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NERCOMP EVENT
Security Technology
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Security is essential to planning and managing effective information and network systems. Effective security efforts are composed of a complex set of interrelated components including policies, procedures, and technical controls. This SIG will discuss creating the tools, and systems used as part of a security architecture to achieve both the strategic and operational security goals. This SIG will involve a number of security practitioners discussing tools and practices that have been effective at their organizations and can be extended to improve the security posture of a variety of organization of various sizes.
This SIG is part of the program of related Security SIGs being presented this year by NERCOMP.
Workshop Organizer/Host: Chris Misra of the University of Massachusetts Amherst
Date/Time:
Monday, October 29, 2007
9:15am - 3:00pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
Holloway Commons
75 Main Street
Durham, NH
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Special instructions:
Parking is available in C-lot on Mill Road. Once C-lot is full, people will be directed to Vistors Parking where a shuttle service is available.
Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $77
Non-Members: $177
By clicking on the "Register" button below, you are indicating a commitment to attend and will be held responsible for the registration fee.
Your fee can be refunded if you notify us of a cancellation at least 8 days prior to the event via email to nercomp@nercomp.org.
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Additional Information
Event Schedule:
8:00am – 9:15am Registration and Coffee
9:15am – 10:30am A Practical Security Infrastructure
Speaker: Kevin Amorin, Network Security Manager, Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University
Creating a practical and implementable security program is a difficult process. With the immediate issues often demanding attention, it's easy to lose sight of the larger picture. This presentation will cover some practical changes to make your security tools the foundation for a security program. The presentation will focus on a few methods for taking an existing bottom up approach to a security program and making it top down.
10:30am – 10:45am Break
10:45am – 12:00pm Scalable Snort Infrastructure
Speaker: Phillip Deneault, Network Security Officer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Installing a Snort IDS is an effective and cost-efficient way to improve visibility into a network, but many implementations are labor-intensive and time consuming to manage. It is also difficult to support multiple sensors with multiple rule sets. This presentation will explain both the simple case configurations with one sensor, to a large complex setup with close to 50 sensors and some best-practices to managing these hosts effectively.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 2:15pm Forensics in Fifteen Minutes
Speaker: David Bowie, Sr. Security Analyst, Boston College
Evaluating computers for Technical, rather than Legal, Information. Using free tools and intuitive techniques to quickly assess a problem and determine a course of action in an incident.
2:15pm – 3:00pm Q&A
3:00pm End
Speaker:
David Bowie
David Bowie, is currently a senior security analyst for Boston College. Formerly security analyst for the company that transitioned from BBN to BBN Computer to BBN Planet to GTE Internetworking to Genuity to Level 3. Past President of Infragard Boston, current CISSP, member of ISSA, a sailor, and a rigger.
Speaker:
Kevin Amorin
Kevin Amorin is the Network Security Manager at Harvard University Kennedy School of Government. At the Kennedy School Kevin oversees network security, network design, and a range of projects. In addition to working at Harvard, Kevin also teaches Information Assurance at Northeastern University and is a teaching fellow at Harvard Extension School.
Kevin is active in several information security organizations including co-chairing the Internet2 SALSA NetAuth working group. Kevin is the Co-Creator of PacketFence, an opensource registration and worm mitigation product. Prior to joining the staff at Harvard University in 2001, Kevin worked with Microsoft, Taos Consulting, Lucent, and Motorola. Kevin received his B.S in Computer Science from WPI, and his Masters in Computer Science from Northeastern University.
Speaker:
Phillip Deneault
Phillip Deneault is the Network Security Officer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts where he is responsible for identifying network-based intrusions, campus-wide incident handling, and helping to develop policy on campus-wide security. He is also a moderator for Unisog, a central source for operational data involving Higher-Ed security and serves on the REN-ISAC Technical Advisory Board. He holds a bachelors degree in Computer Science and maintains a CISSP certification.
Related Media Files:
Forensics in Fifteen.ppt
NERCOMP-Practical-Security-Program.pdf
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Rooms are available at the Holiday Inn Express at 2 Main St in Durham, NH, for $109.95 per night and includes breakfast.
To make reservations contact the Holiday Inn at 603-868-1234 and request the "NERCOMP Room Block". The room block will be released on September 28th.
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