The CISO’s Perspective / Special Edition Over the last several weeks the UW–Madison Cybersecurity Operations Center has observed two significant events along with several minor to important episodes which should cause all of us to pause and ask ourselves the following question: What should I be doing to keep my data and our information systems …
The CISO’s Perspective / Special Edition Every once in a while I like to point out one of the teams in the Office of Cybersecurity and present something newsworthy. Today I want to highlight the accomplishments of the Enterprise Systems Security domain led by Christine Peterson. Over the last year the Human Resources System underwent …
The CISO’s Perspective “It’s not important because it’s policy, its policy because it’s important.” — Gary Declute After working on it for about a year, we are in the end stages of walking the Cybersecurity Risk Management Policy through the emerging IT Governance structure. And, with great hope and anticipation, we should have it published in …
The CISO’s Perspective There’s an inherent dilemma in effectively managing cybersecurity: IT organizations must dedicate the time and focus required for long-term strategic planning while maintaining the agility to meet evolving threats and take advantage of emerging technologies. Add in the ongoing need to review and revise strategic plans to reflect those changing risk and …
This is a re-run of an article I wrote for Security Current which was based on a presentation I delivered at the IQPC Cybersecurity in Higher Education Conference in March of this year. As the flagship campus in the UW System and a major research institution in a state with open record statutes that respect …
Remember when you received a gift you had hoped for, asked for, badgered your parents for? How about that feeling of accomplishment you had for the day or so after you unwrapped it? The Cybersecurity team is in the process of opening several coveted gifts and are enjoying the mild euphoria of accomplishment as the …
It’s been nearly a year since my wife and I bought our home in the Village of Oregon, Wisconsin. Methodically, room by room, she has been decorating and furnishing rooms with my home office being the most recent accomplishment. She has a keen eye for decorating and a sense of detail that reveals much about …
June 21, 2016 Inside cybersecurity circles and in some IT and Policy forums we have been talking about developing a Risk Management Framework, or RMF, for many months. I am happy to announce we are ready to go! A lot of hard work has gone into the development by Tom Callaci, Chris Spencer and Siggi …
This marks my first public blog post about the University of Wisconsin – Madison’s approach to securing our IT infrastructure to promote the availability of systems and data, ensure the integrity of computing operations and infrastructure, ensure personal or private information is held with the appropriate levels of confidentiality, and ensure required transactions that occur …
The newly formed IT Connects steering committee and co-chairs held a kickoff with sponsor Bruce Maas on December 7, 2015. There were 6 original groups in IT Connects: I & T Leadership Conference IT Leadership Program Forward IT Mentoring Program Leadership Improv Second Tuesday Leadership Breakfasts UW- Women in IT