Security Awareness Forum Agenda
Live Online | August 5
Wednesday, August 5 - all times are EDT | |
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9:30 – 9:50 am |
Opening RemarksLance Spitzner, @lspitzner, Summit Chair, SANS Institute |
9:50 – 10:30 am |
KeynoteThe Human Side of Threats: Why it Matters that Adversaries are Human TooKatie Nickels, @likethecoins, SANS Certified Instructor In cybersecurity, practitioners often focus on the technical side of adversaries: what forensic artifacts we see, what infrastructure the adversaries are using, and what we see on hosts and networks. In this keynote, Katie will explain why it's so important to our community to remember that there are humans behind the keyboard who are targeting human victims. She will share some recent trends in what adversaries are doing to compromise victims and how they have used human ingenuity to adapt their methods to be more successful. |
10:30 – 10:45 am | Break |
10:45 – 11:15 am |
A Step-by-Step Guide to Engaging a Global Workforce With PodcastsPaige Ishii, @Ph1sh11ngs3c, Senior Information Security Analyst, Intermountain Healthcare Building a culture of awareness over a large geographical region ( which is constantly growing) can be difficult. How do you reach your entire global workforce? Podcasting allows your employees to learn passively and take the education with them. In this talk, Paige will review the steps necessary to create and build a podcast. Paige will start with why podcasting should be considered in your awareness program and steps to take to record, produce and launch your very own podcast. |
11:15 – 11:45 am |
How to Build a Global, Digital Security Awareness Scavenger HuntNeaka Balloge, Cybersecurity Awareness & Training Specialist, NYU Langone Health Now that you competed in the world’s first global, digital security awareness scavenger hunt learn how you can do the same at your own organization. Scavenger hunts are a fantastic way to engage your workforce and reinforce key security behaviors and policies using nothing more than freely available technologies. Neaka will walk you through step-by-step how you can do it with zero budget and in time for October. |
11:45 am – 12:00 pm | Break |
12:00 – 12:30 pm |
PanelMaking the Most of Virtual Conferencing TechnologyModerator: Lance Spitzner, @lspitzner, Summit Chair, SANS Institute Panelists: Vivienne Pustell, Security Engineer, Slack Lester Chan, Head of Enterprise Security, Zoom Video Communications Learn from the security teams at Slack and Zoom how to make the most of today’s virtual technologies. Not sure how to best secure your workforce when using the latest conferencing technologies? Want to learn how to better onboard and train your employees? What are the most common mistakes they see other companies make? Now is your chance to ask and learn from the virtual conferencing experts! |
12:30 – 1:10 pm |
PanelDiversity and Inclusion in CybersecurityModerator: Steffanie AK Schilling, @SAKSchilling, Global Program Manager in Cybersecurity Policy, Communications and Security Awareness, AmTrust Panelists: Chisomo Selemani, M.A., CCC-SLP, Associate Professor, Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, Baldwin Wallace University Joseph Oteng, @drjotengii, M.Ed., tOSU Moritz College of Law - J.D. Candidate '22, Youthful Life Blogger, Photographer & Social Justice Workshops
As we enter the largest Civil Rights Movement the world has ever seen, join us in discussing pressing issues facing the cybersecurity industry and the dangerous affects across organizations, societies and nations. Discover initiatives such as ShareTheMicInCyber which aim to elevate and support diverse cyber practitioners, as well as what you can do today to start making the world a safer place. Suggested Readings: |
1:10 – 1:40 pm | Lunch |
1:40 – 2:20 pm |
Create Your Own Awareness Videos at HomeKerry Tomlinson, @KerryTNews, Editor-in-Chief, Archer News Network You can create fun awareness videos to engage, entertain and inform your employees right from your own home! Kerry will show you what tools to use and how to use them effectively. After her step-by-step guidance, you will be ready to start creating today using only basic tools and software. Plus, you will see how to involve your employees to make your videos and your message even more effective. Finally, Kerry will be providing a handout listing all the steps covered in her talk and the basic tools / technology to make it happen. |
2:20 – 2:30 pm |
Closing RemarksLance Spitzer, @lspitzner, Summit Chair, SANS Institute |