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Information Security at Waterloo: Past, Present, and Future Jason A. Testart, BMath, CISSP Director, Information Security Services Information Systems & Technology
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Hacked by an iron. #watitis2013
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Five Eyes #watitis2013
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Security Portfolio: 1998 A single FTE UWDir (identity management) Best Practices for OS and Application Security Awareness Certificate Authority #watitis2013
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Security Portfolio: 2008 A single FTE Best Practices for OS and Application Security Awareness Certificate Authority Compliance (PCI DSS, FIPPA) Network Security #watitis2013
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Tools: 2008 Netflow for IDS Nessus scanner Focus on baselines Email for incident response Email for certificate management #watitis2013
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Status 2011 Added 4 FTEs (5 total) Renamed “Information Security Services” Security reports to senior IT leader Security Operations Centre Policy 8 approved and in force More formal incident response (RTIR) #watitis2013
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2011 continued VPN Self-serve certificates (Globalsign) Proactive vulnerability management –AppScan –QualysGuard Encryption support Investigations Support #watitis2013
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2012/2013 NetID SIEM (log correlation) Metasploit Threat Intelligence #watitis2013
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2014 and Beyond Evolve current capabilities in IDS, IR, and vulnerability management More standards (all layers of stack) PSIA WatIAM:TNG IAMNG More compliance –Anti-spam law –New copyright legislation #watitis2013
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ISS Previous Structure Director Systems Integration Specialist #watitis2013
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ISS Current Structure #watitis2013 Director Manager, Information Security Operations Security Operations Analyst (co-op student) Information Security Specialist IAM Specialist
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Key Partnerships Secretariat –Privacy –Records Management –Law IST Portfolio Group –Policy, Standards, Compliance, Risk Management Finance –PCI DSS Compliance Office of Research –Compliance UW Police –Investigations #watitis2013
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PSIA What is it? –Mechanism for the identification, assessment, and mitigation of privacy and security risks for information-centric university initiatives –Assessors: Privacy Officer, Information Security Officer #watitis2013
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Proposed PSIA Process Stage of Initiative Privacy Action(s)Security Action(s) Sign-off? Proposal/Busines s Case Review/AssessReviewSponsor + Privacy Solution Design (or “RFP Response”) Review/Assess Sponsor/Project Team + Privacy + Security Development/Pre- production Review/AssessProject Team + Security Implementation/Pr oduction Review Sponsor + Project Team + Privacy + Security
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Jason’s Principles of Identity Management 1.A person can assume more than one role at one time (badges, not hats). 2.There is no “primary role”. 3.Every role has a sponsor (i.e. someone needs to attest to you being here). 4.“Expired” means you are status VSA. #watitis2013
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Identity Management 1.Enumerate Roles 2.Determine lifecycles of each role 3.Business process analysis 4.Requirements Definition 5.Architecture 6.RFP #watitis2013
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Access Management CAS may not be the ultimate solution. Centralize/automate where possible. Require multi-factor authentication for certain types of access/transactions. Approach problem with EA-like abstractions. #watitis2013
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Enterprise Architecture (Zachman) (from zachman.com) #watitis2013
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Networking Models #watitis2013
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Testart’s EA-Lite Business ViewLogical ViewPhysical View
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EA-Lite for Access Control Role Definition/RequirementsACL in generic languageImplementation
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Simplified Example Academic Advisor Bio+Marks: RO Access Program/Plan: RW Access Peoplesoft Security Controls Online Advising Tool (OAT) ACLs Active Directory Security Group
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For your consideration… ISS is not just about IT infrastructure. Let us know about current challenges you see with WatIAM Stay-tuned for the potential IT impact of new legislation. You MUST report breaches. We have legal obligations to uphold. #watitis2013
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THANK YOU Jason Testart Email: jason.testart@uwaterloo.cajason.testart@uwaterloo.ca Telephone: Ext. 38393 #watitis2013
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