ITGOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGMay 15, 2008

Tidbits of Information

WHO IS PROVIDING WIRELESS COVERAGE FOR THE OLYMPICS?

Beijing Metro Chooses Andrew for Wireless Coverage In Advance of Olympics

CommScope

700

MHz

Channels 52 to 69

Reserve Bid $4.6 Billion

Bidders: AT&T, Google, and Verizon

“open access”

Public Safety Access

Verizon $4.7 Billion

GPhone

Open Handset Alliance

??? Core Business

Linux

Vista“open applications”

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Tidbits that make you think or sweat!

• The cost of a GigaByte of storage in 2007 was $.50.

• It costs less to store 50 pages of printed text than the paperclip to hold them together.

• In two to three years the iPod could have the capacity to store every song ever recorded.

• 281 exabytes of information was created in 2007, that is 48 GB for every person across the globe.

• The cost of a transistor today is .000001 cent.

Tidbits that make you think or sweat!

• RFID chips are the size of a grain of salt. • Technology exists in the Research Triangle to

detect a tumor the size of that grain of salt. • The US is 14th in the world in average

broadband speed and 26th in coverage. • Approximately 1/3 of Catawba County citizens

do not have affordable broadband coverage.

Tidbits that make you think or sweat!

• And what if they detect the tumor? • It would take years at today’s broadband

speeds in the US to send the image to your doctor.

ITGOVERNANCE COMMITTEE MEETINGMay 15, 2008

Information Security

26%Percent of identity theft attributed to government.

They don’t know if it was stolen or destroyed in traffic

$350Average cost of clean up per account.

Does not include onsite resources.

10%Number of Public Access Points

that are not really Public Access Points

USBOne of the two biggest sources.

1Number of incidences reported to CC.

$$$$$$$FINANCIALLY MOTIVATEDNo more glory in hacking, undetected, thief in the night ……………..

ISSUES MOVING TO THE FOREFRONT

ISSUES.

ISSUES.

ISSUES.

ISSUES.

The new personal computer…..

The simple cell phone is a relic

Laptops replace desktops

personal use / business use

No Well Defined Slots

Work is an Activity, Not a Place

Old Rules Become Unrealistic

Trusting People

What is attached to the network?What is the employee really doing?Programs?Stored Data?

Mobile Computer Equipment Policy

Not enough but helpful.

???What about your service providers?........

Insurance/benefits………

Are they carrying your employees around on a laptop?...

???Where’s the data?........

BRIC….. What about something

as simple as Anti-Virus software?........ Is it up-to-date?

Exercise/Discussion

• Do you work with an application vendor?• Does this vendor have access to your system?• Does the vendor abide by strict security

practices?• Where is your data stored?• Who has access to it?

• Shut down accounts• Email• Network Access• Phone System

• Secure equipment• Secure data stored on remote/mobile equipment• Make sure public record files are obtained• Signed statement that all data has been returned

Termination……

Self Organizing Groups

• 4 groups• One person with laptop• Same size (within 1)• Equal area representation• Pick a spot and setup a work area

Groups• Employees• Citizens• Vendors• Crooks

Information Leakage

EmployeeWhat could

you do or fail to do to cause

information theft?

Remember, you represent all employees.

CitizenWhat could you do to

cause your information to be exposed?

You represent the public.

VendorHow could you

be putting employee’s

and the public’s data at risk? You represent all

vendors we do business with,

large and small.

CrookHow might you steal

information from the

county? Okay, you know who you represent.

???????WHAT CAN WE DO TO PROTECT THE PUBLIC’S DATA AND EMPLOYEE DATA?

???????????????????????????????????……………..

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