My presentation to Warwick Manufacturing Group MSc course on 25th June 2015

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Securing Systems of Engagement
. . With the meteoric rise in the usage of
smartphones and social media
V1, 1 May15
John Palfreyman, IBM

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1. Cyber Security & Cyber Crime in Context
2. Technology & Business Landscape
3. A Smarter Approach
4. The Future & Concluding Remarks
Agenda

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Cyber Security & Cyber Crime in Context
Who are the bad guys & what
are they up to?

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Cyber Security – IBM Definition
Cyber Security /–n 1. the protection of an organisation and
its assets from electronic attack to minimise the risk of
business disruption.

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Cyber Security - Expanded
Hacking
Malware
Botnets
Denial of Service
Trojans
Cyber-dependent crimes
Source : UK Home Office – Cyber Crime: a review of the evidence Oct 13

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Cyber Crime
Hacking
Malware
Botnets
Denial of Service
Trojans
Cyber-dependent crime
Fraud
Bullying
Theft
Sexual Offences
Trafficking
Drugs
Cyber-enabled crime
Source : UK Home Office – Cyber Crime: a review of the evidence Oct 13

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 Confusion & hype abound
 Common attack methods
 Common methods of defense / counter / investigation
 Data > Insight chain
 Prosecution – burden of evidence
 Learning & sharing possible, but patchy
Cyber Security & (counter) Cyber Crime

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Cyber Threat
MOTIVATION
S O P H I S T I C A T I O N
National Security,
Economic Espionage
Notoriety, Activism,
Defamation
Hacktivists
Lulzsec,
Anonymous
Monetary
Gain
Organized crime
Zeus, ZeroAccess,
Blackhole Exploit Pack
Nuisance,
Curiosity
Insiders, Spammers,
Script-kiddies
Nigerian 419 Scams, Code Red
Nation-state
actors, APTs
Stuxnet,
Aurora, APT-1

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A new type of threat
Attacker generic
Malware / Hacking / DDoS
IT Infrastructure
Traditional
Advanced
Persistent
Threat
Critical data /
infrastructure
Attacker
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Attack Phases
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Break-in Spear phishing and remote
exploits to gain access
Command
& Control (CnC)
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Latch-on
Malware and backdoors
installed to establish a
foothold
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Expand
Reconnaissance &
lateral movement increase
access & maintain presence
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Gather Acquisition & aggregation
of confidential data
Command
& Control (CnC)
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Exfiltrate
Get aggregated data out to
external network(s)

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IBM X-Force
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March 2015IBM Security Systems
IBM X-Force Threat Intelligence Quarterly,
1Q 2015
Explore the latest security trends—from “designer vulns” to mutations in malware—
based on 2014 year-end data and ongoing research

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Technology & Business Landscape
New opportunities for cyber crime!

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Smarter Planet
Instrumented – Interconnected - Intelligent

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Cloud
DRIVERS
Speed & agility
Fast Innovation
CAPEX to OPEX
USE CASES
SCM, HR, CRM as a
SERVICE
Predictive Analytics as a
SERVICE

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Mobile
DRIVERS
Mobility in Business
Agility & flexibility
Rate of technology change
USE CASES
Information capture, workflow
management
Education where & when
needed
Case advice
Map

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Big Data / Analytics
DRIVERS
Drowning in Data
Insight for SMARTER
More UNRELIABLE data
USE CASES
Citizen Sentiment
Predictive Policing
OSINT augmentation
Open
Source
Internal Sources
Intelligence
Analysis
SIGINT BiometricsEmail GeoINT Telephone
Records
Data Records

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Social Business
DRIVERS
Use of Social Channels
Smart Employment
Personnel Rotation
USE CASES
Citizen Sentiment
Counter Terrorism
Knowledge Retention
Gather INTELLIGENCE
•Social Media as OSINT
•Individuals, Groups,
Events
•Supplement traditional
sources
Efficient WORKING
•Breaking down Silos
•Collaboration
•“Self help” Culture
Leverage KNOWLEDGE
•Access to Experts, Content
•Collaborative Ventures
•Enables Innovation
Positive IMAGE
•Promotion / marketing
•Recruiting
•Citizen engagement
InternalExternal

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Systems of Engagement
 Collaborative
 Interaction oriented
 User centric
 Unpredictable
 Dynamic
Big Data /
Analytics
Cloud
Social
Business
Mobile

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Use Case – European Air Force Secure Mobile
CHALLENGE
•Support Organisational Transformation
•HQ Task Distribution
•Senior Staff demanding Mobile Access
SOLUTION
•IBM Connections
•MS Sharepoint Integration
•MaaS 360 based Tablet Security
BENEFITS
•Improved work efficiency
•Consistent & timely information access
•Secure MODERN tablet

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The Millennial Generation
EXPECT . . .
to embrace technology for improved
productivity and simplicity in their personal
lives
tools that seem made for and by them
freedom of choice, embracing change and
innovation
INNOVATE . . .
•Actively involve a large user population
•Work at Internet Scale and Speed
•Discover the points of value via iteration
•Engage the Millennial generation

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Smart Phones (& Tablets) . . .
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 Used in the same way as a personal computer
 Ever increasing functionality (app store culture) . . .
 . . . and often more accessible architectures
 Offer “anywhere” banking, social media, e-mail . . .
 Include non-PC (!) features Context, MMS, TXT
 Emergence of authentication devices

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. . . are harder to defend ? . . .
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 Anti-virus software missing, or inadequate
 Encryption / decryption drains the battery
 Battery life is always a challenge
 Stolen or “found” devices– easy to loose
 Malware, mobile spyware, impersonation
 Extends set of attack vectors
 Much R&D into securing platform

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. . . and Bring your Own Device now mainstream
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 Bring-your-own device expected
 Securing corporate data
 Additional complexities
 Purpose-specific endpoints
 Device Management

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Social Media – Lifestyle Centric Computing
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 Different Channels
 Web centric
 Conversational
 Personal
 Open
 Explosive growth

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Social Media – Special Security Challenges
25Source: Digital Shadows, Sophos, Facebook
 Too much information
 Online impersonation
 Trust / Social Engineering / PSYOP
 Targeting (Advanced, Persistent
Threat)
Source: Digital Shadows, Sophos, Facebook

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A Smarter Approach
to countering cyber crime

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Balance
Technical Mitigation
Better firewalls
Improved anti-virus
Advanced Crypto
People Mitigation
Leadership
Education
Culture
Process

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 Monitor threats
 Understand (your) systems
 Assess Impact & Probability
 Design containment mechanisms
 Don’t expect perfect defences
 Containment & quarantine planning
 Learn & improve
Risk Management Approach

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Securing a Mobile Device
DEVICE
•Enrolment & access control
•Security Policy enforcement
•Secure data container
•Remote wipe
TRANSACTION
•Allow transactions on individual basis
•Device monitoring & event detection
•Sever risk engine – allow, restrict, flag for review
APPLICATION
•Endpoint management – software
•Application: secure by design
•Application scanning for vulnerabilities
ACCESS
•Enforce access policies
•Approved devices and users
•Context aware authorisation
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Secure, Social Business
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LEADERSHIP
•More senior, most impact
•Important to leader, important to all
•Setting “tone” for culture
CULTURE
•Everyone knows importance AND risk
•Full but SAFE usage
•Mentoring
PROCESS
•What’s allowed, what’s not
•Internal & external usage
•Smart, real time black listing
EDUCATION
•Online education (benefits, risks)
•Annual recertification
•For all, at all levels

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The Future & Concluding Remarks
What next . . .

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Global Technology Outlook – Beyond Systems of Engagement

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Contextual, Adaptive Security
Monitor
and Distill
Correlate
and Predict
Adapt and
Pre-empt
Security
3.0
Risk Prediction and
Planning
Encompassing event correlation,
risk prediction, business impact
assessment and defensive strategy
formulation
Multi-level monitoring &
big data analytics
Ranging from active, in
device to passive
monitoring
Adaptive and
optimized response
Adapt network architecture, access protocols /
privileges to maximize attacker workload

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1. Are you ready to respond to a cyber crime or security incident and quickly remediate?
2. Do you have the visibility and analytics needed to monitor threats?
3. Do you know where your corporate crown jewels are and are they adequately protected?
4. Can you manage your endpoints from servers to mobile devices and control network access?
5. Do you build security in and continuously test all critical web/mobile applications?
6. Can you automatically manage and limit the identities and access of your employees, partners
and vendors to your enterprise?
7. Do you have a risk aware culture and management system that can ensure compliance?
Fitness for Purpose

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1. Many Similarities – Cyber Crime vs Security – Threat Sophistication
2. Social Business & Mobile offer transformational value
3. New vulnerabilities need to be understood to be mitigated
4. Mitigation needs to be balanced, risk management based and “designed in”
Summary

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Thanks
John Palfreyman, IBM
2dsegma@uk.ibm.com