Governance Committee Meeting

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Governance Committee Meeting
IT

• May 15, 2008

Tidbits of Information
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Who is providing wireless coverage for the
Olympics?
Beijing Metro Chooses Andrew for Wireless
Coverage In Advance of Olympics
CommScope
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700
Channels 52 to 69
open access
MHz
Reserve Bid 4.6 Billion
Bidders ATT, Google, and Verizon
Public Safety Access
Verizon 4.7 Billion
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Open Handset Alliance
??? Core Business
Phone
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open applications
Vista
Linux
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Tidbits that make you think or sweat!

• The cost of a GigaByte of storage in 2007 was
  .50.
• It costs less to store 50 pages of printed text
  than the paperclip to hold them together.
• In two to three years the iPod could have the
  capacity to store every song ever recorded.
• 281 exabytes of information was created in 2007,
  that is 48 GB for every person across the globe.
• The cost of a transistor today is .000001 cent.

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Tidbits that make you think or sweat!

• RFID chips are the size of a grain of salt.
• Technology exists in the Research Triangle to
  detect a tumor the size of that grain of salt.
• The US is 14th in the world in average broadband
  speed and 26th in coverage.
• Approximately 1/3 of Catawba County citizens do
  not have affordable broadband coverage.

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Tidbits that make you think or sweat!

• And what if they detect the tumor?
• It would take years at todays broadband speeds
  in the US to send the image to your doctor.

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Governance Committee Meeting
IT

• May 15, 2008

Information Security
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• Percent of identity theft attributed to
  government.

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350

• Average cost of clean up per account.
• Does not include onsite resources.

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• Number of Public Access Points
• that are not really Public Access Points

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USB

• One of the two biggest sources.

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• Number of incidences reported to CC.

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Financially Motivated

• No more glory in hacking, undetected, thief in
  the night ..

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Issues Moving to the Forefront

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The new personal computer..
The simple cell phone is a relic
Laptops replace desktops
personal use / business use
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No Well Defined Slots
Trusting People
Old Rules Become Unrealistic
Work is an Activity, Not a Place
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What is attached to the network? What is the
employee really doing? Programs? Stored Data?
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Mobile Computer Equipment Policy

• Not enough but helpful.

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What about your service providers?........
Insurance/benefits Are they carrying your
employees around on a laptop?...
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Wheres the data?........
BRIC..
What about something as simple as Anti-Virus
software?........ Is it up-to-date?
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Exercise/Discussion

• Do you work with an application vendor?
• Does this vendor have access to your system?
• Does the vendor abide by strict security
  practices?
• Where is your data stored?
• Who has access to it?

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Termination

• Shut down accounts
• Email
• Network Access
• Phone System
• Secure equipment
• Secure data stored on remote/mobile equipment
• Make sure public record files are obtained
• Signed statement that all data has been returned

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Self Organizing Groups

• 4 groups
• One person with laptop
• Same size (within 1)
• Equal area representation
• Pick a spot and setup a work area

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Groups

• Employees
• Citizens
• Vendors
• Crooks

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Information Leakage

• Citizen

• Vendor

• Crook

• Employee

• What could you do or fail to do to cause
  information theft? Remember, you represent all
  employees.

• What could you do to cause your information to be
  exposed? You represent the public.

• How could you be putting employees and the
  publics data at risk? You represent all vendors
  we do business with, large and small.

• How might you steal information from the county?
  Okay, you know who you represent.

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What can we do to protect the publics data and
employee Data?
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Next Meeting June 19th
IT

• Meeting Time 130 330