Cyber Security

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SONITROL PARTNERSHIP

Cyber Security Awareness
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Cyber Security Considerations

• WELCOME
• DR. CHRISTINE SPRINGER
• Director - Executive Master of Science in Crisis
  and Emergency Management (ECEM)University of
  Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV)

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Cyber Security Things to Consider

• Employee Cyber Awareness and Education
  Practices
• Presented by Maureen Wilson -Sonitrol Security
• admin_at_sonitrolnv.com
• Cyber Crimes Awareness
• Presented by Mary Siero- IT Innovations
  CEO/President
• msiero_at_iitlasvegas.com
• Information Security is More than
• IT Security
• Presented by Joe McDonald- Switch CSO- CPP,
  PSP, CMAS
• Jmcdonald_at_switchlv.com

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• Employee Awareness and Education
• Public Sector vs. Private Sector
• Employee Education and Awareness
• (Temporary Employees and Sub-
  Contractors)
• Protecting Your Assets/Risks to Consider
• Cyber Emergency Are You Prepared?

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• Cyber Crime Awareness
• Cyber crime is about opportunity -not being
  targeted
• Implement simple controls to reduce your risk 
• Most victims do not know they have been hacked
• Mobile devices are the new frontier of attacks

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• Information Security Is More Than
• IT Security
• Holistic set of processes
• Configuration Management 
• Education / Training 
• Information Classification (Based on
  Risk/Use) 
• Make a set of rules (Policy/Procedure) 
•   Resiliency is
  the goal

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REFERENCES

• NIST 800
• MS White Pages
• Norton Cybercrime Report
• Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report
• Trustwave Global Security Report
• SANS-STORM CENTER
• INFRAGUARD, ASIS, ISSA, ISACA
• CIAS

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REFERENCES

• U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team
  http//www.us-cert.gov/home-and-business/
• (ISSA, ISACA, )
• https//www.southernnevadainfragard.org
• http//lv.issa.org
• http//www.isaca.org/chapters3/Las-Vegas
• NIST National Initiative for Cybersecurity
  Education (NICE) http//csrc.nist.gov/nice/educati
  on.htm 
• U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team
  http//www.us-cert.gov/

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• Thank You