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1999 Activities
Schedule of Events
Click the following topics for an abstract on each session as well as links to PowerPoint presentations and helpful resources.
| Time | Topic | Speaker | Company |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:30am | "A Cyber University" Keynote Address - Introduction "The Future of UF Networking and Security" |
Betty Capaldi, UF Provost Earl Robbins, UF CIO |
UF |
| 9:00am | Securing Routers Against Hackers and Denial of Service Attacks | Lou Ronnau | Cisco Systems |
| 10:00am | Implementing and Configuring Microsoft Windows NT for Secure Environments | Chris Cantrell | Network Associates, Inc. |
| 11:00am | Computer Security and Computer Crime - Legal Considerations - A Primer on Applicable State and Federal Law | Tom Sadaka | Assistant Florida State Prosecutor |
| Lunch | |||
| 1:30pm | Current Best Practices for Improving Unix Security | Jim Hranicky and Dan Roscigno | |
| 2:30pm | Current Best Practices for Improving Windows Security | Rob Bird and Jodi Neely-Ritz | |
| 3:30pm | Current Best Practices to Improve Netware Security | Philip Chase and Iain Moffat | |
8:30 -- Keynote Address - "A Cyber University"
Betty Capaldi, UF Provost
8:30 -- Keynote Speaker - "The Future of UF Networking and Security"
Earl Robbins, UF CIO
The 21st Century will provide the University of Florida with numerous networking challenges, some of which will be bandwidth, security, and quality of service. Every technical publication highlights the need for more emphasis in these areas. The Office of the CIO will address these challenges for UF by providing an administrative and support fabric within which the colleges, centers, and other UF entities can weave long term relationships, mutual support, and mutual learning into a UF community that will readily meet these challenges.
9:00 -- Session 1 - "Securing Routers Against Hackers and Denial of Service Attacks"
Lou Ronnau, Cisco Systems, Inc.
A description of common attacks and how they can be prevented with proper router configuration. Attacks that are unaffected by a router configuration will also be discussed.
Click here for presentation slides.
10:00 -- Session 2 - "Implementing and Configuring Microsoft Windows NT for Secure Environments"
Chris Cantrell, Network Associates, Inc.
In today's networks, many Microsoft Windows NT servers are implemented and maintained with little or no security. Network Administrators are challenged to ensure they implement and maintain services while not sacrificing security. This presentation will focus on many simple, but powerful tasks which will lead to implementing and maintaining Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 servers in any secure environment. You will see a live demonstration of a baseline NT installation, security configuration tasks, and live security scans and vulnerability analysis.
Click here for presentation slides.
11:00 -- Session 3 - "Computer Security and Computer Crime - Legal Considerations - A Primer on Applicable State and Federal Law."
Tom Sadaka, Assistant Florida State Prosecutor
The Florida Computer Crime Act and its application to system administrators will be discussed. If you are the victim, what laws can be applied. System administrator rights, and the rights and responsibilities of security personnel, under federal search and seizure law as applied to computers will be discussed. The application of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act and the Privacy Protection Act will also be covered in this discussion.
1:30 -- Session 4 - "Current Best Practices for Improving Unix Security"
Jim Hranicky and Dan Roscigno
A moderate but continuous investment of time is required to gain improvement in system security. Follow the "Current Best Practices" discussed in this session and make them part of your routine. Topics covered include access control, OS and application security, auditing and network security.
2:30 -- Session 5 - "Current Best Practices for Improving Windows Security"
Rob Bird and Jodi Neely-Ritz
It requires little investment to gain vast improvements in Windows NT security. Follow the Windows NT security guidelines discussed in this session and make them part of your Windows NT management routine. Topics that will be covered include Windows NT risk analysis, User Manager and access control, NT kernel and application security, Event Viewer and other auditing tasks, and network security as it specifically relates to Windows networking.
Follow these links for presentation slides: Part I - Part II.
3:30 -- Session 6 - "Current Best Practices to Improve Netware Security"
Philip Chase and Iain Moffat
Netware security can be tremendously improved with little effort or expense. Follow the Netware security guidelines discussed in this session and make them part of your routine. Topics that will be covered include console security, OS and file system security, NDS security, client security, account management, and how to close SMTP relays.