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The Role of the CISO

The Role of the CISO. Ron Baklarz CISSP , CISA, CISM, NSA-IAM/IEM **Warning sexually graphic content and subject matter**. Internal Factors Affecting the CISO Role Top 10 Coolest Information Security Jobs What Makes a Good CISO? Corporate culture To Whom does the CISO report?

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The Role of the CISO

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  1. The Role of the CISO Ron Baklarz CISSP, CISA, CISM, NSA-IAM/IEM **Warning sexually graphic content and subject matter**

  2. Internal Factors Affecting the CISO Role • Top 10 Coolest Information Security Jobs • What Makes a Good CISO? • Corporate culture • To Whom does the CISO report? • What are budget and staffing levels? • External Factors Affecting the CISO Role • Regulatory aspects • Risk factors of the organization • Personal Experience Agenda

  3. The Top 10 of the 20 Coolest Jobs in Information Security • Information Security Crime Investigator/Forensic Expert • System, Network and/or Web Penetration Tester • Forensic Analyst • Incident Responder • Security Architect • Malware Analyst • Network Security Engineer • Security Analyst • Computer Crime Investigator • CISO/ISO or Director of Security www.sans.org

  4. “Key responsibilities of a CSO include asset management, security assessments, development of a security strategy and risk management plan, certification and audit. In a nutshell, the CSO manages risks for the organization and advises senior management about risks to the business and recommends a treatment for the risk. “ May 30, 2007 Nalneesh Gaur www.csoonline.com

  5. What makes a good CISO? - The ability to affect change. - An understanding of how business processes and information interact. - An understanding of the technologies used in your organization - An understanding of legal and compliance issues. May 15, 2009 Boaz Gelbord

  6. Experience • Military-focused organization • Government • Private Sector • Humanitarian • Healthcare • Transportation Corporate Cultures

  7. GLBA SOX HIPAA PCI FISMA Regulatory Aspects

  8. Titles: CISO, CSO, CRO, ISSO, Director, Manager Reports To: CIO, CFO, CRO, CEO, CTO Never realized convergence of physocal and logical security Reporting & Organizational Structures

  9. Wearing the Chief Risk Officer Hat

  10. Chronology of Data Breaches - Started in 2005 subsequent to the Choicepoint breach • As of September 25, 2009: 263, 674,426 records compromised www.privacyrights.org

  11. www.privacyrights.org

  12. $3.5 Billion non-profit • Largest healthcare system in the Washington DC-Baltimore area • 8 hospitals and over 50 offices and services • 25,000 employees • 5,000 affiliates Personal Experience - MedStar Health

  13. Wearing the Chief Hacking Officer Hat

  14. MedStar Health – 2007 WebInspect

  15. Wearing the Chief Investigative Officer Hat

  16. Personal Experience – MedStar Health

  17. What is DLP? DLP – Data Loss Prevention

  18. DLP – First 45 minutes

  19. DLP – First 45 minutes & More

  20. Affiliated physician • Coming in through VPN with static IP assignment • Had VPN trail, firewall trail, DLP corroboration • DLP easily assembled cases • FBI/BCPD investigated – confiscated work computer DLP – First 45 minutes & More

  21. DLP – First 45 minutes DLP – “The Officer is not a gentleman”

  22. “Attachments F and G are screenshots from direct access to PC xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx and specifically the “My Pictures/Pics” folder. The details of this folder show that there are 49 subfolders with a total of over 1,300 mostly pornographic images of different women compartmentalized on a by-folder basis. “ Excerpt from investigative report CISO.2007.155 dated October 1, 2007 DLP – “The Officer is not a gentleman”

  23. Q & A End of Presentation

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