On Thursday, October 30, 2008, the Information Security Office (ISO) hosted an event, Showcasing InfoSec Voodoo on Campus, as part of Cyber Security Awareness Month. Technical staff from across campus presented tools, techniques and strategies they use to better manage information security risks in their departments.
Solutions to Information Technology Security Risks
Presentations covered a wide variety of topics and represented practical, effective solutions IT staff have developed to problems or challenges confronted in their work environments:
Forcing SSL with Rewrite Directives
Shane Williams, Senior Network Analyst
School of Information
URL Content Filtering at UT Elementary
Cesar De La Garza, Manager, Computing Services
Office of the Vice President for Development
Sudo for Windows
Andrew Kutz, Senior Systems Analyst
Red McCombs School of Business
Web-Based Data Classification and Risk Profile Assistant
Ryan Baldwin, Manager, Computing Services
Learning Technology Center/College of Education
Splunk: Log Monitoring and Analysis
Mike Godfrey, Senior Software Engineer
Information Technology Services
Secure Remote Access for Research Data
Monty Van Den Bossche, Senior Operating Systems Specialist
ACES IT Group
VMWare Infrastructure for Category-I Data
Brant Kuykendall, System Administrator
Information Technology Services
Log Parser
Ed Horowitz, Senior System Analyst
Cockrell School of Engineering
Securely Adopting Austin Active Directory
Joe Howe, Manager, Computing Services
College of Engineering
Phishing Attacks at UT
Tom Nail, Senior Systems Administrator
Information Technology Services
Home Grown System and Network Monitoring
Jerry Parlee, Computer System Development Specialist
Department of Psychology/Liberal Arts
A Departmental Approach to Defense in Depth
Rogelio Ruiz, Director
Technology Resources for Employee and Campus Services
Additional Resources
For more information, you can view the InfoSec Showcase Presentation.
