6th International Program on Information Assurance and Management
(For Information Security Executives of Banks and Financial Institutions)
101 Old Falls Street, Niagara Falls, NY 14303
September 17th - 23rd, 2017
This program is jointly organized by the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) and the Center of Excellence in Information Systems Assurance Research and Education (CEISARE) at the University at Buffalo, in collaboration with the Institute for Development and Research in Banking Technology (IDRBT), a banking research institute established by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI).
The mission of the Center for Unified Biometrics and Sensors (CUBS) is to advance the science of biometric technologies for both civilian and homeland security applications by integrating pattern recognition and machine learning algorithms with sensors technology. One of the missions of 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 Information Security executives in banking and financial institutions in the area of information assurance and management so that they are better prepared to deal with malicious attacks targeted at their systems and network. This week-long workshop will cover a broad range of topics including 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 speakers from academia, industry and government agencies and will also feature panels of experts engaging in interactive discussions with the participants.
Program
SIxth International Program on Information Assurance and Management - 2017 | |
Organized by: University at Buffalo: Shambhu Upadhyaya, Srirangaraj Setlur, Venu Govindaraju IDRBT: A.S. Ramasastri,? B.M.Mehtre? |
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Day 1: Sunday - September 17, 2017 | |
1330 - 1430 | Welcome Reception:? Niagara Falls, NY |
Day 2: Monday - September 18, 2017 | |
0900 - 0915 | Welcome Remarks: Venu Govindaraju - Vice President for Research and Economic Development, University at Buffalo |
0915 - 0930 | Introductory Remarks by Coordinators and Overview of Program |
0930 - 1030 | Guest Lecture: Emerging Cyber Threats Holly Hubert? - GlobalSecurityIQ |
1030 - 1100 | Coffee Break |
1100 - 1200 | Guest Lecture: Insider Threats Holly Hubert? - GlobalSecurityIQ |
1200 - 1300 | Lunch |
1300 - 1500 | Guest Lecture: Delivering
better banking experiences using AI powered chatbots Utkarsh Porwal - eBay Research Labs and Anurag Bhardwaj - Quad Analytix |
1500 - 1530 | Coffee Break |
1530 - 1700 | Biometric
Presentation Attacks and Mitigation Phil Schneider - President and CTO, La Salle Concepts |
Day 3: Tuesday - September 19, 2017 | |
0900 - 1030 | Strategic
Forensics in an Enterprise Environment Catherine Ullman - Senior Information Security Analyst, University at Buffalo |
1030 - 1100 | Coffee Break |
1100 - 1230 | Cyber
Warfare - Monitoring and Alerts Manish Gupta,? Blue Cross Blue Shield |
1230 - 1330 | Lunch |
1330 -1430 | Cyber
Security - Risks and Mitigation Manish Gupta,? Blue Cross Blue Shield |
1430 - 1530 | Guest Lecture: Strategies to stay safe and sound ? Improving Technology
Controls in the Financial Sector Subbu Annaswamy CISA, CSQA, Executive Director, Internal Audit, Morgan Stanley |
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 20, 2017 | |
0900 - 1030 | Anomaly
Detection Varun Chandola - Professor, CSE, University at Buffalo |
1030 - 1100 | Coffee Break |
1100 - 1230 | Guest
Lecture: Risk John Walp? - Digits LLC |
1230 - 1330 | Lunch |
1330 - 1430 | Cloud
Security Marina Blanton - Professor, CSE, University at Buffalo? |
1430 - 1500 | Coffee Break |
1500 - 1700 | Guest Lecture: Fighting
against Financial Crime Prakash Samaga, Senior Vice President, Compliance Solutions First Niagara Financial Group? |
Day 5: Thursday - September 21, 2017 | |
0830 - 1200 | Visit to Yahoo Data Center |
1200 - 1300 | Lunch |
1300 - 1500 | Guest Lecture: Current security threat landscape- an
industry perspective Amol Kulkarni - Senior VP (Engineering) Satyajit Nath - Senior Engineering Manager ? Ramanand Kambli - Regional Director, India & SAARC CrowdStrike |
1500 - 1530 | Coffee Break |
1530 - 1630 | Security
Architecture Jeff Murphy? - Information Security Program Manager University at Buffalo |
Day 6: Friday - September 22, 2017 | |
0900 - 1200 | Visit to University at Buffalo campus, CUBS/CEISARE lab research presentations and informal campus tour - coordinated by Srirangaraj Setlur, Principal Research Scientist, CSE, University at Buffalo |
1200 - 1300 | IDRBT Sponsored Lunch - Bansal Atrium, Davis Hall, University at Buffalo |
1300 - 1430 | Round-table discussion
Program participants and Coordinators |
Day 7: Saturday - September 23, 2017 | |
0900 - 1000 | Feedback (Online) and Wrap-up |
1000 -? | Depart for return flights |