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a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on June 26, 2018 to discuss City’s Cyber Security Policy
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PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
COMMITTEE MEETING
- AGENDA -
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
3:30 PM
Ackermann Room
CALL OF THE MEETING
The Public Safety Committee will conduct a public hearing to discuss the City's Cyber Security Policy.
INTRODUCTION AND PRESENTATION
Presentation by Councillor Kelley.
Overview discussion about cyber-security issues as they affect the City of Cambridge, including information
technology and law enforcement capacities.
DISCUSSION BY STAFF
DISCUSSION BETWEEN CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF
PUBLIC COMMENT
CLOSING REMARKS
ADJOURNMENT
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25 June, 2018
Cambridge
Cybersecurity and
Internet for......
EVERYTHING
We depend on the our computers and the
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computers do not work.....
If we lose access to the Internet or our
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a scary thing?
identities stolen.
Remember when
losing a check was
our various online records.....
If someone else accesses our computers or
We may lose personal information or have our
What does "cyber" look like?
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What does "security" look like?
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CYBERSECURITY
Combined "cybersecurity" looks like....
• Staff training
• You name it.....
• Internal attacks
• External attacks
• Expensive upgrades
Challenges include:
• Vendor applications
• False sense of security
• Jurisdictional limitations
• Identity theft and 'wire fraud'
• Failing infrastructure like telephone poles
If only it were that easy
• Atlanta, GA
• Kim Kardashian
• Cambridge Health Alliance
• 2016 US Presidential election
• Equifax (credit reporting bureau)
• Ashley Madison (online affair site)
• Prykarpattyaoblenergo energy utility in Ukraine
Where things have gone badly include
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Online Data is Exploding in Size
What the data tells us
Data breaches and records expesed in mithons
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• Data breaches
2010
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What the data tells us
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Data Breaches are Exploding in Number*
2017
1 579
*Records exposed have also increased but at a flatter rate
2017
(YEAR
Health
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(updated 8th May 2018)
Selected losses greater than 30,000 records
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World's Biggest Data Breaches
Data Breaches are Exploding in Number
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YEAR (METHOD OF LEAK)
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medical
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practitioners
telcos
• MVNOs
Orbitz
Paylvest Diagnost
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What the data (differently visualized) tells us
levels
escalating potential impacts,
promoting cybersecurity at all
Cambridge must be aggressive in
In the face of expanding risks and
cyber disaster.
become unusable.
General IT Recommendations
• Cambridge's IT Strategic Plan is 5 years out of date and does not address
crucial security vulnerabilities and low-hanging fruit. This will not be cheap.
• Consider obtaining cyber breach insurance to defray the cost of any potential
• yes haste, we need to have a reevant recovery lan prior to the event.
(roeds city business needs, and proactive cybersecret measures is essential.
• Develop a disaster recovery plan in case computers or communication systems
resources.
capabilities.
departments.
cybersecurity.
responsibilities.
their problem too.
• Consider splitting cybersecurity responsibilities from general IT
General IT Recommendations
• Clarify and make public CPD's cybercrime unit's responsibilities and
determine if joint training, purchasing or other ettorts could help with
• Research state resources and other municipalities with similar goals and
• Create a Chief Cybersecurity Officer position or clearly identity a current
position with that responsibility for the City as a whole and within relevant
• Resending Digital Drency Protece orega play ok or cyber curi
• and ger tral training for start People need to eiderstand that securse cuelty is
• Consider having the 2020 fiscal year budget specifically identify cybersecurity
Where do things stand in Cambridge?