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We are pleased to announce the date and topic for the next 2008 National Webcast series and are once again soliciting interested parties for presenters.
- Date: Wednesday, August 20, 2008
- Time: 2:00pm-3:00pm Eastern
- Topic: Voice Over IP
IMPORTANT: Please read the information below thoroughly for details regarding how to submit your presenter information, what to present, important dates, rules of engagement and future webcast topics.
As part of the NYS Forum Cybersecurity Committee, we leverage the IT Corporate Roundtable of the New York State Forum - and corporations outside of the Forum - as resources to draw upon for expertise on the topics at hand. The National Webcast Initiative is an excellent vehicle for collaboration between the public and private sectors to help enhance our collective cyber security. Vendors will receive recognition for the time and expertise they volunteered for this important international effort. William Pelgrin, Director of NYS Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination, and Chair of the National Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, will also provide a formal thank you letter recognizing your contributions and assistance.
Voice over IP is being quickly adopted by government, education and corporate institutions, and also by the home user. Its deployment and use creates an emerging set of challenges and needs. The purpose of this presentation is to discuss the security around Voice over IP. This may include (but is not limited to):
- The security risks introduced by Voice over IP
- Best practices for protecting against attack
- How to recognize if an attack is occurring
These are only examples and we encourage you to think of other ideas that may be relevant.
We encourage creativity in the presentation topic in order to increase knowledge about the topic to the end user. In addition, all presentations must have a take-away (i.e. materials such as white papers, checklists, etc.) for the viewer to continue their education about the subject. In order to maximize the value of the event for attendees, documents such as glossaries, checklists, etc. will be solicited from the presenter for posting to the National Webcast Initiative public web site prior to the broadcast.
All presentations must be vendor neutral. All presentations will be vetted by a group comprising members from the Office of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Coordination (CSCIC) and the New York State Forum. Feedback and recommendations regarding final presentation material will be provided by this group.
If you are interested in being considered as a presenter, please forward the following information to nysforum-webcasts@dandd.com.
- Name of presenter
- A one or two paragraph biography of the presenter
- A few bullet points about what the presenter may be able to talk about (you don't need to submit a complete presentation)
PLEASE NOTE THE RULES OF ENGAGEMENT AND SCHEDULE LISTED BELOW WHEN CONSIDERING SUBMITTING A PROPOSAL:
Presentation Guidelines - Rules of Engagement for National Webcast Initiatives
- Presentations must be vendor and product neutral.
- Two presenters per webcast will be selected.
- Each webcast is one hour in length. The first 45 minutes reserved for content; remaining 15 minutes for questions. Each presenter, therefore, has approximately 20 minutes each for their presentation.
- Presentations are recorded and offered publicly on the National Webcast Initiative web site.
- In order to make the session interactive, webcast attendees have the ability to submit written questions during the broadcast.
- Vendor cannot participate in 2 consecutive webcast sessions.
- Each session should provide a deliverable - specific content of value for participants.
- In order to maximize the value of the event for attendees, documents such as glossaries, checklists, etc. will be solicited from the presenter for posting to the National Webcast Initiative web site prior to the broadcast.
- It is preferred that presenters will conduct the webcast on-site in Albany, NY.
- The presenter should discuss this topic at an expert level, and direct the presentation toward the specific technical rating identified for the particular webcast.
Schedule for August 20th National Webcast Initiative presentation:
- July 8th - Call for presenters distributed to vending community
- July 22nd - Deadline for proposals from vendors
- July 24th - Selection of presenters
- August 1st - Deadline for first draft of presenter Powerpoints and related documents for posting on the website
- August 8th - Deadline for final presentation Powerpoints and related documents for posting on the website
- August 20th - Presentation from 2pm-3pm Eastern
Future webcasts include:
- October 9th - Phishing
- December 17th - Securing a multi-tiered environment
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