. We help our clients leverage their digital assets to design an appropriate strategy and deploy their transformation roadmap at scale.

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