SIRT Contact Orientation Security Incident Response Team Departmental Security Contacts April 16, 2004

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Why Are We Here? Introductions The SIRT and you Compromise recovery procedure Current security issues Resources Future events Free refreshments

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Introductions Dr. Elizabeth Unger, VPAST Security Incident Response Team –And their alternates –Representatives from all academic colleges and major administrative units Departmental contacts –When this is all over, introduce yourself to your SIRT representatives

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation The SIRT And You SIRT History –March 2003: IT Security SWAT team chaired by Roger Terry recommends formation of SIRT –Summer 2003: Interim SIRT formed –September 2003: Permanent SIRT formed Representatives from all colleges and major administrative units 0.3 time spent on SIRT activities

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation The SIRT And You SIRT’s charge (reactive/proactive/advisory): –Coordinated security incident response –Alerts to new vulnerabilities and attacks –Implement/coordinate preventative security measures –Security awareness and best practice training –Advise on secure design of apps, systems, networks –Host an annual security workshop

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation The SIRT And You SIRT is: –Coordinate rapid incident response for campus –Advise on security best practices –Communication channel SIRT is NOT: –A policy body (that’s IRMC) –IT police –Additional technical support for your department

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation The SIRT And You Role of Departmental Security Contact (and your local IT support people): –Respond to incidents in your unit –Repair compromised systems –Implement preventative measures –Alert your SIRT rep. about unusual activities –Enforce policies at the local level –Educate your users on security best practices –Pass along security information to your unit

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation The SIRT And You The goal is for you, your users, the SIRT, and central IT services to work together to protect K-State’s information and technology resources.

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Compromise Recovery Procedure A compromised host is detected –By IDS, network monitoring, or abuse report The host is blocked –Usually by CNS with a router filter –Sometimes you’ll pull the plug

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Procedure, Cont. The departmental contact is notified –That’s you –Via to SIRT-CONTACTS So you need to watch this list –See also Blocked Hosts web page You notify the affected user

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Procedure, Cont. You arrange for the host to be cleaned up –Try to find out what caused the compromise –Recovery may mean reformat / reinstall You contact your SIRT representative to have the host unblocked –Or their alternate, if they’re unavailable Your SIRT rep contacts CNS

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Current Security Issues Network-based worms viruses and worms Accounts without good password Poor patch management Insecure servers

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Problem: Network-based Worms Currently our biggest issue –Navpaw, Gaobot No user interaction necessary Exploiting security vulnerabilities Exploiting Windows accounts without good password Leaving behind back doors

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Network-based Worms: Solutions Patch, patch, patch Symantec Antivirus with daily updates Good passwords on Windows accounts Network vulnerability scans

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Problem: Viruses And Worms (“Malware”) ‘Zero-Day’, fast propagation Smarter social engineering Leaving behind back doors Cleanup is costly and painful

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Viruses And Worms: Solutions New version of Symantec is anomaly-based as well as signature-based Symantec Antivirus with daily updates Coming soon to central real anti- virus filtering Managed antivirus installations Users are learning to be careful

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Problem: Accounts Without Good Password Network-based worms are exploiting Windows accounts with no or weak password Hackers can do the same thing

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Accounts Without Good Password: Solutions All Windows accounts should be disabled or have a good password Future versions of Windows should enforce this Network scans (by the White Hats)

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Problem: Poor Patch Management Applications as well as OS New Microsoft Update critical patches released this week –Did you know that? –Were they applied to your computers?

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Poor Patch Management: Solutions Windows Software Update Services Automatic Updates Phase out older OS versions

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Problem: Insecure Servers MS/SQL Blaster IIS Open SMTP relays UNIX / Linux / Mac OS/X A server on every desktop –Which are legitimate?

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Insecure Servers: Solutions Minimal OS install Turn off unneeded servers Windows 2003 gets this right Regular port scans to detect new servers Firewall the campus

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Problem: Lack Of Security Awareness

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Solution: You

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Resources SIRT / Security web site Your SIRT representative Your peers Central IT Training

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation SIRT Web Site –Blocked hosts –Departmental security contact list –SIRT representative and backup list –Work in progress

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Training CNS TSC Incident Remediation training in May All-day training planned for Tuesday, June 29 in Union Little Theatre –You really really should attend. Refreshments! Microsoft security training planned for June More in the future, probably semi-annually

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation The Future Regular network scans of connected devices –Identify new hosts –Identify new services (open ports) –Vulnerability scans Server registration IDS, ADS Firewalls

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation Questions?

Thanks For Coming! Remember to introduce yourself to your SIRT representative