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During this webinar, speakers explored how organizations can address cyber threats and weaknesses through readily-available and existing low-cost resources, toolkits, and training programs. They discussed the challenges and solutions for small to medium-sized organizations to prepare for and respond to the challenges of working from home. Panelists include:
For information related to Idaho's COVID-19 response, please see https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/
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King County Region 6 Critical Infrastructure Working Group Cybersecurity Webinar Series
Cybersecurity: Privacy and Risk
Small and medium-sized organizations - including businesses, state agencies, county and city governments, local districts, educational and healthcare institutions - all need guidance and suggestions for cybersecurity planning during the time of COVID-19 and the shift to working from home. During this webinar, speakers suggested templates, tools, and best practices for cyber continuity and cyber pandemic planning as employees continue working at home. Panelists include:
For information related to Idaho's COVID-19 response, please see https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/ King County Region 6 Critical Infrastructure Working Group
Cybersecurity Webinar Series
Cyber Threats & Trends: Impacts to the Connected Worker Today’s workforce is more connected than ever before. The onset of COVID-19 has brought about new challenges and vulnerabilities. There has been a massive shift in the workforce to employees working from home. This webinar explored the latest threats and trends that cybersecurity professionals, policymakers, business owners, emergency managers, first responders, critical infrastructure operators, and all public and private sector stakeholders should be aware of. Experts discussed how employers can safeguard connected devices and protect employees. They explored the future of cybersecurity, latest threats, updates, resources, and cyber best practices.
The shift to working from home has created numerous cyber vulnerabilities and Human Resources challenges. With employees when sharing networks and devices with family and/or roommates for work, education, and entertainment, this creates unique security challenges for companies to work through. The human element of our changing work realities was another major topic, especially roller coaster productivity, mental health, and stress of learning everything at once, combined with the psychology of working remotely and not physically with peers. This webinar also explored the successes and challenges of serving public expectations of performance in a different reality. Speakers include:
For information related to Idaho's COVID-19 response, please see https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/ King County Region 6 Critical Infrastructure Working Group
Cybersecurity Webinar Series
The Ever-Changing Role of the CISO and the Future of Cybersecurity Leadership during a crisis is crucial. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is an essential and dynamic position that guides organizations towards safe IT operations in today’s digital workplaces. This webinar hosted a panel of expert CISOs from the public and private sector to discuss the changing role of the position and the future of these organizations in the virtual world. Speakers explored the impact of COVID-19 on how organizations are assessing cyber risk, security, and workforce challenges, and the impact this has on the role of a CISO. They discussed ways to create more resilient organizations with better cyber hygiene in part through clear communication from leadership. Moderated by Alicia King, State of WA IT "WaTech" Speakers:
OverviewMore than 300 cybersecurity professionals, policymakers, and public and private sector members met in Boise for the 5th Annual Idaho Cybersecurity Interdependencies Summit. The Idaho Office of Emergency Management and the Pacific NorthWest Economic Region's Center for Regional Disaster Resilience collaborated to develop public/private sector partnerships for resilience in the state of Idaho through this multi-year series. The series has expanded cybersecurity capabilities of small business, government, and large industry throughout the state of Idaho. The 2019 Summit increased cybersecurity resilience through collaboration among all stakeholders. Participants heard from several key regional cybersecurity leaders, then participated in a cybersecurity focused court case enactment to better understand the implications of cybersecurity for infrastructure. View the Summit Agenda View the Summit Flyer
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Court Case Enactment |
