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Technology Control Plans and IT Security

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An MK Technology Webinar

How vulnerable is your company to security attacks?

If Sony’s database can be compromised numerous times, how vulnerable is your data? In today’s digitized world, we are all at risk of data theft. Criminals conspire to steal our personal, commercial and military technical data for their own gain or simply to cause chaos.

If you are reading this, you are either responsible for export compliance for your company or need to update your export compliance program. If you produce high tech goods and you want to enter new international markets, you are smart enough to understand the risks your company faces. We can expedite the learning process and objectively assess the risks.

What are common security weaknesses your company may be facing?

Don’t have the time to answer these questions? Find out how to improve your program at our webinar on ….

Technology Control Plans and IT Security Strategies

You can participate in this session right from the convenience of your own home or office. All you need is an internet connection! Implementing these preventative security actions is one of the keys to risk management:

Establishing a Technology Control Plan:

How to identify controlled ITAR and EAR data vs. public domain data

Setting up your HR Controls:

· Procedures for hiring or contracting foreign persons

· Controls to have in hiring announcements

· Personal training and notification procedures

· Pre-employment screening

· NDAs

Setting up your Facility Controls:

· Access controls

· Badging

· CCTV

· Screening

· Locked storage

In depth review of IT Controls Must Haves – detailed discussion by our certified security expert

· A clearly documented, management-approved security policy that is reviewed regularly

· Reinforcement training provided to all employees on your security policies

· Quality of your IT Department: Are your IT personnel certified in security? Who is watching the IT personnel - are security audits being performed?

· Layered methods for safeguarding personal or technical data subject to the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR)

· Encrypting of military technical information and assignment of access privileges to employees

· Typical weaknesses found by the FBI

o   Lack of robust patching strategy

o   Unlimited wireless access without a robust security sign-in

o   Unsecured mobile devices used during travel (i.e., employees are not required to use security PINs for email received on company PDAs)

Come attend our webinar and make sure your IT security expert attends!

We can supplement your expertise through a “friendly” gap analysis conducted by knowledgeable and experienced ITAR/IT consultants. We provide security services such as:

▫   Security Audits, general best practices primarily for IT, but also extending to physical security, ITAR, Payment Card Industry (PCI), HIPAA and SOX audits

▫   Procurement of security devices such as biometric flash drives, computer mice and car starters that require fingerprint match, which can be viewed at http://www.a1biometrics.com/

▫   Security Awareness Posters to display in the workplace

As always, if you have specific questions about your company's IT Security, we'll have time at the end of the webinar to address them.

Natascha Finnerty, Senior Consultant has more than 20 years' experience in on-site compliance assessments conducted in 13 countries spanning four continents. Her expertise is in both the military export regulations "ITAR" and commercial "dual-use" export regulations "EAR".

Natascha Finnerty has passed the Lead Assessor class in ISO 9000. She consults in all aspects of export licensing issues, including product classifications, license applications, legal agreements, and internal training. She works within an active network of international attorneys and consultants in the fields of customs compliance, logistics and munitions exports.
Prior to establishing her consulting practice, Natascha Finnerty was employed by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Export Administration (later renamed the Bureau of Industry and Security) in Washington, DC as an auditor of the Special Licensing Division and an instructor for their national training seminars. In addition, she has been a public speaker at numerous seminars on export compliance for international trade associations and most recently, the Massachusetts Export Center.

Jacqueline Wilson, Senior IT Security Consultant has worked in the IT Security field for over 15 years and is CISSP certified by ISC2. As a security software developer, architect, and consultant for IBM and others, Jacqueline has many years of IT Security experience specializing in network security, securing operating systems, and IT environments. She has expertise in virtual private networking, cryptography, centralized authentication, secure network protocols, and government security standards such as ITAR, BIS, PCI (Payment Card Industry), SOX, and DOD (Department of Defense) standards. Jacqueline has performed several on-site security assessments for both small and large companies and has been instrumental in aiding them in identifying security vulnerabilities and in addressing them with best practices in IT Security.