FISSEA 32nd Annual Conference

32nd Annual Conference

Innovations in Cybersecurity Awareness and Training: 

A 360 Degree Perspective

2018 FISSEA Educator of the Year Presented to

Earl “Fred” Bisel Jr.

Mike Petock, 2017 FISSEA Educator of the Year, presented the 2018 FISSEA Educator of the Year award to Earl “Fred” Bisel Jr, Cybersecurity Education and Certification Readiness Facilities (CERF) Manager, on June 27^th, 2019. 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, Mr. Bisel combines practicality with ingenuity to ensure the CERF provides fast-paced, practical, in-house training on networks and operating systems for job enhancement and to prepare NIWC Atlantic employees for various information technology (IT) certification exams.  Internal and external instructors are experienced, certified, and use vendor-developed curricula.  The CERF non-networked training lab contains laptops and monitors, racks of servers, routers, switches and cables for a maximum of 14 students per course.  Each student has direct access to equipment needed throughout the course.  Many courses also include use of Netlab, a simulation tool available on the Research Development Testing and Evaluation (RDT&E) network. 

Please see the complete nomination letter here.

Contest Winners for 2019:

Gretchen Morris, Contest Coordinator, reported there were 30 entries in 2019:

8 Posters, 4 Websites, 4 Motivational Items, 5 Newsletters, 2 Training Scenarios, and 7 Videos. 

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

• Poster: US Postal Service, Corporate Information Security Office (CISO)
• Website: Indian Health Service OIT DIS Policy and Security Awareness Team
• Motivational Item: US Postal Service, Corporate Information Security Office (CISO)
• Newsletter: Indian Health Service OIT DIS Policy and Security Awareness Team
• Security Training Scenarios: Delaware SBDC – Data Assured Program
• Video: US Postal Service, Corporate Information Security Office (CISO)

During the June conference, attendees select their Peer’s Choice. Some decisions were the same as the judging committee, some were different.  Congratulations to all.

Peer’s Choice:

• Poster: US Postal Service, Corporate Information Security Office (CISO)
• Website: Jordan Robinson: Department of State
• Motivational Item: US Postal Service, Corporate Information Security Office (CISO)
• Newsletter: Robert Cunningham, Department of Veterans Affairs
• Security Training Scenarios: CMS/OIT Information Security & Privacy Group (ISPG)
• Video: TIE US Postal Service, Corporate Information Security Office (CISO) and Indian Health Service OIT DIS Policy and Security Awareness Team

FISSEA 2019 Presentations

Keynotes:

• Security Training and Awareness in a Multigenerational Workforce - Shayla Treadwell, Director of Cybersecurity – Organizational Psychologist, ECS Federal
• The Evolution of our Threatscape - Steven Hernandez, CISO, U.S. Department of Education and Co-Chair of CISO Council

Featured:

• Resources for an Innovative Awareness Program - Tiffany Schoenike, Chief Operating Officer, National Cyber Security Alliance

• Cybersecurity Education FTC Resources - Rosario Mendez, Division of Consumer and Business Education, U.S. Federal Trade Commission

FISSEA Ignite!

• Emile Walker, USPS
• Dr. Shuangbao Wang, Columbia State University
• Sidd Chopra, Look Wiser
• Kathleen Hyde, Champlain College

Track 1: Building Innovative Approaches to Awareness Programs

• The Three Most Important Factors in Security Awareness - Russell J. Mumford, Visible Statement/Greenidea, Inc.
• Security Awareness: Mary Poppins Knows Her Stuff - Matt Beland, Smooth Sailing Solutions
• Fish, Guerrilla, and Other Marketing Tactics to Drive Awareness - Tomm Larson, Idaho National Lab
• I’m still waiting for my $10 million! How about you?? - Dale Zabriskie, Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
• Phishing with Friends and Frenemies - Brian Pope, Kevin Nicholl, CME Group
• The Evolution of a Security Awareness Program - Andrea Grable, Shelley Shomper, American Electric Power
• How to Pull off an Edgy Awareness Campaign - Lisa Plaggemier, Infosec
• Stop Talking About Cybersecurity…and Start Doing It: Using the Free GCA Cybersecurity Toolkits for Awareness Programs - Adnan Baykal, Global Cyber Alliance
• Anti-Phishing Panel

Track 2: Developing Skills through Innovative Role-Based Training

• Training through Real World Discovery - Steven Lackey, Cyber Defense Technologies
• Developing Cybersecurity Skills through an AI-Assisted Scenario Based Training - Dr. Jim Chen, Lt. Col. Gregory Clay, LaShawntay Marshall, DoD NDU
• It's Midnight. Do you know where your data is? - Iliana Peters, Polsinelli, P.C.
• Cybersecurity Training for the DoD Workforce with a Limited Budget - Fred Bisel, Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC)
• Who are the very attacked people in your neighborhood? - Dale Zabriskie, Proofpoint Security Awareness Training
• Strategy for Developing Cybersecurity Workforce in CSTEC: a Link between Lab-based Training Courses and a Live-Fire Competition - Hanjin Park, and Soonjwa Hong,Cybersecurity Training and Exercise Center (CSTEC)
• Teaching Cyber Security to Lawyers - Scott Aurnou, The Security Advocate
• Using Frequent Clickers to Strengthen Your Phishing Awareness Program - Mark Alexander, and Heather Smee, Westfield

Track 3: Implementing Comprehensive Awareness and Training Programs

• How to Measure the Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Training and Awareness Program - Michael Adams, NuCrest
• Certifications Enable Transitioning Service Members to "Show What They Know" - Christopher Bloor, Pearson VUE, Jeff Felice, President, CertNexus
• It's Scary…It's Confusing…It's Dull: How Cybersecurity Advocates Overcome Negative Perceptions of Security. - Julie Haney, NIST
• Watch Your Behavior Don’t Become The Target - Babur Kohy, Adjunct Professor, Cyber Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC) and Warren Holston, Author, Beware The Predator
• Objective Placement in Cybersecurity Learning Paths for Optimum Role Performance - Richard Spires, Learning Tree International
• CMS CyberPower: Training One Superhero at a Time - Kimberly Hemby, HHS CMS Office of Information Technology (OIT) Information Security & Privacy Group (ISPG)
• Human Factor is Critical to Digital Transformation Success - Tony Rudolf, Junglemap and Markus Darby, Integrated Technologies Group Reseller
• Looking Towards Your Cybersecurity Training Horizon - Zia Anderson, DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Cybersecurity Education & Awareness Branch