National Webcast Initiative
Bring Your Own Device: Addressing the Security Challenges of
Employee-Owned Devices in the Workplace
Thursday, August 25, 2011
2:00pm -- 3:00pm (Eastern)
Presenters:
Betty Pierce
President & Founding Partner
Secure Network Systems
&
Melani Hernoud
CEO & Chief Security Officer
Founding Partner
Secure Network Systems
View the Archived Recording
The fourth of the 2011 National Webcast series was held on August 25th with a featured presentation on Bring Your Own Device: Addressing the Security Challenges of Employee-Owned Devices in the Workplace.
Over 1,100 individuals representing 5 countries, 50 states, DC, and three U.S. Territories registered for this event. Opening remarks were provided by Ms. Julie Evans, Director of Program Management at the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, followed by Ms. Betty Pierce, President and Founding Partner of Secure Network Systems, and Ms. Melanie Hernoud, CEO & Chief Security Officer at Secure Network Systems.
This webcast explored many of the ethical, legal and operational aspects, with a broad look at some of the major issues, challenges, and security threats both public and private-sector organizations should consider given their respective risk posture. Practical references to resources that can give organizations a jump-start were provided, and hands-on, real-world experiences with mobile devices in enterprise settings provided insight into emerging threats to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of sensitive organizational data, applications and network/systems.
Format of Webcast:
This session featured an interactive Powerpoint presentation accompanied by audio.
Webcast Related Material:
[These links are provided because they have information that may be useful. The Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) does not warrant the accuracy of any information contained in the links and neither endorses nor intends to promote the advertising of resources listed herein. The opinions and statements contained in such resources are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the MS ISAC.]
- SANS InfoSec Acceptable Use Policy:
http://www.sans.org/security-resources/policies/Acceptable_Use_Policy.pdf - SANS Remote Access Policy:
http://www.sans.org/security-resources/policies/Remote_Access_Policy.pdf - SANS Handheld Devices Audit Checklist:
http://www.sans.org/score/checklists/PDA_Audit_Checklist2.doc - NASCIO Recommendations & References to States Allowing Use of Personally-Owned Smartphones for Government BusinessÂÂ
http://www.nascio.org/publications/documents/NASCIO-SecurityAtTheEdge2.pdf - Privacy Rights -- Workplace Privacy and Employee Monitoring
https://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs7-work.htm - Gartner Checklist for "Bring Your Own Computer"
http://web.citrix.com/Dilbert/Gartner_Report_BYOC_checklist.pdf - ISACA Study On "Employee-Owned Mobile Devices"
http://www.isaca.org/About-ISACA/Press-room/News-Releases/2011/Pages/Over-Half-of-IT-Leaders-Say-Employee-owned-Mobile-Devices-Are-Riskiest.aspx - SC Magazine News Article: New Android Spyware Answers Incoming Calls
http://www.scmagazineus.com/new-android-spyware-answers-incoming-calls/article/209639/
