Hacker Hour webinars are a series of free webinars hosted by SBS CyberSecurity. Unlike paid webinars, our free Hacker Hours aim to discuss banking issues and trends in an open format. Attendees are encouraged to join the conversation and get their questions answered. SBS will also offer products and services to help financial institutions with these specific issues.
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{Hacker Hour} Make the Most of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Hacker Hour: Make the Most of Cybersecurity Awareness Month
Dae: Wednesday, September 29
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM CDT
Description: Cybersecurity Awareness Month is back this October for its 18th year to educate the Nation about cybersecurity and how everyone can be safer online. The nationwide initiative provides a great opportunity each year to evaluate the cybersecurity culture of your company and how you can share your knowledge and resources with your customers and community.
Join SBS as we discuss the resources you can utilize to bring attention to cybersecurity awareness, in turn reducing cyber risk for your organization, your customers, and your business partners.
Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/2572691600281710864.
{Hacker Hour} Producing an Effective Business Impact Analysis
Hacker Hour: Producing an Effective Business Impact Analysis
Date: Wednesday, August 25
Time: 2:00-3:00 PM CDT
Description: Conducting an impactful business impact analysis (BIA) allows business leaders to identify critical operations and evaluate the effect of various disruptions on the overall continuity of the business. By conducting a BIA we should be able to:
1. Identify steps and resources needed to ensure delivery of essential services.
2. Evaluate impacts of downtime.
3. Make decisions concerning business continuity plans and testing.
Join SBS as we walk through the process of conducting a business impact analysis and discuss the important components that can help your business be more prepared to react to disruptions.
Register at https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3182023351281756684.
Meet the Host
Nick Podhradsky, Senior Vice President at SBS CyberSecurity
Nick is on a mission to help organizations understand basic cybersecurity principles and incorporate a stronger culture of security. Since 2016 Nick has hosted the monthly "Hacker Hour" webinar series, which aims to help attendees understand basic cybersecurity principles. Nick has been selected as a guest lecturer at the Dakota State University GenCyber camp and frequently speaks at local Chamber of Commerce groups and other user groups. Nick has 10 years of experience in the banking industry and holds a master’s degree in Educational Technology from Dakota State University. He is a Certified Banking Security Manager and Certified Banking Incident Handler.
Contact Nick at nick@sbscyber.com or 605-770-3926.
{Hacker Hour} Firewall Review Best Practices
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Description: Firewall technology has been a trusted component of network security for decades, but that doesn't make it a "set it and forget it" asset. Quite the opposite, actually. New threats, new technology, and new services or processes can affect the effectiveness of your firewall. As the first and main line of defense between your trusted internal network and untrusted external networks, periodic reviews of your firewall rules and configurations is an important security best practice.
Join SBS as we review the components of a thorough firewall review as well as how to enhance your next review.
{Hacker Hour} Enhancing Customer Security Awareness Training
Providing cybersecurity education to customers is not only a requirement in the banking industry, it is a very necessary component to reduce cybersecurity risk exposure and losses due to fraud. Promoting a strong cybersecurity culture internally and externally can be seen as a market advantage to customers, especially in today's technology landscape. Conversely, failing to provide cybersecurity training and education to customers can increase the impact and probability of an incident.
Join SBS as we discuss how organizations like yours provide customer cybersecurity education. We will also share ideas on how to enhance your current customer training program.
{Hacker Hour} Successful Tabletop Testing Strategies
Tabletop testing is a critical component of a business continuity management program. The exercise is intended to simulate how your organization would react in an emergency situation. Tabletop testing should be completed annually to test the effectiveness of your business continuity plan. After all, how will you know how effective your plan is until you put it to use - preferably in a testing environment versus a real emergency! Tabletop testing allows organizations to gain insight into their current plan's strengths and weaknesses and proactively address any issues.
Join SBS as we discuss the benefits of consistent tabletop testing and effective testing strategies. We will also share a step-by-step meeting structure you can take back to streamline your next tabletop test.
{Hacker Hour} The Rise of the vCISO
The term vCISO (virtual chief information security officer) is a relatively new term being used in the cyber world, but the outsourcing solution itself is rather mature. The vCISO solution has been touted as an innovative way to help close the cybersecurity talent gap for organizations, but it's important to know that not all vCISO programs are created equal.
Join SBS as we discuss why the vCISO is on the rise and discover the pros and cons of considering this model for your organization in the future.
{Hacker Hour} The Importance of Patch Management
Most organizations rely on vendors that frequently develop and issue patches to correct bugs, improve performance, or enhance the security of their software. While organizations are looking to identify and protect against any identified vulnerabilities, cyber criminals are racing to exploit them before any patches are launched.
According to the Ponemon Institute, 57% of cyber attack victims say an available patch could have prevented their breach. Even further, 34% of respondents were already aware of the vulnerability before they were attacked.
Join SBS as we discuss the importance of patch management, what is holding organizations back from timely patching, and what you can do to help your organization improve its patch management program.
{Hacker Hour} Five Conversations to Have Before Your Next Internal Penetration Test
Join SBS as we walk through the process of conducting an internal penetration test and discuss some common findings and recommendations that can come from conducting such an activity.
{Hacker Hour} 7 Steps to Build an Incident Response Playbook
The ability to respond quickly and effectively to a cyber incident can determine the overall financial and reputational impact on your organization. An Incident Response Playbook is designed to provide a step-by-step walk-through for the most probable and impactful cyber threats and ensure certain steps of the Incident Response Plan are followed appropriately.
Join SBS as we walk through the seven steps to creating an Incident Response Playbook tailored to your organization.
{Hacker Hour} Are You Prepared for an Incident?
Recent cyberattacks have proven that the ability to assess cyber incident response readiness is becoming a core competency for all businesses. A well-executed assessment structure with a repeatable program not only allows organizations to identify and properly respond to different attacks but also dramatically increases the speed at which the business can react. The quicker a business can react, the lower the impact that event has.
Join SBS as we discuss what steps you can take today to start assessing your incident response readiness and strengthen your organization's ability to respond.
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Hacker Hour: Red Team and Purple Team Testing
To test the effectiveness of network security controls, many organizations turn to penetration testing. The scope of testing typically depends on the maturity and goals of the organization. Many organizations rely on simple penetration testing, however, more and more are considering red team and even purple team testing.
Join us as we define the differences in red team and purple team testing and discuss which might be best for your organization.
Hacker Hour: Spooky Business Email Compromise Attacks
Just like the weather, it seems as if cyber criminals switch up their tactics with the change in seasons. The SBS Incident Response Team is seeing a string of specific business email compromise (BEC) attacks that everyone should be aware of.
Join SBS as we discuss the spooky techniques that hackers are using this season to compromise your networks. We will share simple fixes you can deploy to ensure that you are not haunted by a compromise.
Hacker Hour: Cyber Law and Insurance - Surviving an Incident
Cyber insurance has become a common risk mitigation strategy to lessen the financial impact of a cyber incident. However, it's not until an incident happens that we really think about the type of coverage we carry and how it affects our ability to recover. Join SBS and Dickinson Law as we discuss common questions and issues that arise during an incident as well as what information you should know about your policy to quickly take action. Additionally, we will review a couple of case studies that cover real-world scenarios that will arm your institution against the next incident.
{Hacker Hour} Open the Tackle Box and Go Phishing
Many organizations are implementing valuable internal phishing programs in order to ensure their employees can spot and report phishing emails. At some point, organizations struggle with how to continue to challenge their employees and keep the phishing emails fresh.
Join SBS as we discuss tips and tricks to keep your internal phishing program fresh and continually push the maturity level of your security awareness program.
{Hacker Hour} Key Components of Your Annual GLBA Report
The “Gramm-Leach Bliley Act” (GLBA), also known as the Financial Services Modernization Act of 1999, mandates that financial institutions protect the confidentiality and security customer personally identifiable financial information. Communicating to the Board of Directors what was truly accomplished during the past year in an annual state-of-information-security report allows them to understand and approve how the organization is complying with GLBA. Creating a repeatable, specific GLBA report template will improve the efficiency of the reporting process and relieve some of the stress of aggregating all the data needed for a comprehensive report.
Join SBS as we outline a comprehensive and repeatable template that can be used to build your own annual GLBA report. We will walk through the essential report components and troubleshoot common issues.
{Special Report Hacker Hour} FSSCC Releases New Cybersecurity Framework
The FSSCC has released a new cybersecurity framework called the “Cybersecurity Profile.” The Profile is a standards-based tool to help guide financial services institutions in developing and maintaining a cybersecurity risk management program. The new framework option has people asking a lot of questions:
- How is it different than the Cybersecurity Assessment Tool?
- Will it be used by US regulators?
- Is it more efficient than the other frameworks on the market today?
Join SBS as we review the framework and provide answers to these and other common questions.
{Hacker Hour} Taking Cybersecurity From the Basement to the Boardroom
Regulators have made it clear that cybersecurity risk management and oversight is ultimately the responsibility of the Board of Directors. In theory, it makes sense for the board to be interested and engaged in what is going on in cybersecurity, however, that is not the case in some situations.
For this Hacker Hour, we went straight to the source. We asked a selection of past Hacker Hour attendees to share the most common issues they struggle with when communicating cybersecurity needs to their Board. The responses fell into three main categories:
- Frequency of FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment completion and utilization of risk assessment data.
- Information that should be provided to the Board on a consistent basis.
- Tips for engaging and educating the Board.
Join this month's Hacker Hour as we discuss how to boost cybersecurity from its hiding spot in the basement to a consistent topic in the boardroom.