SESSION ID:
#RSAC
TIMOTHY LEE
INTEGRATED SECURITY
OPERATIONS CENTER (ISOC) FOR
CYBERSECURITY
COLLABORATION
STR-F03
CHIEF INFO SECURITY OFFICER
CITY OF LOS ANGELES
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Background – City of Los Angeles
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4 Million people, 465 sq mi, 15 Council District
2nd largest city in US
Employment: 1.81 million
Annual visitors: 42.21 Million
43 departments, 35,000 FTE
Port of LA, Airport, Water and Power (3 Proprietary Departments)
managing their own networks
Information Technology Agency (ITA) manages the rest
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Mayor’s Executive Directive on Cybersecurity
3
“I’m creating this Cyber Intrusion
Command Center (CICC) so that we have
a single, focused team responsible for
implementing enhanced
security standards across city
departments and serving as a rapid
reaction force to cyber-attacks,”
Mayor Eric Garcetti
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Business Challenge
4
IT Security Team is understaffed
Dispersed log capturing capabilities
Minimal use of collaboration tools
Lack of Incident Management platform
No integrated threat intelligence program
Limited situation awareness (SA) and operational
metrics for City as a whole
Imbalance in Detection and Response capability
“Siloed” SOCs/NOCs
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Solution
5
Integrated Security
Operations Center (ISOC)
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Know yourself, Know the enemy
6
“If you know the enemy
and know yourself, you
need not fear the result
of a hundred battles.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
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Know yourself, Know your Enemy
7
Know Enemy
Threat
Intelligence (TI)
Know Yourself
Situation
Awareness (SA)
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Integrated Security Operations Center
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Situation
Awareness
(SA)
Threat
Intelligence
Program (TIP)
Integrated
Security
Operations
Center (ISOC)
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Situation Awareness
9
Knowing What is
going on
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What is Situation Awareness ?
10
Situation Awareness (SA) is the perception of
the elements in the environment within a
volume of time and space, the comprehension
of their meaning, and the projection of their
status in the near future.
Mica Endsley, 1988
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Endsley SA Model
11
Situation Awareness
Level 1
Perception
Level 2
Comprehension
Level 3
Projection
Decision
ActionState Of The
Environment
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Situation Awareness
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PERCEPTION
•Log Collection
•Threat Intel Feeds
•SOC Incident Feeds
•Security Posture
Dashboard
COMPREHENSION
•Event Correlation
and Analysis
•Threat Intelligence
Analysis
PROJETION
•Pattern Matching
•Threat Forecast
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What Is Threat Intelligence (TI)?
13
Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure cpni.gov.uk
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What is Threat Intelligence?
14
Specific
Meaningful
Actionable
Relevant
Timely
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Threat Intelligence Sharing
15
Internal – SOCs, NOCs, Sysadmins, CIRTs
External – Trusted partners, Law
Enforcements, Vendors
Standards – IODEF, YARA, OpenIOC, IF-MAP,
STIX, TAXII, VERIS, CyBOX, TLP, OTX, CIF etc.
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City of Los Angeles
Integrated Security Operations Center
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Security Operations Center (SOC)
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Staff
Tools &
Technology
Facility
Processes &
Procedures
SOC
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Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC)
18
Threat Intelligence
Services
FBI Cyberhood
MS-ISAC
DHS/USSS
SOCs SIEM
NOCs Logs
Access
Control
Fire Alarms
HVAC SCADA
Video
Situational Awareness Threat Intelligence
Internal External
Information Security Physical Security
City Of LA
Integrated SOC
Report
RespondCollect
Collaborate
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ISOC Components
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ISOC SITUATION AWARENESS
 Operational Framework
 SOC Integration
 ISOC Access Control
 Security Posture Dashboard
 Threat Level Indicator
 ISOC On-boarding Requirements
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ISOC Components
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Threat Intelligence Portal (TIP)
 Data Collection (Structured, Unstructured)
 Data Sharing and Dissemination (Internal, External)
 Data Integration
 Classification
 Alert Correlation
 Access Control
 Threat Map / Dashboard
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ISOC Components
21
Facility Design and Build
Display Wall
Display Wall Controller
Consoles
ISOC Dashboard Profiles
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City of Los Angeles
Integrated Security Operations Center
22
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Awards
23
CENTER FOR DIGITAL GOVERNMENT’S 2015
CYBERSECURITY LEADERSHIP AND
INNOVATION AWARD
PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 2016
TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AWARD
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References
25
Security Operation Center Concepts & Implementation – Renaud
Bidou
Building An Intelligence Driven Security Operations Center – RSA
Technical Brief, June 2014
Toward a Theory of Situation Awareness in Dynamic Systems –
Mica R. Endsley, 1995
Technology Overview for Threat Intelligence Platforms – Craig
Lawson, Rob McMillan, December 2014
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TIMOTHY LEE
Chief Information Security Officer
City of Los Angeles
timothy.lee@lacity.org

Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC) for Cybersecurity Collaboration

  • 1.
    SESSION ID: #RSAC TIMOTHY LEE INTEGRATEDSECURITY OPERATIONS CENTER (ISOC) FOR CYBERSECURITY COLLABORATION STR-F03 CHIEF INFO SECURITY OFFICER CITY OF LOS ANGELES
  • 2.
    #RSAC Background – Cityof Los Angeles 2 4 Million people, 465 sq mi, 15 Council District 2nd largest city in US Employment: 1.81 million Annual visitors: 42.21 Million 43 departments, 35,000 FTE Port of LA, Airport, Water and Power (3 Proprietary Departments) managing their own networks Information Technology Agency (ITA) manages the rest
  • 3.
    #RSAC Mayor’s Executive Directiveon Cybersecurity 3 “I’m creating this Cyber Intrusion Command Center (CICC) so that we have a single, focused team responsible for implementing enhanced security standards across city departments and serving as a rapid reaction force to cyber-attacks,” Mayor Eric Garcetti
  • 4.
    #RSAC Business Challenge 4 IT SecurityTeam is understaffed Dispersed log capturing capabilities Minimal use of collaboration tools Lack of Incident Management platform No integrated threat intelligence program Limited situation awareness (SA) and operational metrics for City as a whole Imbalance in Detection and Response capability “Siloed” SOCs/NOCs
  • 5.
  • 6.
    #RSAC Know yourself, Knowthe enemy 6 “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
  • 7.
    #RSAC Know yourself, Knowyour Enemy 7 Know Enemy Threat Intelligence (TI) Know Yourself Situation Awareness (SA)
  • 8.
    #RSAC Integrated Security OperationsCenter 8 Situation Awareness (SA) Threat Intelligence Program (TIP) Integrated Security Operations Center (ISOC)
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    #RSAC What is SituationAwareness ? 10 Situation Awareness (SA) is the perception of the elements in the environment within a volume of time and space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their status in the near future. Mica Endsley, 1988
  • 11.
    #RSAC Endsley SA Model 11 SituationAwareness Level 1 Perception Level 2 Comprehension Level 3 Projection Decision ActionState Of The Environment
  • 12.
    #RSAC Situation Awareness 12 PERCEPTION •Log Collection •ThreatIntel Feeds •SOC Incident Feeds •Security Posture Dashboard COMPREHENSION •Event Correlation and Analysis •Threat Intelligence Analysis PROJETION •Pattern Matching •Threat Forecast
  • 13.
    #RSAC What Is ThreatIntelligence (TI)? 13 Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure cpni.gov.uk
  • 14.
    #RSAC What is ThreatIntelligence? 14 Specific Meaningful Actionable Relevant Timely
  • 15.
    #RSAC Threat Intelligence Sharing 15 Internal– SOCs, NOCs, Sysadmins, CIRTs External – Trusted partners, Law Enforcements, Vendors Standards – IODEF, YARA, OpenIOC, IF-MAP, STIX, TAXII, VERIS, CyBOX, TLP, OTX, CIF etc.
  • 16.
    #RSAC City of LosAngeles Integrated Security Operations Center 16
  • 17.
    #RSAC Security Operations Center(SOC) 17 Staff Tools & Technology Facility Processes & Procedures SOC
  • 18.
    #RSAC Integrated Security OperationsCenter (ISOC) 18 Threat Intelligence Services FBI Cyberhood MS-ISAC DHS/USSS SOCs SIEM NOCs Logs Access Control Fire Alarms HVAC SCADA Video Situational Awareness Threat Intelligence Internal External Information Security Physical Security City Of LA Integrated SOC Report RespondCollect Collaborate
  • 19.
    #RSAC ISOC Components 19 ISOC SITUATIONAWARENESS  Operational Framework  SOC Integration  ISOC Access Control  Security Posture Dashboard  Threat Level Indicator  ISOC On-boarding Requirements
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    #RSAC ISOC Components 20 Threat IntelligencePortal (TIP)  Data Collection (Structured, Unstructured)  Data Sharing and Dissemination (Internal, External)  Data Integration  Classification  Alert Correlation  Access Control  Threat Map / Dashboard
  • 21.
    #RSAC ISOC Components 21 Facility Designand Build Display Wall Display Wall Controller Consoles ISOC Dashboard Profiles
  • 22.
    #RSAC City of LosAngeles Integrated Security Operations Center 22
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    #RSAC Awards 23 CENTER FOR DIGITALGOVERNMENT’S 2015 CYBERSECURITY LEADERSHIP AND INNOVATION AWARD PUBLIC TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE 2016 TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS AWARD
  • 24.
    #RSAC References 25 Security Operation CenterConcepts & Implementation – Renaud Bidou Building An Intelligence Driven Security Operations Center – RSA Technical Brief, June 2014 Toward a Theory of Situation Awareness in Dynamic Systems – Mica R. Endsley, 1995 Technology Overview for Threat Intelligence Platforms – Craig Lawson, Rob McMillan, December 2014
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    #RSAC TIMOTHY LEE Chief InformationSecurity Officer City of Los Angeles timothy.lee@lacity.org