Building Educational Alliances BITS Security Awareness and Education Meeting May 21, 2014

Introduction Dick Langford, Vice President, ISO, Manager Corporate Information Security Governance, CISSP, CISM, CRISC 24 years of information security experience with Federal Reserve and BB&T 20 years of experience managing awareness/education programs. Views shared are my own, and don’t necessarily represent those of BB&T.

Agenda Introduction Definitions Purposes for educational alliances Examples Benefits Challenges Critical Success Factors

Definitions Security Awareness Educational Alliance – The partnering of a financial institution security organization and an educational institution for the purpose of deriving benefits, both mutual and individual Educational Institution – El-Hi Grades 6 – 12, Colleges and Universities

Purposes Outreach Provide security awareness and education to students Influence discussions and curriculum Groom future security experts Establish creative partnerships Enhance your brand

Examples

Benefits Access to skills and ideas Fresh perspectives Access to academic research Students become familiar with company before being recruited Increased talent pool for recruiting and internships

UNC-Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics Data Science and Business Analytics Initiative Center for Configuration Automation and Analytics

Challenges Takes time to develop Very different perspectives Different vernacular Fitting it into existing workload

Critical Success Factors Relationship building Early evidence of mutual benefit Willingness to be in for the long haul