30th Annual FISSEA Conference
June 19, 2017 @ NIST - Gaithersburg, MD USA
“Securing the Future to Infinity and Beyond: 30 years of Improving Cybersecurity through Awareness, Training, and Education”
June 19, 2017 Agenda
FISSEA Chairperson (right), and Coordinator (left)
2016 FISSEA Educator of the Year Presented to Prof. Sushil Jajodia
Gretchen Morris, 2015 FISSEA Educator of the Year, presented the 2016 FISSEA Educator of the Year award to Prof. Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University on June 19, 2017. The FISSEA Educator of the Year award recognizes an individual who has made significant contributions in education and training programs for information systems security.
His nomination letter stated in part, Dr. Jajodia is an outstanding researcher and educationist, and a pioneer who will continue to make a significant impact on information assurance areas that are of the national as well as global interests. Dr. Jajodia has all the very best traits that we look for an educator in our higher education institutions. Please see the complete nomination letter.
Contest Winners for 2017:
Gretchen Morris, Contest Coordinator, reported there were more entries in 2017 than any year prior: 10 Posters, 4 Websites, 3 Motivational Items, 5 Newsletters, 10 Training Scenarios, and 11 Videos. See the Security Contest Conference Presentation including all entries.
Winners (selected by impartial judging committee prior to conference):
- Poster: K Rudolph, G. Mark Hardy, Niomi Rosenberg, Andrew Ellis, John Ippolito, & Sam Carter, Native Intelligence, Inc. and Friends
- Website: The Security Training and Awareness Program Team, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC).
- Motivational Item: K Rudolph, Native Intelligence, Inc.
- Newsletter: IHS Policy & Security Awareness Team, Indian Health Service
- Security Training Scenarios: Division of Information Security; Policy & Security Awareness Team, Office of Information Technology, Indian Health Service
- Video: Rita John, John Creery, Chelsea O’Hara, Nellie MacNeil, Kyle Bachan, Tim Herman, Rosanne Trudel, & Sapna Kalhan, IFDS Canada
Peer’s Choice:
- Poster: K Rudolph, G. Mark Hardy, Niomi Rosenberg, Andrew Ellis, John Ippolito, & Sam Carter, Native Intelligence, Inc. and Friends
- Website: Valerie Hayward, InfoSight, Inc.
- Motivational Item: K Rudolph, Native Intelligence, Inc.
- Newsletter: Kim Brumley, Margaret McDermott, Hiyan Sisson & Robert Cunningham, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Security Training Scenarios: K Rudolph, Niomi Rosenberg & Sam Carter, Native Intelligence, Inc. and Friends
- Video: TIE Rita John, John Creery, Chelsea O’Hara, Nellie MacNeil, Kyle Bachan, Tim Herman, Rosanne Trudel, & Sapna Kalhan, IFDS Canada and Cheryl Seaman & Stephanie Erickson, The National Institutes of Health
FISSEA 2017 Presentations
- Cybersecurity Leadership: The Missing Link Dr. Emma Garrison-Alexander, University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
- Gone Phishing, an Anti-Phishing Program Journey Ava Logan-Woods, CACI International Inc. and Eshante Lovett, CACI International Inc.
- Improving Security and Privacy Awareness through the CMS Data Guardian Program Karen Mandelbaum, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Micah Batchelder, CMS HHS
- How Table Top Exercises Engage and Train Technical and Non-technical Staff in Better Cyber Human Behavior and Operations Geoff Hancock, Advanced Cybersecurity Group
- Cybersecurity: Decisions, Habits, and Hygiene Servio Medina, Defense Health Agency
- The Importance of Gamification for Cybersecurity Team Training and Readiness Laura Lee, Circadence Corporation
- How the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Created an Agency-Wide Professional Development Certification Program with No Money James R. Lindley, IRS (Retired)
- (Effective anti-phishing strategies/exercises) “Dan got phished: Here’s how he’s fighting back and you can too.” Hoala Greevy, Paubox, Inc.
- Cyber Awareness Lights are On, but Nobody’s Home Sandy Toner, Half an Octopus
- Cybersecurity—The Human Factor Dave Witkowski, Sarah Benczik, Pilar Jarrin, Deloitte Consulting and Emile Walker, USPS
2017 Conference Photos
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