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NERCOMP EVENT
Cyber Security Awareness: How to Build Buzz on Your Campus
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Raising cyber security awareness on college and University campuses is no easy task. This SIG will focus on best practices and challenges related to communicating cyber security information in higher education. Cyber security will be broadly defined to include a wide range of topics, from computing issues and data security to online privacy and identity theft.
Presenters will share their experiences on:
- Planning and implementing National Cyber Security Awareness Month* events and campaigns
- Developing and delivering cyber security awareness materials (online, print, etc.)
- Measuring effectiveness of cyber security awareness campaigns
- Ongoing communication strategies for cyber security awareness (beyond Cyber Security Awareness Month)
- Emerging cyber security topics
*National Cyber Security Awareness Month is an annual campaign established in 2001 to help communities stay safe online. Each October, many colleges and Universities sponsor events and activities designed to increase awareness of current online security threats.
Workshop Organizer/Host: Iris Chelaru of University of Massachusetts Amherst
Date/Time:
Friday, January 22, 2010
9:00am - 3:15pm
Registration begins at 8:00am
Location:
Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center
14 Mechanic St.
Southbridge, MA
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Special instructions:
Your fee includes unlimited am and pm break service and lunch.
Pricing:
NERCOMP Members: $127
Non-Members: $252
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 - 9:00am Registration & Coffee
9:00am - 10:45am Case Studies
Planning Cyber Security Awareness Month Events at UMass Amherst
Speaker: Kevin Skelly, Manager, OIT Software Support, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This presentation will provide an overview of the cyber security awareness events implemented at UMass Amherst in the past three years, and will discuss the importance of designing targeted events (based on audience), using a communication plan to keep track of weekly events and communications, and incorporating ‘lessons learned’ into future planning efforts. Success factors for different events as well as challenges to security awareness will also be addressed.
Planning and Implementing Cyber Security Awareness: A case study of three October Cyber Security Month programs at the University of New Hampshire
Speaker: Petr Brym, Director of IT Security, University of New Hampshire
This case study will provide an overview of the October Cyber Security Month program at the University of New Hampshire. It will be presented from the point of view of the UNH IT Security Officer and will emphasize the value of the month's events in the broader IT security program at the University, how we selected topics for the program, the partnerships we built to bring in speakers and to hold panels and workshops, and how we marketed the program to raise awareness.
The presentation will also cover information about lessons learned from our first Cyber Security Month, how we applied those lessons to the second year, and how we are now applying the lessons learned from the second year to this year's planning. Examples of how building enough critical mass of events leads to additional efforts, contributions, and events that were not included in the original planning and implementation will also be discussed.
Strategies for Communicating Cyber-Security Awareness at Yale
Speakers:
Loriann Higashi, Manager, ITS Student Technology Collaborative, Yale University
Patrick Lynch, Director, Design and User Experience Communications & Planning, Yale University
A case study covering the cyber security campaigns that we have had at Yale over the past several years,particularly looking advertising, communications, and supporting events. We will discuss our lessons learned as well as our future planned efforts and directions.
10:45am – 11:00am Break
11:00am – 12:00pm Panel Discussion – Cyber Security Awareness Events
Speakers:
Jake Cunningham, Senior Information Security Analyst, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Kerry Shaw, Web Communications Manager, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Andrew Vernon, Help Desk Manager, University of Massachusetts Amherst
This panel discussion will explore issues related to planning cyber security awareness events. Kerry Shaw will show how Web traffic data and other metrics can be used for effective planning. Chris Misra will focus on how regular meetings with campus IT professionals about securing sensitive data have helped create a security community of practice at UMass Amherst. Andrew Vernon will make a case for expanding the definition of cyber security beyond computing issues and include newer topics such as cyber harassment, online gambling, or identity theft.
12:00pm – 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm – 1:45pm Group Activity: Creating a Cyber Security Awareness Communication Plan
Using the lessons learned from the morning’s presentations, participants will work in groups to develop a communication plan for next year’s Cyber Security Awareness Month. Groups will select a cyber security theme and brainstorm communication deliverables and assessment criteria for an audience of their choice (e.g., students, faculty, or staff).
1:45pm – 2:00pm Break
2:00pm - 3:00pm Group Presentations & Lessons Learned
Groups will discuss their communication plans.
3:00pm - 3:15pm - Evaluation & End
Speaker:
Andrew Vernon
Andrew Vernon is the OIT Help Desk Manager with the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he has worked for the past twelve years. His responsibilities include tier1 staff management, client support, account management oversight, responding to service interruptions, responding to network security incidents and managing the campus’ Learning Commons.
Andrew has participated in various Help Desk forums including that of ThinkHDI, Educause and Nercomp. He also works with the UMass Amherst’s Emergency Operations Center and oversees the Educause CG of Emergency Communications.
Speaker:
Jake Cunningham
Jake Cunningham is the Lead Information Security Analyst at the University of Massachusetts Amherst Office of Information Technologies. He has been working in IT at UMASS for 14 years, and has been a SANS Giac Certified Forensic Analyst since 2003. His expertise includes network security management, vulnerability assessment, incident handling and computer forensics.
Speaker:
Kerry Shaw
Kerry Shaw has been the Web Communications Manager for UMass Amherst’s Office of
Information Technologies (OIT), the University’s central IT organization, since 2002. In this role, she develops communications strategies for OIT’s services and is responsible for the department’s print and electronic promotional materials, Web sites, and end-user documentation.
Kerry has a Masters of Library and Information Science from Simmons College where she focused on Information Architecture and Web content management. She received her bachelor’s degree from Colby College.
Speaker:
Kevin Skelly
Kevin Skelly is the Manager of OIT Software Support at UMass Amherst. As a member of a tier two technical support team, he oversees the processes by which hundreds of exploited computers of students, staff and faculty are isolated from the network, issues get resolved, and the repaired computers are allowed back on the network. This has given rise to a keen desire to protect those computers and their users from harm in the first place, through education. The EDUCAUSE Cyber Security Awareness Month program provides an opportunity to accomplish this goal, and Kevin serves as part of the team that organizes these efforts at UMass.
Speaker:
Loriann Higashi
Loriann Higashi is the Manager of the Student Technology Collaborative at Yale University, which supports approximately 8000 graduate and undergraduate students. Her professional interests include the development of innovative training strategies for student employees, practical approaches to computer security and privacy, and software accessibility for the campus community. Lori is also active in the ResNet organization, where she currently serves as the Vice President of Member and Volunteer Relations.
Speaker:
Patrick Lynch
Patrick Lynch is the Director of Design and User Experience, in department of Communications & Planning at Yale University. In his 38 years with Yale University he has been a medical illustrator, biomedical and scientific photographer, audiovisual producer, and for the past 30 years a director of media and communications service units, and a designer of interactive multimedia teaching, training, and informational software and Web sites. His book "Web Style Guide," now in its third edition, is widely used in courses on web design.
Speaker:
Petr Brym
Petr Brym works as the Director of Information Technology Security at the University of New Hampshire. Prior to January 2008 Petr served as the director of Telecommunications and Client Services and in a variety of other positions at the University, managing ever evolving technical support groups in the central Information Technology department. Petr's interests include building better understanding between clients and service organizations, and developing efficiency through synergistic cooperation. Most recent efforts include policy development, formalization of security, identity management and business continuity planning.
Related Media Files:
UNH Cybersecurity.pdf
cybersecurity_strategies-yale.pdf
CSAM Case Study.pdf
Cyber UMASS Panel.pdf
Contact Information:
Lisa DiMauro
860-345-2081
ldimauro@nercomp.org
Hotel Information:
Please call the Southbridge Hotel directly at 508.765.8000, the NERCOMP rate is $120.
The room block will be held until December 20, 2009.
Technical Requirements:
Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop.
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