OC CIO Minutes July 12, 2012

Present: David Mann, Sean Brown, Jeff Hecht, Jennifer Curlee, Allison Watanabe, Joel Manfredo, Jon Grunzweig, Keith Golden, John Hahn, Colleen O’Higgins, Dave Phillips

We welcomed Colleen O’Higgins, UCI Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, to describe the goals, objectives and opportunities of its Corporate Committee. Her handout described the charter of the committee, its objectives, several of the engagement opportunities and plans for this next year. For more information, please contact Colleen at cohiggin@uci.edu, or Jon Hahn at jhahn@semtech.com.

The following is a list of topics and speakers through September:

7/12/12 Mobile Device Security David Mann
8/9/12 Innovation Joe Stein
9/13/12 CIO Compensation Ken Wechsler, Radford

Topic: Mobile Device Security

David Mann started by saying that there ia a diversity of mobile devices (Android, iOS, Symbian, Blackberry, Windows Phone, ….) which enable employees to work from “anywhere, anytime”. Security is a major problem because these devices can easily be lost or stolen, and many of the devices are employee-owned accessing corporate data. IT management is fighting an uphill battle because of the proliferation of devices, and the need to integrate mobile device management, device security and data protection. Device management includes keeping track of assets, ownership, and configuration (software and hardware). Device security includes keeping devices safe, password protection, virus & malware, remote wipe of lost devices, backup and restore. Data protection includes deciding what data is allowed on each device, and protecting the data at rest, in transition, or in use. David’s presentation was excellent, including his attachments, which I recommend you read:
”Securing end-user mobile devices in the enterprise – developing an enforceable mobile security policy and practices for safer corporate data” - IBM White Paper
“Tech Insights: Mobile Diversity - 7 Steps to Mobile Security” – J. Gold Associates
“ENISA – Smartphone Secure Development Guidelines”
His slides are at: http://www.slideshare.net/occio .

The Round Table discussion was cut short because we wanted to hear what Jon Hahn and Colleen O’Higgins had to say about the Corporate Committee.