Practical, Low-Cost Strategies to Halt Municipal Network Adversaries

Presenter

Kevin Hayes, Chief Information Security Officer, Merit Network

As a broadband network operator, you are a special and valuable target for attackers the world over.  In addition to the threat of having your own sensitive organizational and payment information breached, your network could be the weak link that attackers focus on when assaulting your clients and members.  In this presentation, learn how to harden your organization and service network from these pervasive attacks, navigate the regulations in force by governmental authorities, and act as a model Internet citizen in ensuring infected customers cause little to no damage to either your own systems or the Internet at large.