Monday Keynote: Librarians in the Wild - Thinking About Security, Privacy, and Digital Information - Lance Hayden

Librarians in the WildThinking About Security, Privacy, and Digital Information

Lance Hayden Six years with the C.I.A. Master’s from UT iSchool, 1997 Cisco Systems since 1998 Ph.D. from UT iSchool, 2009 Lecturer in UT iSchool since 1999  Security Informatics  We Like to Watch: Surveillance and Society

The Wild Term of art in computer security  The “real world” (as opposed to the lab) A metaphor for where we live in a digital society  Complexity, uncertainty, risk, and threat  The technology landscape  The changing environment in which we create and deploy digital information infrastructures (and the infrastructures themselves, sometimes)

Cities in the Jungle We build houses, shelters, and entire communities in cyberspace Civilization (security of our resources) summed up as:  Confidentiality  Integrity  Availability We often behave in our communities in ways that would give us pause in the physical world

Expansion and Exposure

Four Axioms of Wilderness Life Large herds attract big predators Structures decay quickly in the wild Protective spells are treacherous Knowledge is the best survival trait

From Attrition: www.attrition.org/mirror/attritio

A Brief Survey What is your risk tolerance? Is your Internet-facing perimeter secure? Your wireless? Are your systems and applications patched and up to date? Do your employees and users choose strong passwords? Do you have a disaster recovery and business

Top Ten Passwords (RockYouHack)1. 123456 6. princess2. 12345 7. rockyou3. 123456789 8. 12345674. Password 9. 123456785. iloveyou 10.abc123

Death by USB

Security & Privacy Norms

Security Resources ISO 27000 standards  Plan-Do-Check-Act  Security Controls Online Resources  SANS – www.sans.org  ISSA – www.issa.org  ISACA – www.isaca.org  www.insecure.org  www.securityfocus.com  www.cert.org

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Monday Keynote: Librarians in the Wild - Thinking About Security, Privacy, and Digital Information - Lance Hayden

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