Nonprofit Security Matters: It's Not About the Network

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People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Security MattersIt’s not about the network

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

What’s Your Biggest Threat?

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People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

The Top 12 Security ThreatsReported by CTOs

• 12. Extortion• 11. Denial of Service (DoS)• 10. Vandalism• 9. Pharming• 8. Phishing• 7. Fraudulent Transaction

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

The Top 12 Security ThreatsReported by CTOs

• 6. Physical Loss• 5. Unauthorized Access by Outsiders• 4. Malware• 3. Spam• 2. Unauthorized Access by Insiders• 1. Insider Misuse

– Source: http://www.computereconomics.com/article.cfm?id=1214

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

The Top 2 (and #6) Security Threats

The Cost of an “Inside Job”• Four in ten IT managers report

incidents involving non-compliance while another 27 percent have seen unintentional release of corporate information.

• A typical incident requires 22 IT employee hours to remediate.

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Security PhilosophyControl What You Can

• 0’s and 1’s, not people. • Network, workstations, devices,

applications, files.

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Control What You CanNetworks

• NAT Routers• Integrated VPN• Dynamic IP

addresses• Wireless - closed

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Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Control What You CanWorkstations

• Firewalls• Antivirus• Anti-spyware• Spam filtering• Internet filtering

(?)• Backups

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People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Control What You CanIn the Cloud

• Enough seats for all users

• Independent passwords

• Automatic logout• Required

password changeshttp://flickr.com/photos/86778817@N00/88641569/

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Control What You CanDevices / Drives

• Passwords for all devices and drives

• Encryption for files stored on devices and driveshttp://flickr.com/photos/ian-s/2152798588/

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Security PhilosophyIT’s More than Digital

• In 2008…each man, woman, and child will use 4,847 sheets of the office paper, 36 sheets fewer than 2007.

– Source: http://www.entrepreneur.com/tradejournals/article/184744007.html

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Security PhilosophyPlug the Biggest Holes

• Prioritize!

– Risk = Value of Asset x Severity of Vulnerability x Likelihood of Attack

–Source: http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/568165-0-0-0-121.html

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Security PhilosophyPlan for Failure

• Know how you will respond to security breaches in terms of IT

• Plan for notifying important parties - it’s the law!

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Security PhilosophyTrain for Success

• Ultimately, your success relies on your people

• Try Disaster Days trainings (make it fun!)

• Make security issues part of your regular communications

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

Security Resources

• HP Security Risk Assessment– http://h71028.www7.hp.com/ERC/cache/568165-0-0-0-121.html

• TechSoup Healthy and Secure Computing– http://www.techsoup.org/hsc/

• CERT Octave– http://www.cert.org/octave/

• SANS Reading Room– http://sans.org/

• Security Focus– http://www.securityfocus.com/

• NSA Security Confirguration Guides– http://www.nsa.gov/snac/

People Who Change the World Need the Tools to Do it!www.nten.org

Holly Ross, Executive Directorholly@nten.org

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those

who empower others.- Bill Gates, founder Microsoft