Cyber Defense Initiative 2014

IT Security meets Research: Lessons from NASA's Science Labs

• Joel Offenberg, Vantage Systems, Inc.
• Tuesday, December 16th, 7:15pm - 8:15pm

With a complicated web of partnerships, customized equipment, always-changing configurations, and arbitrary deadlines, securing a science lab's computer systems can seem to be a daunting task. The solutions to securing the lab can be elegant or expensive, complicated or cheap, or anywhere in-between...and can be used in other challenging environments. The author discusses solutions for research lab cybersecurity based on his experiences working with scientists and engineers as a NASA contractor.

Bio:

Joel Offenberg works for Vantage Systems, Inc. as a Senior Security Engineer for the Joint Polar Satellite System at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He is also Vantage Systems' Chief Information Security Officer and is a member of the business development team. His current job focus is IT security planning, continuous monitoring and security critical operational systems. Joel has worked as a contractor at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center since 1991.

Joel holds a B.A. in Physics, an M.S. in Computer Science and CISSP, PMP, GSNA and GSEC certifications. He is a founding member of Information Assurance @ Goddard seminar series, where he is also an occasional speaker.

Joel always enjoys participating in SANS as a learner and is excited to be have the opportunity to share his experience.

http://www.linkedin.com/in/JDOffenberg