2008 Cyber Security Awareness Campaign
Security Awareness Day 2008
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Security Awareness Day 2008
Presentations
About the Speakers
Informational Tables & Vendors
IS&T teamed up with the Department of Facilities Operations and Security, and the Audit Division to sponsor Security Awareness Day:
November 5, 2008
2:00 - 5:00 PM
Bartos Theater in the Media Lab ( E15, Wiesner Building)
Open to the general public
If you use information technology in any way, you will benefit from attending this event. Find out about the latest trends in information security and Internet threats, easy solutions you can implement, and what MIT is doing to secure electronic information and physical assets on campus.
Highlights:
- Talks by seasoned security professionals
- Laptop STOP tagging by campus police (bring $10 cash for each tag). Be one of the first ten to sign up and get a tag for free.
- KSL raffle for laptop and bike cables and other physical security devices
- IS&T raffle for $50 gift card to Best Buy or a Debix subscription
- Paper and hard drive shredding service information
2:00 - 2:20 Topic: Technology security, Scott Bradner (Keynote speaker)
2:25 - 2:45 Topic: Physical security, John DiFava
2:50 - 2:57 " Bud Logs In" a short video on passwords
3:00 - 3:20 Topic: Social engineering and phishing, Tom Jagatic
Scott Bradner
Scott is the Technology Security Officer at Harvard University. He writes a weekly column for Network World, and serves as the Secretary to the Board of Trustees of the Internet Society (ISOC). In addition, he is a trustee of the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN). As Harvard's Technology Security Officer he tries to help the University community deal with technology-related privacy and security issues. He also provides technical advice and guidance on issues relating to the Harvard data networks and new technologies to Harvard's CIO. He founded the Harvard Network Device Test Lab, is a frequent speaker at technical conferences, and does a bit of independent consulting on the side.
John DiFava
John DiFava recently accepted the position of Director of Facilities Operations and Security for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 2002 he was hired as Chief of the MIT Campus Police and later assumed the position of Director of Security and Police Services. Previous to MIT he was with the Massachusetts State Police for 28 years, and served as Colonel of the State Police for the last three of those years. As Interim Director of Security at Logan Airport, he was key to reinstating its credibility and security after the September 11 attacks.
Tom Jagatic
As part of Information Services & Technology at MIT, Tom is responsible for information security incident response, intrusion detection, digital copyright infringement compliance, and any other matters involving misuse/abuse of MIT computing facilities. He is a certified digital forensic examiner and technical lead for MIT's data incident response team (DIRT). He is also a member of the Technology Architecture and Planning (TAP) Group, a component of MIT's Information Technology Architecture Group (ITAG). Prior to his current position, Tom served as Manager of Incident Response for the Indiana University Information Policy Office.
Informational Tables & Vendors
Join us in the lobby outside Bartos Theater where you can partake in refreshments, find take-home information, enter in raffles, and talk to MIT staff from IS&T, the Program to Protect Identifiable Information, the Department of Facilities, and Campus Police; vendor representatives will also be on hand from KSL and Rent-a-Crate/ShredX to show their latest security-related products and services.
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