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EDUCAUSE Live! November 10, 2008 1:00 p.m. ET (12:00 p.m. CT, 11:00 a.m. MT, 10:00 a.m. PT); runs one hour

REN-ISAC: Community Support for Cybersecurity Protection and Response

Special Guest

Doug PearsonView Event Archives Doug Pearson
Technical Director, REN-ISAC
Indiana University

Doug Pearson is the technical director of the Research and Education Networking Information Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC). The REN-ISAC is an integral part of higher education's strategy to improve network security through information collection, analysis, dissemination, early warning, and response. Pearson joined Indiana University in 1991 and has held various responsibilities for campus network operations and management, national and international network development and operations management, digital video infrastructure and services development, and cybersecurity.

Summary

Your host, Steve Worona, will be joined by Doug Pearson, and the topic will be "REN-ISAC: Community Support for Cybersecurity Protection and Response."

As with many institutional endeavors, successful practice in cybersecurity requires that the players (individuals and teams) operate in the context of a community that faces similar challenges, objectives, and goals. Several community-based organizations support higher education and research institutions in their cybersecurity endeavors.

The EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Security Task Force coordinates community work in the areas of governance, policy, data privacy and security, effective practice, awareness, and professional development. As an independent organization aligned closely with EDUCAUSE and Internet2, the REN-ISAC has primary focus on supporting situational awareness and operational protection and response, through the sharing of actionable information. This presentation will highlight the value of institutional participation in security communities and describe in detail the REN-ISAC organization and community.

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