Hardening the Human: The Power of Cybersecurity Awareness and Training

2017 FISSEA Educator of the Year Presented to Mike Petock

Prof. Sushil Jajodia, 2016 FISSEA Educator of the Year, presented the 2017 FISSEA Educator of the Year award to Michael Petock, All Native Group (ANG), on March 14, 2018. 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, Mike Petock has provided exceptional subject matter expert (SME) support for the design, development and maintenance of several role-based training courses supporting the Department of State’s information assurance (IA) training program. Implementing his vision in concert with customer feedback, he oversees, and completed revisions to six of the Department’s core courses to include Cybersecurity Foundations for ISSOs, Cybersecurity Foundations for System Administrators, IA for Managers, IA for System Owners, IA for Executives and Software Assurance for Developers. Mike readily displays a panoply of cybersecurity knowledge, an understanding of the requirement to remain proficient in this field, and intuitive leadership skills valued by and implemented by team members. Please see the complete nomination letter here.

Contest Winners for 2018:

Gretchen Morris, Contest Coordinator, reported there were a total of 42 entries: 15 Posters, 4 Websites, 5 Motivational Items, 6 Newsletters, 6 Training Scenarios, and 6 Videos. See all entries for the Security Contest here.

Winners (selected by impartial judging committee prior to conference):

• Poster: Office of Information Technology: Indian Health Service
• Website: Emile Walker; US Postal Service Corporate Information Security Office (USPS CISO)
• Motivational Item: K Rudolph, Niomi Rosenberg, Amira Armond, G. Mark Hardy, Bryan Walthall; Organization: Native Intelligence, Inc.
• Newsletter: Robert Cunningham; Department of Veterans Affairs
• Security Training Scenarios: Deborah Coleman; U.S. Department of Education
• Video: Emile Walker; US Postal Service Corporate Information Security Office (USPS CISO)

Peer’s Choice:

• Poster: Angela DeSarro; Department of Veterans Affairs, IT Workforce Development
• Website: Katherine Martini; Department of State
• Motivational Item: Emile Walker; US Postal Service Corporate Information Security Office (USPS CISO)
• Newsletter: Office of Information Technology: Indian Health Service
• Security Training Scenarios: Katherine Martini; Department of State
• Video: Angela DeSarro; Department of Veterans Affairs, IT Workforce Development

FISSEA Keynote Videos:

FISSEA Keynote Speaker - Day 1, March 14, 2018

Speaker: Princess Young with DHS National Cybersecurity Awareness Programs
Presentation Title: Cybersecurity is a Shared Responsibility: Using Your Strengths and Connections to Build Awareness across Communities

FISSEA Keynote Speaker - Day 2, March 15, 2018

Speaker: Lance Spitzner with SANs
Presentation Title: Making Security Simple

FISSEA 2018 Presentations:

• Building an Effective Human Firewall Jude Lamour DeVry University

• Cyber Legal Awareness for Youngsters Dr. Jim Chen, Mary Lin U.S. National Defense University

• Cybersecurity is Shared Responsibility Princess Young DHS

• Cybersecurity Training for Mult-Generations Dr. Brenda Ellis NASA

• Cybersecurity Training Framework Dr. Sherry Lakes Federal Government Consultant

• Experiential Learning via Cyber Ranges Jim Smith UMUC

• Federal Anti-Phishing Training Susan Farrand, Kevin Sanchez-Cherry, Jessica Wintfeld, Toney Rogers Dept. of Energy, Dept. of Transportation, Deloitte, Dept. of Health and Human Srvc

• From Insider Threat to Insider Trust Karl Wagner Eastern Sky Technologies

• Gamification for IT Security Training and Awareness Programs Gregory Walters Peace Corps.

• Helping Your Agency Workforce Prepare for the Next Wave of Cyber Attacks Alexis Wales Dept. of Homeland Security

• Hidden Universes of Cybersecurity Awareness Russ Haynal Information Navigators

• How Global Trends in a world of increasing Complexity & Convergence will Shape Cybersecurity Lori Gordon HWC

• How to build a Cybersecurity Culture Dr. Mansur Hasib UMUC

• Making Security Simple Lance Spitzner Sans Security Awareness

• Nudging for Security Phyllis Woodruff FISERV

• Press Play the Postal Service’s Gamification Approach to Cybersecurity Training Lisa Holman USPS

• Shifting the Human Factors Paradigm in Cybersecurity Dr. Calvin Nobles UMUC

• So you've trained them. Now what? Aaron Higbee Cofense

• Taking Cyber Security Awareness to the Next Level for National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM) Ava Woods-Fleegal CACI International

• Technical Skills are not Everything Julie Haney, Bruce Rogers NSA

• The Importance of Agile End User Training in Improving a Company’s Security Posture Stephen Schneiter CompTIA

• The OTHER Cyber Skills Gap George McAleese HWC

• Training Humans to be Machines Dr. Stephanie Carter Dept. of Justice

• Using Cyber Ranges for Cybersecurity Education David Raymond Virgina Cyber Range

• What you need to Learn from the HHS Wall of Breaches Hoala Greevy Paubox

• Why Cybersecurity Awareness Training is Insane Sarah Moffat HHS

• Yeah, I have a PowerPoint… Marcia Mangold BCBSM

• Cyber Safety 101 Craig Holcomb NSA
• State of Phish Report 2018: What Your Peers are Doing to Reduce Successful Phishing Attacks Greg Nass Wombat Security
• The Hacker and the Academy T. Nathan Fisk Florida Center for Cybersecurity

2018 Conference Photos

Pictures are courtesy of NIST Staff, conference attendee Hoala Greevy (Paubox), and TWG member Loyce Pailen (UMUC)