3rd International Program on Information Assurance and Management
(For Executives of Banks and Financial Institutions)
The Conference Center, Niagara FallsSeptember 7-13, 2014
One of the missions of the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) is to increase awareness in information assurance (IA) by arranging seminars, conferences and workshops. The goal of this five and half-day workshop is to educate customers in banking and financial institutions in the area of IA and management so that they are better prepared to deal with malicious attacks targeted at their systems and network. In this week-long workshop, we will cover the following topics - Management of information security, Risk analysis and mitigation, Cyber attacks and countermeasures, Collection and analysis of digital evidence. The topics will be covered by experienced instructors from both academia and industries with prior experience of teaching and firsthand experience in the field.
Program
| Third International Program on Information Assurance and Management - 2014 | |
| Day 1: Sunday - September 7, 2014 | |
| 1500 | Arrive at Sheraton at the Falls, Niagara Falls, NY from Buffalo Airport |
| 1600 - 1700 | Visit to Niagara Falls - Maid of the Mist Boat Ride |
| 1800 - 2000 | Welcome Reception - Sheraton at the Falls |
| Day 2: Monday - September 8, 2014 | |
| 0830 - 0900 | Breakfast |
| 0900 - 0915 | Welcome Remarks: Dr. Kenneth Tramposch - Associate Vice President for Research and Economic Development, University at Buffalo |
| 0915 - 0930 | Introductory Remarks by Coordinators and Overview of Program |
| 0930 - 1030 | Security Architecture - Jeff Murphy, Information Security Officer, University at Buffalo |
| 1030 - 1100 | Coffee Break |
| 1100 - 1230 | Cyber Warfare: Monitoring and Alerts - Dr. Manish Gupta, M&T Bank/University at Buffalo |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch |
| 1330 - 1430 | Cyber Security: Risks and Mitigation - Dr. Manish Gupta, M&T Bank/University at Buffalo |
| 1430 - 1530 | Cloud Security: Dr. Manish Gupta, M&T Bank/University at Buffalo |
| 1530 - 1600 | Coffee Break |
| 1600 - 1730 | Visit to University at Buffalo campus and informal campus tour |
| 1730 - 1800 | Cyber security and
Captchas: Dr. Venu Govindaraju - SUNY Distinguished Professor, University at Buffalo |
| 1800 - 2000 | Dinner Reception - University at Buffalo Campus |
| Day 3: Tuesday - September 9, 2014 | |
| 0830 - 0900 | Breakfast |
| 0900 - 1030 | Banking
Delivery Channels - Threats and Mitigation Dr. Manish Gupta,M&T Bank/University at Buffalo |
| 1030 - 1100 | Coffee Break |
| 1100 - 1230 | Guest
Lecture: Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery Jeff Shaw - Administrative Vice President, BCP/DR, M&T Bank |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch |
| 1330 -1430 | Guest Lecture:Phishing
on Android Dr. Atul Prakash - Professor of EECS, University of Michigan |
| 1430 - 1530 | Phishing and Malware Dr. Raghav Rao - SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Universty at Buffalo |
| 1530 - 1600 | Coffee Break |
| 1600 -1730 | Guest Lecture: Digital
Forensics Scott R. Patronik - Chief, Special Services Division, Erie County Sheriff's Office |
| Day 4: Wednesday - September 10, 2014 | |
| 0830 - 0900 | Breakfast |
| 0900 - 1030 | Anomaly Detection - Dr. Varun Chandola - Assistant
Professor, University at Buffalo |
| 1030 - 1100 | Coffee Break |
| 1100 - 1230 | Insider Threat Assessment - Dr. Shambhu Upadhyaya - Professor, University at Buffalo |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch |
| 1330 - 1500 | Guest Lecture: Fighting
against Financial Crime Prakash Samaga - Senior Vice President, Compliance Solutions Program Manager, First Niagara Financial Group Inc. |
| Day 5: Thursday - September 11, 2014 | |
| 0730 - 0800 | Breakfast |
| 0800 - 0900 | Guest Lecture: Addressing Emerging Technology Risks in the Financial
Services Subbu Annaswamy - CISA, CSQA, Executive Director, Internal Audit, Morgan Stanley |
| 0900- 0915 | Coffee Break |
| 0915 - 1230 | Visit to Yahoo Data Center |
| 1230 - 1330 | Lunch |
| 1330 - | Depart for Buffalo Airport for flight to NYC |
| Day 6: Friday - September 12, 2014 | |
| 0830 - 0900 | Breakfast @ Morgan Stanley Headquarters |
| 0900 - 1200 | Visit to Morgan Stanley |
| 1200 - 1230 | Lunch @ Morgan Stanley Headquarters |
| 1400 - 1600 | Visit to Bloomberg |
| 1730 - 2000 | IDRBT Sponsored Dinner |
| Day 7: Saturday - September 13, 2014 | |
| 0900 - 1000 | Feedback round table and Wrap-up |
| 1000 - | Depart to JFK for return flights |
