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1998 Activities

October 1, 1998

Reitz Union Auditorium
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL

Schedule of Events

Click the following topics for an abstract on each session.

Time Topic Speaker Company
8:30am - 10:00am Protecting Your Data and Equipment Lt. Nick Vellis, Rocky Essex UFPD, CIRCA
10:00am - 10:15am Break
10:15am - 11:00am Audit Check List Nur Erenguc UF Inspector General
11:00am - 11:45am LAN Security Eric Olson UF College of Business Administration
11:45am - 1:00pm Lunch
1:00pm - 1:45pm Securing Your Domain John "Yasha" Kida Internet Security Systems
1:45pm - 2:30pm Business Transaction Security Heidi Warner IBM
2:30pm - 2:45pm Break
2:45pm - 3:30pm Security Policy Ken Powell Network Associates / McAfee
3:30pm - 4:15pm The Future Jude O'Reilley Gartner Group
8:30am - 10:00am -- Protecting your Data and Equipment

Lt. Nick Vellis, UFPD
Rocky Essex, CIRCA

Data --- To protect your data, you need to ensure that unauthorized persons cannot access your data on your workstation and that you store your media appropriately.  Considerations of password security, CD and diskette care, and frequently asked questions will be covered.  Examples of problems and how they could have been avoided or minimized will be included.

Hardware --- Now that you have created a space for your bright shiny new workstation, how can you ensure that it will STAY there? In addition to standard crime-prevention strategies, you need to consider access control mechanisms and procedures and ways to attach your workstation physically to its work surface.

10:15am - 11:00am -- Audit Check List

Nur Erenguc, UF Inspector General

If your department were to be audited for information security, what would the auditors be looking for? What do you need to know with respect to control structures established to manage the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information system, data, and resources. Do audit concerns over information systems differ from those identified by management? UF's Inspector General will share an auditor's checklist to help you be ready.

11:00am - 11:45am -- LAN Security

Eric Olson, UF College of Business Administration

Are there special considerations for keeping your departmental LAN safe and secure? Yes, there are! CBA's Eric Olson will discuss issues related to access restrictions, data security, and physical security for LANs.

1:00pm - 1:45pm -- Securing Your Domain: Building a Secure Fortress

John "Yasha" Kida, Internet Security Systems

Recognizing that many organizations have a mandatory requirement to develop and provide a secure network domain for their business and users, the speaker has developed a practical, but entertaining, presentation of securing your network domain. This security presentation is based on real life installations, not abstract topics and will cover security from the foundation up, a brick at a time.

1:45pm - 2:30pm -- Securing the Network for Business Transactions

Heidi Warner, IBM

This session will cover aspects of using the internet for financial transactions, buying over the internet, SET (Secure Electronic Transactions) standards. and secure sign-on through vault registry. A must for anyone planning to do business over the Internet.

2:45pm - 3:30pm -- Security Policy: The Basic Tool

Ken Powell, Network Associates / McAfee

Understanding your information technology security risks and addressing these risks are a priority for most proactive IT organizations.  This presentation will consist of:

3:30pm - 4:15pm -- The Future

Jude O'Reilley, Gartner Group

Included in this presentation will be a discussion of currently deployed technologies (e.g., firewalls) in light of what's on the horizon, e.g., Virtual Private Networking, Intrusion Detection and web authorization and control tools.  It will present the Gartner Group's latest evaluation of the vendors and technologies in this market and an estimation of how they will evolve in the next 3 to 5 years.

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