Mission Critical Global Technology Group (MCGlobalTech) provides information security and IT infrastructure management consulting services. They help organizations comply with industry standards and federal regulations to strengthen their security posture. MCGlobalTech assesses clients' security gaps and develops customized solutions involving governance, processes, and technology controls. Their full lifecycle of services includes assessment, planning, implementation, and continuous monitoring.
This document provides an overview of developing an information security program based on the ISO 27000 framework. It discusses defining requirements, developing policies and plans, key initiatives like awareness training and risk management, and assessing effectiveness. The goal is to build a program tailored to each institution with top management support and an incremental approach. References and resources from EDUCAUSE are provided for each component.
Cybersecurity Preparedness Trends and Best Practices
The document summarizes the key findings of a cybersecurity preparedness benchmarking study conducted by Berkeley Research Group. The study surveyed over 100 executives across different sectors to evaluate their cybersecurity programs, governance, and incident response capabilities. Key findings included that while organizations focused on cybersecurity culture, many did not feel their programs were fully effective. Current employees were identified as the likely cause of most breaches. Most organizations lacked strategies for emerging technologies like the Internet of Things. The report provided recommendations for organizations to improve, including gaining board leadership support, building security into all activities, and ensuring qualified cybersecurity talent.
Cyber Security in the Digital Age: A Survey and its Analysis
This document summarizes the results of a cyber security survey conducted by Core Quadrant in 2016. The survey gauged the preparedness of organizations in India on issues related to cyber security. Key findings included:
- CISOs felt that external and internal threats as well as compliance needs had increased compared to the previous year. Cyber threats to infrastructure, applications and digital applications were also seen as increasing.
- There was a gap between CFO and CISO perspectives on the alignment of cyber security strategy with business and IT strategies. CISOs also rated CISO leadership traits like influencing skills lower than CFOs.
- Common challenges cited were unclear roles and accountability as well as the need for a holistic security plan
Introduction to Risk Management via the NIST Cyber Security Framework
The cyber security profession has successfully established explicit guidance for practitioners to implement effective cyber security programs via the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). The CSF provides both a roadmap and a measuring stick for effective cyber security. Application of the CSF within cyber is nothing new, but the resurgence of Enterprise Security Risk Management and Security Convergence highlight opportunities for expanded application for cyber, physical, and personnel security risks. This NIST CSF can help practitioners build a cross-pollenated understanding of holistic risk.
Main points covered:
• Understand the purpose, value, and application of the NIST CSF in familiar non-technical terms.
• Understand how the Functions and Categories of the NIST CSF (the CSF “Core”) and an organization's “current” and “target” profiles are relevant and valuable in a variety of sectors and environments.
• Understand how an organization’s physical and cyber security resources and stakeholders can align with the NIST CSF as a tool to achieve holistic security risk management.
Presenters:
David Feeney, CPP, PMP has 17 years of security industry experience assisting organizations with risk management matters specific to physical, personnel, and cyber security. He has 9 years of experience with service providers and 8 years of experience within enterprise security organizations. David has worked with industry leaders in the energy, technology, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Areas of specialization include Security Operations Center design and management, Security Systems design and implementation, and Enterprise Risk Management. David holds leadership positions in ASIS International and is also a member of the InfraGard FBI program. David holds Certification Protection Professional (CPP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.
Andrea LeStarge, MS has over ten years of experience in program management, risk analysis and curriculum development. Being specialized in Homeland Security, Andrea leverages her experience in formerly managing projects to support various Federal Government entities in identifying, detecting and responding to man-made, natural and cyber incidents. She has an established track record in recognizing security gaps and corrective risk mitigation options, while effectively communicating findings to stakeholders, private sector owners and operators, and first-responder personnel within tactical, operational and strategic levels. Overall, Andrea encompasses analytical tradecraft and demonstrates consistent, repeatable and defensible methodologies pertaining to risk and the elements of threat, vulnerability and consequence.
Recorded webinar: https://youtu.be/hxpuYtMQgf0
How to minimize threats in your information system using network segregation?
We will discuss the importance of network infrastructure and how we can minimize risks of attacks in our IT by segregating and segmenting our network infrastructure.
Main points that have been covered are:
• Why it’s always a primary target for attacks?
• What are the segmented networks?
• How can it be used?
Presenter:
Our presenter for this webinar is Mohamed Tawfik, who is a qualified Technocrat, and a seasoned IT/Telecom Professional having over 20 years of solid experience with multi-national corporate organizations planning, deployment, governance, audit and enforcing policy on Information Security Practice, while having in-depth knowledge of IT/Telecom Infrastructure and with a proven record of customer satisfaction.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube:https://youtu.be/sKhihzgElH8
This document summarizes the results of a study on trends in information security. It finds that while most organizations feel their current security is satisfactory, common drivers for changing approaches include security breaches, vulnerabilities discovered by audits, and reports of other security breaches. Complicating factors include the consumerization of IT, lack of security expertise, legacy systems, and growing sophistication of threats. The study also examines mobile security incidents, cloud security reviews, awareness of regulations, human vs. technology errors, and criteria for better security training.
How to Use the NIST CSF to Recover from a Healthcare Breach
The document discusses recovering from healthcare data breaches using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). It provides an agenda that covers compliance vs security in healthcare, why NIST CSF is useful for healthcare, a deep dive on the "Recover" function of the framework, and implementing requirements to address recovery. The webinar aims to help healthcare organizations balance compliance and security using the NIST CSF as a tool.
This document provides an overview of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role including:
1) A sample CISO job description outlining responsibilities such as managing the information security program, performing risk assessments, ensuring disaster recovery plans, and more.
2) A discussion of the evolution of the CISO role from the 1990s to present day, noting changes in technologies, laws/regulations, security issues, and organizational structure.
3) An examination of what constitutes a leading information security program in 2016, highlighting areas like risk management, monitoring, policies/controls, awareness, and certifications/frameworks.
4) A look at how the 2016-2020 CISO will need to balance
Security Framework for Digital Risk ManagmentSecurestorm
A cyber security governance framework and digital risk management process for OFFICIAL environments in UK Government. A pragmatic and proportional information risk management process which can be used at speed, and is compatible with Agile projects. This is released under a Creative Commons; Attribution-Non Commercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
The document discusses strategic approaches for information security in 2018, focusing on continuous adaptive risk and trust assessment (CARTA). It recommends adopting a CARTA strategic approach to securely enable access to digital business initiatives in an increasingly complex threat environment. The document outlines key challenges in adapting existing security approaches to new digital business realities and recommends embracing principles of trust and resilience, developing an adaptive security architecture, and implementing a formal risk and security management program.
Developing an Information Security RoadmapAustin Songer
The document outlines steps to develop an information security roadmap:
1. Assess assets, risks, and resources; build security policies; and choose appropriate controls.
2. Deploy controls in phases like data loss prevention and email encryption.
3. Educate employees, executives, and vendors on policies and compliance requirements.
4. Continuously assess, audit, and test the security program to ensure effectiveness over time as the organization changes.
Supplement To Student Guide Seminar 03 A 3 Nov09Tammy Clark
This document provides an overview of developing an information security program based on the ISO 27000 framework. It discusses defining requirements, developing policies and plans, key initiatives like awareness training and risk management, and assessing effectiveness. The goal is to build a program tailored to each institution with top management support and an incremental approach. References and resources from EDUCAUSE are provided for each component.
Cybersecurity Preparedness Trends and Best PracticesTony Moroney
The document summarizes the key findings of a cybersecurity preparedness benchmarking study conducted by Berkeley Research Group. The study surveyed over 100 executives across different sectors to evaluate their cybersecurity programs, governance, and incident response capabilities. Key findings included that while organizations focused on cybersecurity culture, many did not feel their programs were fully effective. Current employees were identified as the likely cause of most breaches. Most organizations lacked strategies for emerging technologies like the Internet of Things. The report provided recommendations for organizations to improve, including gaining board leadership support, building security into all activities, and ensuring qualified cybersecurity talent.
Cyber Security in the Digital Age: A Survey and its AnalysisRahul Neel Mani
This document summarizes the results of a cyber security survey conducted by Core Quadrant in 2016. The survey gauged the preparedness of organizations in India on issues related to cyber security. Key findings included:
- CISOs felt that external and internal threats as well as compliance needs had increased compared to the previous year. Cyber threats to infrastructure, applications and digital applications were also seen as increasing.
- There was a gap between CFO and CISO perspectives on the alignment of cyber security strategy with business and IT strategies. CISOs also rated CISO leadership traits like influencing skills lower than CFOs.
- Common challenges cited were unclear roles and accountability as well as the need for a holistic security plan
Introduction to Risk Management via the NIST Cyber Security FrameworkPECB
The cyber security profession has successfully established explicit guidance for practitioners to implement effective cyber security programs via the NIST Cyber Security Framework (CSF). The CSF provides both a roadmap and a measuring stick for effective cyber security. Application of the CSF within cyber is nothing new, but the resurgence of Enterprise Security Risk Management and Security Convergence highlight opportunities for expanded application for cyber, physical, and personnel security risks. This NIST CSF can help practitioners build a cross-pollenated understanding of holistic risk.
Main points covered:
• Understand the purpose, value, and application of the NIST CSF in familiar non-technical terms.
• Understand how the Functions and Categories of the NIST CSF (the CSF “Core”) and an organization's “current” and “target” profiles are relevant and valuable in a variety of sectors and environments.
• Understand how an organization’s physical and cyber security resources and stakeholders can align with the NIST CSF as a tool to achieve holistic security risk management.
Presenters:
David Feeney, CPP, PMP has 17 years of security industry experience assisting organizations with risk management matters specific to physical, personnel, and cyber security. He has 9 years of experience with service providers and 8 years of experience within enterprise security organizations. David has worked with industry leaders in the energy, technology, healthcare, and real estate sectors. Areas of specialization include Security Operations Center design and management, Security Systems design and implementation, and Enterprise Risk Management. David holds leadership positions in ASIS International and is also a member of the InfraGard FBI program. David holds Certification Protection Professional (CPP) and Project Management Professional (PMP) certifications.
Andrea LeStarge, MS has over ten years of experience in program management, risk analysis and curriculum development. Being specialized in Homeland Security, Andrea leverages her experience in formerly managing projects to support various Federal Government entities in identifying, detecting and responding to man-made, natural and cyber incidents. She has an established track record in recognizing security gaps and corrective risk mitigation options, while effectively communicating findings to stakeholders, private sector owners and operators, and first-responder personnel within tactical, operational and strategic levels. Overall, Andrea encompasses analytical tradecraft and demonstrates consistent, repeatable and defensible methodologies pertaining to risk and the elements of threat, vulnerability and consequence.
Recorded webinar: https://youtu.be/hxpuYtMQgf0
How to minimize threats in your information system using network segregation? PECB
We will discuss the importance of network infrastructure and how we can minimize risks of attacks in our IT by segregating and segmenting our network infrastructure.
Main points that have been covered are:
• Why it’s always a primary target for attacks?
• What are the segmented networks?
• How can it be used?
Presenter:
Our presenter for this webinar is Mohamed Tawfik, who is a qualified Technocrat, and a seasoned IT/Telecom Professional having over 20 years of solid experience with multi-national corporate organizations planning, deployment, governance, audit and enforcing policy on Information Security Practice, while having in-depth knowledge of IT/Telecom Infrastructure and with a proven record of customer satisfaction.
Link of the recorded session published on YouTube:https://youtu.be/sKhihzgElH8
This document summarizes the results of a study on trends in information security. It finds that while most organizations feel their current security is satisfactory, common drivers for changing approaches include security breaches, vulnerabilities discovered by audits, and reports of other security breaches. Complicating factors include the consumerization of IT, lack of security expertise, legacy systems, and growing sophistication of threats. The study also examines mobile security incidents, cloud security reviews, awareness of regulations, human vs. technology errors, and criteria for better security training.
How to Use the NIST CSF to Recover from a Healthcare Breach Symantec
The document discusses recovering from healthcare data breaches using the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (CSF). It provides an agenda that covers compliance vs security in healthcare, why NIST CSF is useful for healthcare, a deep dive on the "Recover" function of the framework, and implementing requirements to address recovery. The webinar aims to help healthcare organizations balance compliance and security using the NIST CSF as a tool.
This document provides an overview of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) role including:
1) A sample CISO job description outlining responsibilities such as managing the information security program, performing risk assessments, ensuring disaster recovery plans, and more.
2) A discussion of the evolution of the CISO role from the 1990s to present day, noting changes in technologies, laws/regulations, security issues, and organizational structure.
3) An examination of what constitutes a leading information security program in 2016, highlighting areas like risk management, monitoring, policies/controls, awareness, and certifications/frameworks.
4) A look at how the 2016-2020 CISO will need to balance
S. Rod Simpson is an experienced IT security professional with over 25 years of experience managing information security risk, IT general controls, IT audit, and compliance at Caterpillar, Inc. He has held roles such as Enterprise Risk Acceptance Manager, IT General Controls Manager, Manager of Key Process Indicators, and Six Sigma Blackbelt. Simpson is skilled in all aspects of information security from policy to protection to audit. He is certified in CRISC, CISA, CISM, ITIL, and Six Sigma methodology.
Protecting Vital Data With NIST Framework - Patrick Kerpan's Secure260 presen...Cohesive Networks
The document discusses the NIST Cybersecurity Framework and risk-based cybersecurity. It provides an overview of the NIST Framework, describing its core components and five tiers of maturity. It also discusses how the Framework establishes a common language and unified process for managing cybersecurity risks across critical infrastructure sectors. Finally, it outlines steps for applying the Framework, including prioritizing risks, assessing cybersecurity programs, and developing action plans to address gaps.
This document discusses Manning InfoSec's strategy and key considerations. It begins with an agenda covering an open discussion on drivers, challenges, the evolving infosec role, responsibilities, and concluding with a bigger picture view. Key points discussed include adopting a risk-based approach, infosec being a board responsibility, recognizing responsibilities like protecting information assets, and presenting a global cybersecurity landscape map. The document advocates developing a security strategy that keeps things simple, is endorsed by management, and takes a proactive, risk-based approach to infosec efforts.
This document provides summaries of several information security frameworks and standards, including:
- ISO/IEC 27002:2005 which provides guidelines for information security management across 10 security domains.
- ISO/IEC 27001:2005 which specifies requirements for establishing an Information Security Management System using a PDCA model.
- Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard which consists of 12 requirements to enhance payment data security.
- COBIT which links IT initiatives to business requirements and defines management control objectives across 34 IT processes.
It also briefly outlines US regulations including Sarbanes-Oxley, COSO, HIPAA, and FISMA which aim to improve corporate disclosures, define healthcare information
the Defense Department and General Services Administration report on improving cyber security and resilience through acquisition. This report, developed as part of the President’s Executive Order on Cyber Security, forms the baseline for a fundamental shift in federal procurement policy. In short, going forward cyber security is going to be a core consideration in federal procurements. Contractors will likely find cyber security obligations embedded in their contracts, and may even find themselves excluded from the procurement process if certain cyber security benchmarks are not met.
The report spells out six key recommendations:
1) Institute Baseline Cybersecurity Requirements as a Condition of Contract Award for Appropriate Acquisitions
2) Address Cybersecurity in Relevant Training
3) Develop Common Cybersecurity Definitions for Federal Acquisitions
4) Institute a Federal Acquisition Cyber Risk Management Strategy
5) Include a Requirement to Purchase from Original Equipment Manufacturers, Their Authorized Resellers, or Other “Trusted” Sources, Whenever Available, in Appropriate Acquisitions
6) Increase Government Accountability for Cyber Risk Management
This Slideshare presentation is a partial preview of the full business document. To view and download the full document, please go here:
http://flevy.com/browse/business-document/it-security-and-governance-template-312
This Word Document provides a template for an IT Security & Governance Policy and is easily customisable. Areas cover are: Security, Data Back-Up, Virus Protection, Internet & Email usage, Remote & 3rd Party Network Access, User-Account Management, Procurement, Asset Management and IS Service Continuity Planning
The document outlines a security project that includes establishing security roles and coverage, developing a security roadmap and strategy, and setting targets for people, processes, business, and certification. It discusses security concerns related to data sources like people, applications, systems, networks, and endpoints. The security roadmap proposes implementing system controls, awareness training, process controls, planned audits, and issues closure verification to meet the vision. An information security task force would support achieving security goals across management, employees, and stakeholders.
This document introduces a presentation on the direct and indirect advantages of implementing ISO 27001:2005 for an organization. It provides background on ISO 27001, including that it was published in 2005 and replaced BS7799-2. It also describes what an Information Security Management System (ISMS) is and the risks and challenges of information security.
Mission Critical Global Technology Group (MCGlobalTech) is an information security and IT consulting firm that provides enterprise information security management services for commercial businesses. The document discusses why businesses need a formal security program to take an organized, enterprise-wide approach to managing security risks in a proactive manner. It outlines the key components of a security program and how MCGlobalTech can help clients develop a tailored program to protect their data, systems and meet their unique security needs.
Expert Compliance Solutions by Ispectra Technologies.pptxkathyzink87
In every sector, observing precise compliance solutions is crucial for the protection of business data, conformity to industry standards, and adherence to legal, security, and regulatory requirements. If a company doesn’t stick to these rules, it could face serious fines and legal issues. That’s why it’s critical for organizations to put compliance management solutions in place. This helps them effectively meet their regulatory obligations, avoiding penalties and safeguarding their operations.
Read detailed blog : https://ispectratechnologies.com/blogs/expert-compliance-solutions-by-ispectra-technologies/
These built-in features enable the generation of detailed reports, empowering robust analytics to analyze data, compare case numbers, and identify patterns of misconduct on a quarterly or annual basis. Additionally, with Ispectra Technologies, you have the option to allocate tasks and effortlessly share information with the entire compliance team.
This document is an IT security assessment proposal from Cybersense that outlines the need for IT security assessments. It discusses why assessments are important for protecting organizations from cyber threats. The proposal describes Cybersense's approach, deliverables including a detailed report, and costs varying by project scope. Cybersense is presented as an information security consulting firm that can help organizations strengthen their security and risk management.
This document provides an overview of cybersecurity offerings from KMicro Tech, including cybersecurity consultancy and advisory services, compliance and governance services, cybersecurity assurance and secure infrastructure services, and managed security services. Key services outlined include risk assessments, security policy development, penetration testing, firewall management, identity and access management, security information and event management, and incident response. The document provides high-level descriptions of each service offering.
Brandon Consulting provides IT compliance and governance services for credit unions. They assess clients' IT infrastructure risks and help mitigate risks through independent audits and recommendations. Their services include penetration testing, cybersecurity training, infrastructure audits, and disaster recovery planning. They aim to help clients meet regulatory and data protection standards through a structured approach involving assessing needs, creating a technology roadmap, and providing ongoing support and reviews. Past clients praise Brandon Consulting for their professional, impartial services.
The document discusses security solutions and services offered by Connection to help organizations address increasing cyber threats. It describes Connection's approach of assessing vulnerabilities, developing risk management strategies, and implementing unified security stacks and managed security services to continuously protect, detect, and react to threats. Connection's experts can help organizations understand and prioritize security risks, implement appropriate solutions, and manage security programs on an ongoing basis.
4 Key Benefits of Managed IT Security Services – Devlabs GlobalDevLabs Global
Managed IT security services provide a proactive and comprehensive approach to protecting your organization’s digital assets. With a team of skilled professionals continuously monitoring your systems, potential vulnerabilities can be identified and addressed before they are exploited. These services employ advanced threat detection tools, real-time monitoring, and regular security updates to stay ahead of evolving cyber threats.
This resume summarizes the professional experience of an Information Security professional with over 13 years of experience implementing security standards like ISO27001, PCI-DSS, and SSAE 16. The candidate's current role involves automating security controls, managing audits, and leading a team as the IT-GRC Domain Area Lead Manager. Prior experience includes security roles at Bharti Airtel, Capco Technologies, and other companies managing security operations, audits, risk assessments, and projects.
In today's fast-paced and technology-driven business landscape, having a reliable and efficient IT infrastructure is vital. Managed IT Services offer businesses the opportunity to optimize their IT operations, enhance cybersecurity, streamline processes, and stay ahead of the competition. Our blog covers a wide range of topics related to Managed IT Services, providing valuable information and expert guidance.
This document discusses information security governance and business continuity planning for organizations. It emphasizes that information security is a business issue that requires strategic management from the board and senior leadership. It outlines key roles and responsibilities for governance bodies like the board, executive management, information security team, and risk committees. It also discusses developing policies, procedures, risk management processes, information security audits, and testing business continuity plans to ensure effective governance. Regular reviews and updates are needed to account for a changing threat landscape and business environment.
Cyber-attacks are an alarming threat to all types of businesses & organizations.The risk of a cyber-attack is not just a risk to your company but also to your privacy.Hence, cybersecurity is crucial for every business. Cybersecurity protects critical data from cyber attackers. This includes sensitive data, governmental and industry information, personal information, personally identifiable information (PII), intellectual property, and protected health information (PHI). If you are looking for tools to fight against cyber threats, then Techwave’s tools & technologies with adequate controls will help your organization stay protected.
The document discusses cybersecurity and Techwave's approach. It notes that cyber attacks are a threat to businesses and their privacy. Techwave provides cybersecurity tools and technologies to help organizations stay protected. Their solutions include a defense-in-depth strategy with multiple security layers, digital certificates for authentication, and comprehensive security assessments and plans. Techwave aims to maintain data security, manage risks, avoid breaches, and ensure compliance.
Our mission is to be a trusted provider of information technology services and solutions with core competencies in cybersecurity, information assurance, security engineering, risk management and security program and project management. Our proven methodologies and scalable solutions help our clients achieve maximum return on their investment.
This document introduces Entreda, a startup that provides predictive cybersecurity risk mitigation software for regulated enterprises. It provides an overview of Entreda's leadership team and board members, who have extensive experience in cybersecurity and related fields. The document also summarizes Entreda's corporate highlights, including its focus on the financial services industry, growth, partnerships, and technology which uses predictive analytics and a data-driven approach to assess and mitigate cybersecurity risks.
Improve Information Security Practices in the Small EnterpriseGeorge Goodall
Over 80% of small-medium sized business consider themselves non-targets for cyber-attacks. However, 60% of all targeted attacks are towards small-medium sized organizations. The capabilities of hackers have risen dramatically in the last two years. Organizations of all sizes need a security plan. Security by obscurity is no longer a viable option. Adopt a proven strategy to protect vital corporate assets.
The MCGlobalTech Managed Security Compliance Program helps small business government contractors meet the DFARS/NIST 800-171 compliance requirements by managing their security and compliance. Save Money. Run your business. Leave it to the experts.
The cybersecurity field is broad, diverse and require a wide array of knowledge, skills and experience. Knowing what you want to achieve is the first step in getting there.
Improving Cyber Readiness with the NIST Cybersecurity FrameworkWilliam McBorrough
Still need a prime on the CSF? Check out my article for the Access Business Team January 2017 Newsletter on how business can improve their cyber readiness with the NIST Cybersecurity Framework.
Learn the five steps all businesses must follow to protect themselves from costly data breaches. This will be the first of a monthly series to educational webinars for small business leaders. Knowing is the first step in protecting your business.
Learn the five steps all businesses must follow to protect themselves from costly data breaches. This will be the first of a monthly series to educational webinars for small business leaders. Knowing is the first step in protecting your business.
MCGlobalTech is an information security and IT consulting firm that provides a full range of cybersecurity services including assessments, authorization, risk management, engineering, and network security. They have experience serving both government agencies and commercial clients. The document provides an overview of MCGlobalTech's capabilities and experience in order to establish them as a qualified cybersecurity partner.
MCGlobalTech is a minority-owned small business founded by industry leaders to provide strategic advisory and security consulting services to both public and private sector clients. With expertise in cyber security, IT infrastructure, and industry certifications, their team of over 15 years of experience helps organizations better align technology and security with their mission and business goals. Using their proven Assess-Plan-Implement-Monitor methodology, MCGlobalTech identifies potential security gaps so clients can address their unique risks and requirements.
Information Security Continuous Monitoring within a Risk Management FrameworkWilliam McBorrough
This document discusses the need for information security continuous monitoring (ISCM) within federal agencies. It outlines a risk management framework and seven-step ISCM strategy to continuously assess risks, security controls, and the overall security posture. The strategy involves defining goals, establishing metrics and assessment frequencies, implementing a monitoring program, analyzing data, responding to findings, and reviewing the program. It recommends anchoring the approach to a risk framework, prioritizing projects according to risk, maintaining situational awareness, and ensuring leadership support and system owner responsibility for effective continuous monitoring.
Mission Critical Global Technology Group (MCGlobalTech) is a minority-owned small business that provides strategic advisory and consulting services to public and private sector organizations to align their technology and security programs with business goals. It has experts with over 20 years of experience in fields like information security, IT infrastructure, and risk management who hold certifications like CISSP, CISA, and CEH. MCGlobalTech offers services in enterprise security management, IT infrastructure management, governance/compliance, and cloud computing security and migration.
MCGlobalTech presentation to manufacturing sector executives on managing cybersecurity risks by implementing an enterprise information security management program.
This document discusses protecting customer confidential information and cybersecurity for small and medium-sized businesses. It outlines common data breaches, regulations around privacy, and strategies for securing data through technical controls and policies for people, including restricting access, encryption, training, and disposal of old data. The presentation emphasizes assessing risks and building security into daily operations, not as an extra task.
The document discusses a proposal to allow private companies to conduct cyber retaliation against foreign attackers. It summarizes the key challenges with this approach, including: [1] It is difficult to accurately identify attackers due to use of compromised systems. [2] Most companies lack the expertise and resources to conduct effective counterattacks. [3] Allowing private retaliation could escalate tensions and cause international incidents. While improved cyber defense is needed, alternative approaches may be better than outsourcing retaliation to private companies.
This document discusses cloud computing characteristics, service models, deployment models, risks, and security benefits. It defines cloud computing as on-demand access to configurable computing resources over a network. Key characteristics include rapid elasticity, broad network access, resource pooling, measured service, and self-service. Common models are Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS). Risks include vendor lock-in, loss of governance, and isolation failures, but cloud security can also be improved through large-scale implementation.
7 Most Powerful Solar Storms in the History of Earth.pdfEnterprise Wired
Solar Storms (Geo Magnetic Storms) are the motion of accelerated charged particles in the solar environment with high velocities due to the coronal mass ejection (CME).
Paradigm Shifts in User Modeling: A Journey from Historical Foundations to Em...Erasmo Purificato
Slide of the tutorial entitled "Paradigm Shifts in User Modeling: A Journey from Historical Foundations to Emerging Trends" held at UMAP'24: 32nd ACM Conference on User Modeling, Adaptation and Personalization (July 1, 2024 | Cagliari, Italy)
RPA In Healthcare Benefits, Use Case, Trend And Challenges 2024.pptxSynapseIndia
Your comprehensive guide to RPA in healthcare for 2024. Explore the benefits, use cases, and emerging trends of robotic process automation. Understand the challenges and prepare for the future of healthcare automation
An invited talk given by Mark Billinghurst on Research Directions for Cross Reality Interfaces. This was given on July 2nd 2024 as part of the 2024 Summer School on Cross Reality in Hagenberg, Austria (July 1st - 7th)
INDIAN AIR FORCE FIGHTER PLANES LIST.pdfjackson110191
These fighter aircraft have uses outside of traditional combat situations. They are essential in defending India's territorial integrity, averting dangers, and delivering aid to those in need during natural calamities. Additionally, the IAF improves its interoperability and fortifies international military alliances by working together and conducting joint exercises with other air forces.
Kief Morris rethinks the infrastructure code delivery lifecycle, advocating for a shift towards composable infrastructure systems. We should shift to designing around deployable components rather than code modules, use more useful levels of abstraction, and drive design and deployment from applications rather than bottom-up, monolithic architecture and delivery.
Transcript: Details of description part II: Describing images in practice - T...BookNet Canada
This presentation explores the practical application of image description techniques. Familiar guidelines will be demonstrated in practice, and descriptions will be developed “live”! If you have learned a lot about the theory of image description techniques but want to feel more confident putting them into practice, this is the presentation for you. There will be useful, actionable information for everyone, whether you are working with authors, colleagues, alone, or leveraging AI as a collaborator.
Link to presentation recording and slides: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/details-of-description-part-ii-describing-images-in-practice/
Presented by BookNet Canada on June 25, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Advanced Techniques for Cyber Security Analysis and Anomaly DetectionBert Blevins
Cybersecurity is a major concern in today's connected digital world. Threats to organizations are constantly evolving and have the potential to compromise sensitive information, disrupt operations, and lead to significant financial losses. Traditional cybersecurity techniques often fall short against modern attackers. Therefore, advanced techniques for cyber security analysis and anomaly detection are essential for protecting digital assets. This blog explores these cutting-edge methods, providing a comprehensive overview of their application and importance.
Blockchain technology is transforming industries and reshaping the way we conduct business, manage data, and secure transactions. Whether you're new to blockchain or looking to deepen your knowledge, our guidebook, "Blockchain for Dummies", is your ultimate resource.
Mitigating the Impact of State Management in Cloud Stream Processing SystemsScyllaDB
Stream processing is a crucial component of modern data infrastructure, but constructing an efficient and scalable stream processing system can be challenging. Decoupling compute and storage architecture has emerged as an effective solution to these challenges, but it can introduce high latency issues, especially when dealing with complex continuous queries that necessitate managing extra-large internal states.
In this talk, we focus on addressing the high latency issues associated with S3 storage in stream processing systems that employ a decoupled compute and storage architecture. We delve into the root causes of latency in this context and explore various techniques to minimize the impact of S3 latency on stream processing performance. Our proposed approach is to implement a tiered storage mechanism that leverages a blend of high-performance and low-cost storage tiers to reduce data movement between the compute and storage layers while maintaining efficient processing.
Throughout the talk, we will present experimental results that demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach in mitigating the impact of S3 latency on stream processing. By the end of the talk, attendees will have gained insights into how to optimize their stream processing systems for reduced latency and improved cost-efficiency.
Scaling Connections in PostgreSQL Postgres Bangalore(PGBLR) Meetup-2 - MydbopsMydbops
This presentation, delivered at the Postgres Bangalore (PGBLR) Meetup-2 on June 29th, 2024, dives deep into connection pooling for PostgreSQL databases. Aakash M, a PostgreSQL Tech Lead at Mydbops, explores the challenges of managing numerous connections and explains how connection pooling optimizes performance and resource utilization.
Key Takeaways:
* Understand why connection pooling is essential for high-traffic applications
* Explore various connection poolers available for PostgreSQL, including pgbouncer
* Learn the configuration options and functionalities of pgbouncer
* Discover best practices for monitoring and troubleshooting connection pooling setups
* Gain insights into real-world use cases and considerations for production environments
This presentation is ideal for:
* Database administrators (DBAs)
* Developers working with PostgreSQL
* DevOps engineers
* Anyone interested in optimizing PostgreSQL performance
Contact info@mydbops.com for PostgreSQL Managed, Consulting and Remote DBA Services
Best Practices for Effectively Running dbt in Airflow.pdfTatiana Al-Chueyr
As a popular open-source library for analytics engineering, dbt is often used in combination with Airflow. Orchestrating and executing dbt models as DAGs ensures an additional layer of control over tasks, observability, and provides a reliable, scalable environment to run dbt models.
This webinar will cover a step-by-step guide to Cosmos, an open source package from Astronomer that helps you easily run your dbt Core projects as Airflow DAGs and Task Groups, all with just a few lines of code. We’ll walk through:
- Standard ways of running dbt (and when to utilize other methods)
- How Cosmos can be used to run and visualize your dbt projects in Airflow
- Common challenges and how to address them, including performance, dependency conflicts, and more
- How running dbt projects in Airflow helps with cost optimization
Webinar given on 9 July 2024
Are you interested in dipping your toes in the cloud native observability waters, but as an engineer you are not sure where to get started with tracing problems through your microservices and application landscapes on Kubernetes? Then this is the session for you, where we take you on your first steps in an active open-source project that offers a buffet of languages, challenges, and opportunities for getting started with telemetry data.
The project is called openTelemetry, but before diving into the specifics, we’ll start with de-mystifying key concepts and terms such as observability, telemetry, instrumentation, cardinality, percentile to lay a foundation. After understanding the nuts and bolts of observability and distributed traces, we’ll explore the openTelemetry community; its Special Interest Groups (SIGs), repositories, and how to become not only an end-user, but possibly a contributor.We will wrap up with an overview of the components in this project, such as the Collector, the OpenTelemetry protocol (OTLP), its APIs, and its SDKs.
Attendees will leave with an understanding of key observability concepts, become grounded in distributed tracing terminology, be aware of the components of openTelemetry, and know how to take their first steps to an open-source contribution!
Key Takeaways: Open source, vendor neutral instrumentation is an exciting new reality as the industry standardizes on openTelemetry for observability. OpenTelemetry is on a mission to enable effective observability by making high-quality, portable telemetry ubiquitous. The world of observability and monitoring today has a steep learning curve and in order to achieve ubiquity, the project would benefit from growing our contributor community.
Implementations of Fused Deposition Modeling in real worldEmerging Tech
The presentation showcases the diverse real-world applications of Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) across multiple industries:
1. **Manufacturing**: FDM is utilized in manufacturing for rapid prototyping, creating custom tools and fixtures, and producing functional end-use parts. Companies leverage its cost-effectiveness and flexibility to streamline production processes.
2. **Medical**: In the medical field, FDM is used to create patient-specific anatomical models, surgical guides, and prosthetics. Its ability to produce precise and biocompatible parts supports advancements in personalized healthcare solutions.
3. **Education**: FDM plays a crucial role in education by enabling students to learn about design and engineering through hands-on 3D printing projects. It promotes innovation and practical skill development in STEM disciplines.
4. **Science**: Researchers use FDM to prototype equipment for scientific experiments, build custom laboratory tools, and create models for visualization and testing purposes. It facilitates rapid iteration and customization in scientific endeavors.
5. **Automotive**: Automotive manufacturers employ FDM for prototyping vehicle components, tooling for assembly lines, and customized parts. It speeds up the design validation process and enhances efficiency in automotive engineering.
6. **Consumer Electronics**: FDM is utilized in consumer electronics for designing and prototyping product enclosures, casings, and internal components. It enables rapid iteration and customization to meet evolving consumer demands.
7. **Robotics**: Robotics engineers leverage FDM to prototype robot parts, create lightweight and durable components, and customize robot designs for specific applications. It supports innovation and optimization in robotic systems.
8. **Aerospace**: In aerospace, FDM is used to manufacture lightweight parts, complex geometries, and prototypes of aircraft components. It contributes to cost reduction, faster production cycles, and weight savings in aerospace engineering.
9. **Architecture**: Architects utilize FDM for creating detailed architectural models, prototypes of building components, and intricate designs. It aids in visualizing concepts, testing structural integrity, and communicating design ideas effectively.
Each industry example demonstrates how FDM enhances innovation, accelerates product development, and addresses specific challenges through advanced manufacturing capabilities.
Implementations of Fused Deposition Modeling in real world
MCGlobalTech Service Presentation
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Mission Critical Global
Technology Group
(MCGlobalTech)
Information Security and
IT Infrastructure
Management Consulting
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Rationale for MCGlobalTech Security Services
The protection of IT infrastructure is critical to the manufacturing, industrial, healthcare, science and
defense industries. All organizations must protect their systems from attacks that can negatively affect
operations, services and put proprietary information at risk. An organization’s information security
posture can be increased through our Enterprise Security Maturity Program. We help you better
understand and comply with industry standards and federal regulations.
• Open technologies and networked systems used by industry are a likely target for malicious
cyber activities because they are easily accessible, have a wide installation base and detailed
information is available on the Internet.
• Internet-based attacks can wreak havoc on your organization. You are connected with
customers, vendors, suppliers and governments, and are entrusted with vast amounts of
sensitive data such as intellectual capital, proprietary information, etc.
• Your organization can be a leader in responding to new cybersecurity threats. Strong
governance and a mature information security program that draws on industry-driven best
practices can significantly improved cybersecurity posture.
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The Security Challenge
Information Security challenges all organizations face:
• Organizations in practically every industry are under immense pressure to improve quality, reduce complexity,
increase efficiency and better manage IT expenses;
• Information Systems and data exchanges are vital components to meet these growing challenge, however, the
adoption of technology introduces an abundance of security risks;
• Growing risks and liabilities, including unauthorized access, data breaches, regulatory violations, new
technology implementation, etc.;
• Strong IS governance, oversight, and a thorough understanding of regulatory requirements, industry standards,
and best practices is required to reduce and mitigate the risk of successful cyber crimes;
General obstacle to overcome these challenges include but not limited to:
• Redundant and inconsistent requirements and standards;
• Confusion surrounding implementation and acceptable minimum controls;
• Inefficiencies associated with varying interpretations of control objectives and safeguards;
• Increasing scrutiny from regulators, auditors, underwriters, customers and business partners;
• Lack of highly trained cyber security staff to address information security needs.
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Overcoming The Challenges
The recognized importance of information security and compliance has seen significant growth in recent
years. With the integration of networked business systems, comes the risk of malicious software and the
malicious acts of cyber criminals. With constantly changing technology and the Internet, the security
risks are greatly increasing. All industries have challenges mitigating security issues.
To effectively manage information security, a strong Information Security strategy must be put in
place. The strategy should focus on three elements – People, Process and Technology.
• People are the cornerstone to every security program. Having proper leadership, competent
security staff and trained users ensures security is adequate considered in all business
operations.
• Process ensures the appropriate security practices and procedures are developed,
implemented and maintained to support in support of a well-defined security governance
framework.
• Technology ensures that the appropriate security controls are in place to protect your
environment from all assessed threats, vulnerabilities, and resulting risks.
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Corporate Overview
Mission Critical Global Technology Group is a minority owned, small business founded by industry leaders who
take an agile, innovative and practical approach to problem solving in the ever changing world of information
technology and security. Our experts combine many decades of experience in industries such as Finance, Health
Care, Manufacturing, Insurance, Education, Federal, State and Local Government agencies. Our expertise,
professionalism and client-focused approach are distinguishing characteristics of our company.
Vision
Our vision is to build a Global Information Security and Technology Infrastructure Management Firm based on
quality people, quality processes and passion for benefiting our clients.
Mission
We dedicate ourselves to the mission of providing the highest quality, meticulously planned, customized and
innovative information technology and information security solutions to assist client organizations increase
productivity, protect investments and comply with applicable security regulations through research, innovation,
and expert consulting services.
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Consulting Services
Governance Risk Compliance or Management
MCGlobalTech assesses the gaps between your existing security posture, regulatory requirements, industry
standards and best practices. We provide expert services in implementing necessary cost-effective controls and
procedures unique to your business environment. We will assist you with achieving and maintaining compliance
through assessments, remediation, continuous monitoring, and staff training.
Our expertise include but are not limited to the following federal regulations and Industry Standards.
• HIPAA COBIT
• GLBA SAS70
• FISMA NIST
• PCI ISO 27001,2
• ISA99
Enterprise Information Security Solutions and Services (Security Management Program)
MCGlobalTech Enterprise Security Assessment methodology comprises of a full information security program
review. This includes all procedural, technical and non-technical security initiatives of the organization as a whole.
Our methodology allows for a comprehensive Network, Systems and Applications security audit. The goal is
investigate and identify all internal and external threats and vulnerabilities. We help our clients develop,
implement, and maintain reality-based effective and cost-friendly risk management strategies.
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Consulting Services
Cloud Computing Security Services
MCGlobalTech helps you navigate the ever expanding maze of cloud computing security options required for your
remote applications, systems and infrastructure hosting needs. With the current lack of industry security
standardization, each cloud provider provides a differing level of security controls. We help you audit your existing
in house and remote infrastructure; and design minimum system security requirements to protect your sensitive
data that is hosted outside your organization’s security boundaries. Cloud Computing Security Services Include
the following services:
• Cloud Vendor Security Assessment
• Cloud Migration Assistance
• Cloud Infrastructure Security Assessment & Mitigation Service
Information Technology Infrastructure Management Consulting
MCGlobalTech provides executive level IT management consulting to help you manage and address your IT
infrastructure needs. We will help you align your information technology infrastructure organization with your
operational and strategic business goals. Our Information Technology Management Consulting Services include:
• Business/ IT Alignment Consulting IT Governance Consulting
• Virtual/Interim CIO Services Program Management
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MCGlobalTech Full Lifecycle Service Delivery
Management
Four Customizable Phases
Stakeholders
IS/IT Team
Enterprise
Information
Technology/Security
Program
Management
Day-to-Day
Operations and
Management
P1: Assessment
Work with
stakeholders
Develop Gap
Assess Current
IT / IS Posture
P2: Planning Analysis
P3: Implementation
P4: Continuous
Monitoring
Recommendation /
Gap Remediation
Plan of Action
People / Process
/ Technology
Integration
Monitor Performance
/ Controls / Metrics
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MCGlobalTech Full Lifecycle Service Delivery
Assessment
Planning Implementation
Key Activities
Deliverables
Gap remediation
project plan
Assessment gap
analysis and
recommendations
based on regulations,
standards, and best
practices for industry
Executive reporting of
gap remediation
progress
Review governance
model, policies,
procedures,
standards and
practices
Baseline
assessment of
current security
posture
Baseline
assessment of IT
infrastructure
Develop gap remediation
Implementation project
plan in accordance with
organization stakeholders
Program
management of gap
remediation plan
Remediation tracking
Develop Information
Security Program
Improve IT
infrastructure
management
Our standard approach includes:
A security framework;
A maturity model assessment;
A gap analysis based on industry standards
and best practices;
A service deliverance model that includes
governance, policies, InfoSec Program;
Recommendations;
Remediation assistance.
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Assessment
Planning
Gap Analysis
Remediation /
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InfoSec Prog.
Implementation
PM Assist
Reporting
The timeline will vary according
to the type, scope and complexity
of client business, IT infrastructure
management and security requirements
Continuous
Monitoring
Monitor security
program &
operations
Monitor IT
infrastructure
management
Recommend
continual program &
operations
improvements
Periodic assessment &
continuous advisory
support
Process Improvement
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MCGlobalTech Positioning Statement
• Managing security risks, compliancy to federal regulations and industry standards, classifying
information, IT governance and policy development, requires organizations to better understand
and control governance, processes, and security measure, while supporting existing business
operations.
• Organizations are starting to take steps to implement integrated solutions to address this need
and this trend is likely to continue or accelerate in the years to come. Therefore, an independent
Information Security Program Assessment should be performed to determine the organization's
security posture, security gaps, and necessary corrective actions.
Services offered to help you better manage your Security and IT Infrastructure:
• Security Governance, Risk & Compliance Assessment Services
• Enterprise Information Security Management Services
• Cloud Computing Security Management Services
• IT Infrastructure Management Services
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MCGlobalTech Summary Cont.
Core Competencies
Governance &
Compliance
Enterprise Information
Security (EIS)
Cloud Computing
Security Services
IT Infrastructure
Management Services
IS Governance & Policy
Review
CIO / Director Level
Advisory
Develop / Review Cloud
Security Governance &
Policies
IT Infrastructure
Management Assessment
Security Strategy &
Process Development
Enterprise Information
Security Program
Implementation
Develop Cloud Computing
Security Program
IT Infrastructure Gap
Analysis
Federal Regulation
Compliance Assessment
(i.e., FISMA, NIST, GLBA,
HIPAA)
Enterprise Information
Policy Review
Perform Deep Dive Cloud
Security Assessment
IT Infrastructure
Management Planning
Industry Standards
Compliance Assessment
(i.e., PCI DSS, ISO
27001,2, ISA99, etc.)
Security Measure &
Controls Assessment
Against Industry Standards
Security GAP Analysis IT Infrastructure
Management Remediation
Security Measure &
Controls Assessment
Against Industry Federal
Regulations
Manage / Implement GAP
Remediation / Continuous
Monitoring
IT Infrastructure
Management Monitoring
/Improvement
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Contact Us
Mission Critical Global Technology Group
1776 I Street, NW
9th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20006
Phone: 571-249-3932
Email: Info@mcglobaltech.com
William McBorrough Morris Cody
Managing Principal Managing Principal
wjm4@mcglobaltech.com mcody@mcglobaltech.com