1. Information Security It Is Your Business
Terrell Brown
City of Greensboro
Water Resources

2. Topics to Think About General Computer and Network Security
Computer and Network Professionals
Everyone Else That Works There
Hackers, Crackers, Spammers, and Jammers
Social Engineering
Protection and Backup

3. Network Security Firewalls, Filters, and Switches
Global/Group Policies
User Accounts and Passwords
Domains
Access: Public vs. Private
Systems
Security and Disaster Recovery Preparation
Standard Operating Procedures

4. Computer Security Antivirus: Managed vs. Unmanaged Mailbox Filters
Browser Settings: HTTPS and SSL, Block Lists
Logins: Administrator Accounts, Automatic Logins
Multiple Users

5. The Pros… Do you have an IT Group? Are they certified and experience?
Is there more than one person responsible?
Should you source in house or outsource?

6. And Cons Do you trust your people? Are you paying enough? Too much?
Are your systems being audited?

7. What About Everyone Else?
Education is Fundamental
Check Up on Your People (Passively)
Scare Them
Enforce Your Policies

8. Know Thy Self – Know Thy Enemy

9. Hackers Reverse Engineers Systems Exploits Security Holes
They Don’t Just Walk In
Interlopers

10. Crackers
Crack Passwords
Break Encryption

11. Spammers Not really a security threat alone, but…
It can promote bad habits
Some spammers are your own people

12. Jammers Typically Involves a DDoS Attack
Distributed Denial of Service
Often the easiest method of disrupting service
Difficult to trace source and may be from within

13. Social Engineering Be Suspicious – I don’t recognize this person.
Be Cautious – Check credentials.
Secure Your Locations – Guards and key cards.
Shut Up! – Public information request policies help
Don’t Do The Work For Them

14. Protection and Backup Protect Your Systems and Data Backup Your Data
Listen to the professionals and follow industry standards
Backup Your Data
Onsite and offsite back up will save you
Redundant systems
How quickly can you recover from a system failure
Disaster Recovery
Even with backups, if you have nothing to backup to…
Then what do you do?

15. Don’t Wait… Please

16. Questions and Comments?