Information & Process Security Within Public Safety Communications Networks
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Public safety networks are taken for granted every day by non-technical people. Learn about the processes and platforms used in public safety and the identified vulnerabilities associated with their usage. This presentation also examines managing the consequences if a public safety network becomes compromised.
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About the Speakers
Greg Hauser
Statewide Interoperability Coordinator & Communications Branch Manager
N.C. Division of Emergency Management
Greg Hauser joined the N.C. Division of Emergency Management as the state’s statewide interoperability coordinator. Hauser is also the state’s communications branch manager and the point person for ESF2 activities, alerts and warnings and tactical communications team training, readiness and mobilization.
Hauser also serves as the executive director of the North Carolina Statewide Interoperability Executive Committee, which provides guidance on interoperability to the N.C. State Emergency Response Commission.
Previously, he spent 17 years with the Charlotte Fire Department’s Communications Division and worked his way up the ranks to be the division’s superintendent.
Throughout his career, Hauser has participated in numerous large-scale incidents and events, including communications unit leader for the 2012 Democratic National Convention, Hurricane Irene and Hurricane Matthew. Most recently, he served as communications coordinator during hurricanes Florence, Dorian and Isaias and as an adviser to the COML for the 2020 Republican National Convention in Charlotte.
Carly Sherrod
Cybersecurity Task Force Officer
N.C. Division of Emergency Management
Carly Sherrod is a cybersecurity professional with the Homeland Security Branch of the N.C. Division of Emergency Management. She serves as a task force officer with the North Carolina State Fusion Center, where her primary roles consist of cyberthreat intelligence, critical infrastructure protection and information analysis.
She is also a member of the N.C. Joint Cybersecurity Task Force, supporting critical infrastructure partners in both proactive and reactive cybersecurity operations.
Sherrod has a background in strategic planning, data analytics, health care, incident response and incident recovery efforts.
To date, she has responded to more than 50 cybersecurity incidents affecting public safety organizations to include ransomware, business email compromise, distributive denial of service and telephone denial of service attacks.
From her experience in the field, the relationship between public safety professionals and information technology professionals plays a critical role in cybersecurity response and cybersecurity recovery outcomes.