TechBurst – Sep. 19 [Pb] “For Peers, by Peers: REN-ISAC Peer Assessment Service”

[Sarah Bigham <sarah () REN-ISAC NET>]

*Date: *Thursday, September 19, 2019
*Time: *Noon (12:00) ET

*Audience [1]: *[Pb] **Open to the Public**

*Speakers:**
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Mark Bruhn, Peer Assessment Engagement Manager, REN-ISAC
Susan Coleman, Peer Assessment Program Manager, REN-ISAC

*DESCRIPTION**
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For Peers, by Peers: REN-ISAC Peer Assessment Service

REN-ISAC’s Peer Assessment Service offers a broad assessment of
technical, administrative, and physical aspects of a university or
college cybersecurity program. The Service’s Peer Assessments (PAs) are
done by seasoned higher education professionals.  The use of external
assessors to augment local information security resources provides a
valuable, objective assessment.  PA results are tremendously valuable
when the assessors have direct, applicable experience in campus
environments, in contrast to (usually more expensive) general vendors or
commercial security consultants. Join Peer Assessment Engagement Manager
Mark Bruhn and Program Manager Susan Coleman for an overview of the PA
process including engagement scope options, on-site visit procedures,
scheduling, and cost.

*SPEAKER BIO(S):**
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Mark Bruhn co-founded the Research and Education Networks Information
Sharing and Analysis Center (REN-ISAC).  Currently, he oversees the
REN-ISAC Peer Assessment Program. In that role, he identifies and trains
university and college security professionals as cybersecurity
assessors, allocates them to assessment teams, and advises/guides the
teams while they are in the field on assignment. Previously, as an
Associate Vice President, Bruhn advised Indiana University leadership on
strategy, policy, and execution for a variety of assurance areas
including cybersecurity, physical security, privacy, emergency
preparedness and response, environmental health and safety, and
policing. He is a Senior Fellow of the IU Center for Applied
Cybersecurity Research and is an adjunct faculty member with IU’s School
of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.

Susan Coleman joined REN-ISAC in 2017 in the role of SANS Program
Coordinator and assumed the position of Peer Assessment Program
Manager/Lead Security Analyst in March 2018.  Having worked in higher
education since 2006, Susan joined University Information Technology
Services at Indiana University in 2009 starting in IT Communications and
later serving in IT Community Partnerships. She is a member of HEISC
Security Assessments Working Group as well as the National Council of
ISAC’s Marketing Committee and is GIAC certified in Strategic Planning,
Policy, and Leadership. Susan was instrumental in the planning and
implementation of REN-ISAC’s Peer Assessment Service and continues her
responsibilities in this area through contract management, engagement
planning and assessor training. Susan holds a Master of Science degree
from the School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering at Indiana
University.

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V/R,
Sarah Bigham
Lead Security Analyst
REN-ISAC




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