Network Security 2015

Live Long and Prosper by Protecting SPoC!

• David Belangia - Master's Degree Candidate
• Wednesday, September 16th, 8:15pm - 8:55pm

The Single Points of Compromise (SPoC) are institutional assets that when compromised would allow the complete collapse or bypass of all institutional protections. Securing the SPoC that provide central services to the institutionâs environment is paramount to success when trying to ensure business continuity. Time Based Security mandates that protections must last longer than the time to detect and react to a compromise. When some enterprise protections fail, providing this additional layer of protections for central services will allow more time to detect and react to the potential compromise minimizing the potential for a complete failure. While guidance is readily available for securing the individual SPoC, protecting these assets as a group is not often discussed. Using best business practices to protect the individual assets, while leveraging holistic defense for the SPoC increases the opportunity to maximize protection time, will allow the necessary detection and reaction time that is commensurate with the inherent risk of these centralized services. This presentation will discuss these best business practices.

Speaker Bio: Mr. Belangia is the Chief Information Security Officer for Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has 35+ yearsâ experience in all aspects of Information Technology and has held a security clearance since the late 1990s. He has been working on various working groups within the Department of Energy that were started to address Presidential initiatives as they apply to the Department of Energy