Michael McDonnellGIAC Certified Intrusion Analyst

michael@winterstorm.ca

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Information SecurityInformation SecurityA Practical IntroductionA Practical Introduction

What is (Information) Security About?

InfoSec is… about HackersHackers

InfoSec is… about VandalismVandalism

InfoSec is… about BackupsBackups

InfoSec is… about TheftTheft

InfoSec is… about Uptime

InfoSec is… about PhonesPhones

InfoSec is… about InformationInformation

Information Security is an OutcomeOutcome

"Our systems areare secure from hackers“

"We havehave blocked 17,342 viruses to date“

“Our systems are all online“

“Insiders cannotcannot steal our information”

“We have backups”

““We are Secure”We are Secure”

Information Security is a ProcessProcess

“We want to improveimprove security“

"We need to protect against moremore threats"

"We want to reducereduce risk"

"We want to increaseincrease customer confidence"

"We want to decreasedecrease the number of compromises"

““We want to be We want to be more Secure”more Secure”

InfoSec is… Risk ManagementRisk Management

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What is at Risk?

ConfidentialityConfidentiality

IntegrityIntegrity

AvailabilityAvailability

Defence in DepthDefence in Depth lowers Risk

ProcessProcess leads to OutcomeOutcome

Firewalls do not make you secureAnti-virusAnti-virus does not make you secure

PoliciesPolicies do not make you secureVPNsVPNs do not make you secure

Guards do not make you securePasswordsPasswords do not make you secure

 

Together they all make you MOREMORE secure

 

Threat: Denial of Service

Counter: Firewalls and Switches

An unpatched server was compromised and used to distributed 20 GB of videos with French language titles. The problem was discovered when the server was blocked for excessive bandwidthexcessive bandwidth usage.

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Threat: Unintentional DoS

French Puppet Videos!

The server was distributing 20 GB of French Puppet VideosFrench Puppet Videos. The cleanup time was 7 hours. If they had just asked we would have probably found someone to host the videos for them!

Counter: Change ManagementChange Management

Counter: Monitoring

Threat: SQL Injection Attack

Counter: Vulnerability Scanning

Counter: Developer Training

Counter: Web Application Firewall

Threat: The Man-in-the-Middle

The Weaponized Pineapple

1. Pretends to be YOURYOUR home wifi network.

2.2. RecordsRecords what you do on the Internet.

Counter: 2 Factor Authentication

YUBIKEY SecurID

Google 2FA

Threat: Insiders

Counter: DLP and DPI

Deep Packet Inspection (DPI): Firewalls inspect every packet on the network and rebuild the entire message.

Data Loss Prevention (DLP): Uses DPI and pattern matching to look for suspicious content being sent FROM your network.

Threat: Malvertisements

Threat: It never rainsrains… it pourspours

1. The OS Vendor stopped providing patches2. The server was hacked3. A hard disk failed4. A cooling fan died & it crashes every 2hr5. The software vendor wanted more money6. Hardware support had not been paid for

Final Threat: The A.P.T.

Advanced Persistent Threat

InfoSec is… Everyone’s Responsibility

ConfidentialityConfidentiality

IntegrityIntegrity

AvailabilityAvailability

More Threats

1. Spear-phishing1. Credible emails, highly targeted, but malicious

2. USB Viruses: usb virus scanner, autorun, read-only storage

1. Automated

Questions?

Email:michael@winterstorm.ca

Slides:http://winterstorm.ca/download/