Webinar: Cyber Security Threats

The Office of the State Controller’s Audit, Risk, and Compliance Services staff are pleased to announce our upcoming internal controls webinar - Cybersecurity Threats.

The webinar, which will be held on Wednesday, May 20, 2020, will begin promptly at 10:00 am. The Webinar is being provided at no charge to all state agencies, universities, and community colleges and qualifies for one hour of Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit.

The suggested audience for this webinar includes staff responsible for system and organizational controls. Each participant who plans to view the webinar and/or request CPE credit must register in advance. No CPE credit will be provided to non-registered participants.

For further information, please visit our website.

For any questions regarding the registration process, please contact Jan Prevo at 919-707-0714 or jan.prevo@osc.nc.gov.

Thank you, 

Ben McLawhorn

Overview:

This webinar will provide a high-level overview of Cyber Threats and the State of North Carolina’s ongoing Cybersecurity efforts. Cybersecurity incidents are an unfortunate part of everyday life, both in the workplace and at home. Cyber criminals are looking for ways to steal your money and data. Actors, their methods, and subsequent outcomes are discussed. Additionally, North Carolina’s efforts to protect and support our citizens, local governments, and businesses from cybercrime and exploitation are examined, as well as Incident Response capabilities.

Objectives:

To gain an understanding of:
•    Cybersecurity Threats
•    Resources available from State partners to prevent and mitigate cybersecurity incidents

Date and Time:

Wednesday, May 20, 2020 – 10:00 am – 11:00 am

Who Will Benefit:

Personnel from State Agencies, Universities, and Community Colleges

CPE Logistics

CPE Credit: One (1) hour
Field of Study: Information Technology
Materials: Will be provided on OSC website
Instructional delivery method: Group internet based
Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: None
Level: Basic
Webinar Developer: Department of Public Safety; Department of Information Technology
Webinar Sponsor: NC Office of the State Controller
 

NOTE: There will be NO site administrator or group registrations for this webinar. During the webinar, participants are required to be individually logged on for no less than 50 minutes of the webinar and respond to three polling questions to receive CPE credit. Your time will be tracked to accurately award one (1) hour of CPE credit.

IMPORTANT: There will be NO partial credit given. If you watch this as a group, there will be NO CPE credit awarded. 

Speakers:

Thomas J. McGrath - NC Department of Public Safety

BS in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Notre Dame
12 years - Senior Analytical Engineer at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, East Hartford, Connecticut 

23 years – FBI Special Agent, assignments to the Washington Field Office and the Charlotte Division, Raleigh Resident Agency working a variety of matters to include Cyber Crime, and a Detailee to North Carolina’s Fusion Center. 

March 2018 to Present - North Carolina Department of Public Safety – Division of Emergency Management, North Carolina Fusion Center Cyber Unit Manager
 

Albert Moore – NC Department of Information Technology

Albert Moore has been with the State of North Carolina since 2001 and with NC DIT since 2003 in a variety of roles.  Albert joined the Enterprise Security and Risk Management Office (ESRMO) in 2013 as an incident responder.  Currently, he manages the NC DIT Security Operations Center (SOC.)

The SOC responds to cybersecurity incidents for the State of NC and has assisted various local governments with large cybersecurity incidents. In addition to responding to cybersecurity incidents, the SOC partners with federal, state, and local governments and cybersecurity vendors to share threat intelligence and assess impact to state resources.