National Webcast Initiative

Are You Secure?...Are You Sure?
Vulnerability Management

Wednesday, March 16, 2005

The fifth session in the National Webcast Initiative series took place on March 16, 2005. More than 1,000 individuals representing 7 countries registered for this event. Are You Secure?...Are You Sure? Vulnerability Management was the topic of the webcast with a featured presentation by Jason Chan, Symantec Professional Services, Consulting Services Technical Lead AND Brian Kenyon, Foundstone/McAfee Foundstone Security Evangelist. Opening remarks were provided by Mr. Brent Wrisley, US Cert Analyst, a Division of the US Department of Homeland Security, and Mr. William Pelgrn, Chair of the MS-ISAC.

The March 16th National Webcast Initiative focused on:

  • How to reduce your vulnerability to cyber threats;
  • Identifiying vulnerabilities and using prioritization and environmental change management to reduce risk and ensure compliance on an ongoing basis;
  • And, the Vulnerability Management Lifecycle.

To learn more about Vulnerability Management, please visit the webcast related material links below and the National Webcast Initiative powerpoint presentation.

Webcast Related Material
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View the archived 3/16/05 webcast

Questions and Answers Transcript

View the 3/16/05 -3:00pm Eastern- National Webcast Initiative PowerPoint Presentation ~ View Presentation ~

Preparing for Successful Vulnerability Management - Use this brief worksheet to gauge your organization's preparedness for implementing a successful vulnerability management program.
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Change Management - While change management is a complex and involved topic, the list provided in the link below is meant to provide a starting point when considering the types of information that will need to be tracked in a change management system.
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Essentials of Patch Management Policy and Practice - A key component of patch management is the intake and vetting of information regarding both security issues and patch release - you must know which security issues and software updates are relevant to your environment. [ read more(New Window) ]

The Department of Homeland Security US-CERT and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) have partnered to establish the National Webcast Initiative to develop a series of national webcasts which will examine critical and timely cyber security issues.  Embracing the concept that security is everyone’s responsibility, these webcasts will be available to a broad audience to help raise awareness and knowledge levels. A number of vendors have offered their services at no cost to government, to help develop and deliver the webcasts.   

The National Webcast Initiative is also coordinated by the New York State Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination(New Window) and the New York State Forum(New Window) .

If you have any questions, please contact 518/473-4383 or email to isac@cscic.state.ny.us .

(If you require a copy of an accessible version of the powerpoint presentation or a pdf document,
please contact the Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination ).