LIVONIA – A new reality in information security has developed that it is now a matter of when, not if an organization is beached. This new reality compels an information security organization to search for a new strategy to deal with an evolved adversary.
On Feb. 19 at 6 pm, at the VisTaTech Center at Schoolcraft College in Livonia. Owen Creger, who for the last seven years has managed information security incidents for a Fortune Global 2000 organization, will make the presentation.
The information security community has for a long time been using the medieval strategy of building castles to secure territory, better known as defense in depth. The strategy of defense in depth, while still very effective and requisite in securing a digital presence, does have its weaknesses. The digital arena is very fluid environment, and adversaries have adapted their strategies to deal with defense in depth. It is the age old problem of “If you build a better mouse trap, you end up with smarter mice.”
Many organizations are now adopting contemporary military strategic thinking to help them address this evolved threat. Lockheed Martin was the first organization to start the move towards adopting contemporary military strategic thinking, with their Seminole paper on the Cyber Kill Chain. Other organizations has further adopted current military strategies including those of Operational Security (OPSEC), Terrain and Plane, Intelligence, and the OODA (Observe; Orient; Decide; Act) Loop. This presentation will discuss these contemporary military strategies and how they impact to the digital realm.
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