Post on 26-Mar-2015
Cyber Disruption: Probability and Cyber Disruption: Probability and Response ReadinessResponse Readiness
WSEMASeptember 18, 2013
SHORT BIOSHORT BIO• Partner, MK Hamilton and Associates
• CISO, City of Seattle
• Managing Consultant, VeriSign GSC
• Senior Principal Consultant, Guardent
• Independent Security Consultant
• CEO, Network Commerce, Inc.
• Ocean Scientist, NASA/JPL
Don’t Try ThisDon’t Try This
• Enabling Kevin Mitnick• JPL, SunOS 4.13, and
SATAN• Accessing credit cards• Oceanographic hacking• FreeBSD and the FWTK • The Bad Guys• Network Commerce Inc.
• Assume breach
• Preventive controls
not good enough
• Detective controls more
imperative as device
population grows
Security PhilosophySecurity Philosophy
• Focus on key assets and
event detection
• Mobile security should be
carefully evaluated
• Prevention on the "network
of things" will not scale
• Emergency response driven by IT disruption
• What it would look like
• What we normally do
• How response is different
• What we know now
• How we are addressing the problem
Cyber Meets Emergency ServicesCyber Meets Emergency Services
Local GovernmentLocal Government
Services that affect quality of life, and lifeWe’d like them to be there
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• Credit cards, IP, and Infrastructure
• Hacktivists, organized crime, and nation-states
• Capability, meet intent
My PerspectiveMy Perspective
Critical Infrastructure Now the Critical Infrastructure Now the target of most attackstarget of most attacks
Overall cyber attacks are up, but most dramatically in the last year, the type of attack
has shifted away from hacking and financially motivated crime toward cyber
espionage focused on critical infrastructure, such as utilities, according to
research from communications provider Verizon.
“These aren’t about stealing data and fraud, they’re about deny, disrupt and
destroy,” said Bryan Sartin, director of investigative response for Verizon.
In its upcoming Data Breach Investigation Report, a yearly document that is one of the
more noteworthy surveys of attacks released to the public, the company found that
cyber espionage, once a far lesser component of the attack volume, is now
dominating networks.
http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20130227/
SHOWSCOUT01/130227002/Critical-infrastructure-now-target-most-
attacks
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURECRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
It’s good business sense!
Attack on Fake Control SystemAttack on Fake Control System
Attack on Financial SectorAttack on Financial Sector
Telephony Denial of ServiceTelephony Denial of Service
The Tunisian Cyber ArmyThe Tunisian Cyber Army
#OpBlackSummer#OpBlackSummer
Closer to HomeCloser to Home
Closer…Closer…
Clark County Website DefacementClark County Website Defacement
THREAT PROBAILITY: SIGNIFICANT
• Preparedness exercises
• EOC Activation
• NIMS: ESF2 and Logistics Branch
• WebEOC and other IT-enabled methods
• Role of the National Guard
• Application of the Stafford Act
How We Handle DisastersHow We Handle Disasters
• Escalation path not defined
• NIMS difficult to apply
• Fusion Center as coordination point
• No FEMA resource list, etc.
• Mutual-Aid agreements
• Role of the private sector
What’s DifferentWhat’s Different
• Exercises – Emerald Down, Evergreen, NLE12
• Fusion Center Cyber Analyst (intake@wsfc.wa.gov)
• National Guard and State Response Plan for
Significant Cyber Disruption
• CIRCAS
• FEMA resource typing
• FBI cyber task force
• US Attorney Jenny Durkhan
State of ReadinessState of Readiness
PRISEMPublic Regional Information Security Event Management
Regional Asset for Situational Awareness andCommon Operating Picture
• DHS S&T funding to initiate; Five grants total
• Participants contribute firewall logs, netflow, botnet
alerts (Einstein); arbitrary devices under monitoring
• Commercial SIEM infrastructure at UW APL
• Cities of Seattle, Lynnwood, Bellevue, Kirkland,
Redmond; Thurston and Kitsap Counties; Seattle
Children’s Hospital, Snohomish PUD
PRISEM HistoryPRISEM History
PRISEM IN ACTION: HUNT FOR APT1
• Conduct more exercises on cyber disruption
• Finish the SCIRP
• Cement the role of the Fusion Center
• Continue working with FEMA
• Conduct outreach to the Private Sector
• Improve information sharing and situational
awareness
Before the Real EventBefore the Real Event
• Improved resilience
• Avoiding cascading failures
• Protect regional infrastructure
• We learn to integrate
Benefits of PreparednessBenefits of Preparedness
Is Cybersecurity a Bubble?Is Cybersecurity a Bubble?
My Contact InformationMy Contact Information
Michael Hamilton Chief Information Security Officer
City of SeattleMichael.Hamilton@Seattle.gov
206.684.7971 (D)