Our September chapter meeting is on Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 5:45PM. Please RSVP if you plan on attending!

Securing Your Automation Platform, Infrastructure and Processes

Abstract: Robotic process automation (RPA) has been called the fastest growing enterprise software market by Gartner.  Some companies are even pursuing strategies involving a ‘bot for every employee’.  Given the rapid growth of automation and the digital workforce, the most typically-asked questions revolve around securing the automation platform and digital workers.  Via our client discussions in the market, we have developed a set of best practices and approaches for organizations looking to adopt RPA and scale across the organization.  During this session, automation and digital workforce experts from UiPath will discuss considerations for handling access and credential management, architecture for controlling and monitoring automations and other top of mind security subjects.

Speaker Biography: Paul Bruning and Sachin Gupta, UiPath

Schedule
5:45-6:00PM Networking, dinner
6:00-7:15PM Presentation
7:15-7:45PM Q&A

Location Information
Metro Health IT Facility
985 Gezon Parkway (across from Target loading dock)
Wyoming, MI, 49519

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Our September chapter meeting is on Wednesday, September 4, 2019 at 5:45PM. Please RSVP if you plan on attending!

Next Generation Security Operations

Abstract: Over the last few years, cyber Security Operation Centers (SOC) have been established and evolved for medium to large sized organizations. With increase in digitization, internet traffic, strict compliance guidelines (GDPR, CCPA, etc.), malicious attacks and ransomware issues, SOCs have played a major role in identification, analysis/investigation and response for the cyber issues which the organizations face impacting their business operations. A typical SOC has evolved from the NOC (Network Operations Center). This presentation will discuss the items which are critical to the success of cyber security leaders and operations.

Speaker Biography: Rajiv Das

Rajiv has more than 25 years of information technology strategy, operations, large systems integration, cyber security and program management experience. Rajiv recently joined Plante Moran after serving as Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Department of Technology, Management and Budget, State of Michigan. He is an alumnus of Michigan State University – Eli Broad College of Business, where he earned his MBA and is a resident of Okemos, Michigan.

Schedule
5:45-6:00PM Networking, dinner
6:00-7:15PM Presentation
7:15-7:45PM Q&A

Location Information
Metro Health IT Facility
985 Gezon Parkway (across from Target loading dock)
Wyoming, MI, 49519

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Reminder: The West Michigan ISC2 chapter skips April as many attendees are participating in Spring Break.  Have fun and safe travels.

Our May chapter meeting is on Wednesday, May 1, 2019 at 5:45PM. Please RSVP if you plan on attending!

Developing an Infosec Operational Dashboard

Abstract: John will share a de-identified cyber security operational dashboard used for monthly reporting.  This will offer insight for cyber security leadership and IT leadership to see what works and to hear the story of what does not.  This will also offer details for the security practitioner on what is important and what is not.  Security without measurements makes it hard to see if you are headed in the right direction.  A good dashboard can fit on one page and does not have to overwhelm the audience.

Speaker Biography: John Weller

John Weller is the Chief Information Security Officer for Metro Health – University of Michigan Health since 2015. Leadership experience includes Chief Information Security Officer, IT audit manager, and twenty years broad IT experience delivering enterprise-wide solutions and developing IT service management teams.  Transformational leader that leverages data driven operations with measurable results that cover infrastructure, IT support, business intelligence, workflow, identity management, and security operations.  Accomplished risk management leader experienced in Sarbanes Oxley regulations, COBIT controls, GLBA act, HIPAA, HITRUST, ISO, and PCI. Comfortable presenting to executive boards and chairing subcommittees.  

Schedule
5:45-6:00PM Networking, dinner
6:00-7:15PM Presentation
7:15-7:45PM Q&A

Location Information
Metro Health IT Facility
985 Gezon Parkway (across from Target loading dock)
Wyoming, MI, 49519

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Our March chapter meeting is on Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 at 5:45PM. Please RSVP if you plan on attending!

Flight Deck Information Assurance Auditing

Abstract: Naval Air Training and Operating Procedures Standardization (NATOPS) is said to be “written in blood.” NATOPS was created in 1961 after nearly 50 years of the US Navy flying aircraft. The extensive system was created to stop the extreme failures that resulted in the loss of hundreds of lives and billions of dollars in loss.

Between 2015 and 2017, WitFoo researchers worked with organizations from higher education, Fortune 500, healthcare and mid-market to test NATOPS quality assurance (QA) approaches in cyber security and information security auditing.

In this session, the following experiments and findings will be discussed:

• Defining the correct “unit of work” in security operations (borrowing from Maintenance Action Forms.)
• “Data Evolution” of extremely technical information that can be understood by executives (and Admirals).
• Ongoing, organic metric collection and analysis in contrast with inspections and audits
• Separating human audits and architecture audits
• Improving auditing using NATOPS Readiness Inspections approaches

The session will include data and demonstrations of the findings.

Speaker Biographies: Charles Herring, WitFoo Chief Technology Officer

Charles’ dedication to maturing the craft of InfoSec is built on a diverse career path across the industry. He started his career in InfoSec in the US Navy in 2002 serving as the Network Security Officer at the US Naval Postgraduate School. After leaving active duty, he was a contributing product reviewer for InfoWorld magazine focusing on network security products. Charles spent 7 years running Herring Consulting, a company dedicated to process orchestration, data sharing, and marketing. In 2012, Charles joined the Lancope team as a pre-sales engineer, promoted to Consulting Security Architect and later as Strategic Account Manager following the acquisition of Lancope by Cisco. In 2014, Charles partnered with veterans of the military, law enforcement and cybersecurity to research new approaches to improve the craft of cybersecurity operations. In 2016, that research resulted in the forming of WitFoo. When not working with cybersecurity heroes, Charles enjoys SCUBA divining with his wife, Mai.

Schedule
5:45-6:00PM Networking, dinner
6:00-7:15PM Presentation
7:15-7:45PM Q&A

Location Information
Metro Health IT Facility
985 Gezon Parkway (across from Target loading dock)
Wyoming, MI, 49519

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Our February chapter meeting is on Wednesday, February 6th, 2019 at 5:45PM. Please RSVP if you plan on attending!

The Zero Trust Journey

Abstract: Zero Trust is more than network segmentation; it’s a complete and holistic approach that includes processes and technologies for protecting data, networks, user access, workloads, and devices via analytics, automation, and orchestration. This session focuses on the Strategy and Design (processes and technology) for your Organization’s Zero Trust journey.

Speaker Biographies:
Craig Young is a Cybersecurity CSE for Cisco Systems. Craig has over 20 years of experience in IT and security with emphasis in Manufacturing, Medical, Retail, Government, and Insurance. His experience has been primarily security focused with some time spent focusing on data center technologies as well.

Schedule
5:45-6:00PM Networking, dinner
6:00-7:15PM Presentation
7:15-7:45PM Q&A

Location Information
Metro Health IT Facility
985 Gezon Parkway (across from Target loading dock)
Wyoming, MI, 49519

Map