MES IT Security Keynote: Cybersecurity For Mid-Sized Organizations--The View From NIST and NCCoE

This session will provide security-focused midmarket leaders with practical recommendations to help them improve their cybersecurity. Harry Perper, chief engineer of Mitre will discuss how the Cybersecurity Framework (CSF) and NCCoE how-to guidance help organizations make the changes need to improve their security. Mitre works with its sponsors and industry partners to adopt effective new concepts and apply solutions in awareness, resiliency, and threat-based defense. Perper will discuss Mitre's advice for a balanced security posture that combines classic cyber defense approaches with a new emphasis on leveraging cyber threat intelligence to respond and adapt quickly to a cyber-attack. Through federally funded R&D centers and public-private partnerships, Mitre works across government to tackle challenges to the safety, stability, and well-being of our nation.

Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Time: 5:00 pm - 5:45 pm

Location: Red Rock Ballroom D