Cyber Threats Targeting High Level Individuals: Is Your Organization Prepared?Return to TOC

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Presented at FIRST 2014 by

Andrea Henson-armstrong

How does a high level official in your organization report, remove and mitigate a situation in confidence? This presentation will provide communication tools and solutions that can be employed when individuals and their families are targeted by threat actors on the internet because of their rank or role. No CEO or high level official wants to admit that they don't know what to do when they or members of their family become a target of a cyber threat actor. Does your organization have a plan to deal with these types of incidents? Cybersecurity practitioners worldwide are addressing the need for better information sharing relating to enterprise cyber incident response and internet safety, but many times they do not talk about the personal incidents that target high profile individuals. It's time to begin seriously addressing the human side of cyber threats and how it can affect officials in government and industry. Every organization's cybersecurity strategy should include a personal internet security strategy for leadership to prevent coercion and other consequences. This presentation will cover the issues of internet safety and security affecting officials (and/or their families and staff) with case studies focusing on how cyber threats can affect high level officials, how organizations need to provide trusted avenues of disclosure, and illustrating communication and reporting best practices for cyber professionals to help protect their decision-makers and executives."