SIRT Contact Orientation

SIRT Contact Orientation

Security Incident Response Team

Departmental Security Contacts

April 16, 2004

SIRT Departmental Security Contact Orientation

Why Are We Here?

• Introductions

• The SIRT and you

• Compromise recovery procedure

• Current security issues

• Resources

• Future events• Free refreshments

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Introductions

• Dr. Elizabeth Unger, VPAST• Security Incident Response Team

– And their alternates– Representatives from all academic colleges and

major administrative units

• Departmental contacts– When this is all over, introduce yourself to your

SIRT representatives

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The SIRT And You

• SIRT History– March 2003: IT Security SWAT team chaired

by Roger Terry recommends formation of SIRT– Summer 2003: Interim SIRT formed– September 2003: Permanent SIRT formed

• Representatives from all colleges and major administrative units

• 0.3 time spent on SIRT activities

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The SIRT And You• SIRT’s charge (reactive/proactive/advisory):

– Coordinated security incident response– Alerts to new vulnerabilities and attacks– Implement/coordinate preventative security

measures– Security awareness and best practice training– Advise on secure design of apps, systems, networks– Host an annual security workshop

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The SIRT And You• SIRT is:

– Coordinate rapid incident response for campus– Advise on security best practices– Communication channel

• SIRT is NOT:– A policy body (that’s IRMC)– IT police– Additional technical support for your department

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The SIRT And You• Role of Departmental Security Contact (and

your local IT support people):– Respond to incidents in your unit– Repair compromised systems– Implement preventative measures– Alert your SIRT rep. about unusual activities– Enforce policies at the local level– Educate your users on security best practices– Pass along security information to your unit

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The SIRT And You• The goal is for you, your users, the SIRT, and

central IT services to work together to protect K-State’s information and technology resources.

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Compromise Recovery Procedure

• A compromised host is detected– By IDS, network monitoring, or abuse report

• The host is blocked– Usually by CNS with a router filter– Sometimes you’ll pull the plug

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Procedure, Cont.

• The departmental contact is notified– That’s you– Via email to SIRT-CONTACTS

• So you need to watch this email list

– See also Blocked Hosts web page

• You notify the affected user

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Procedure, Cont.

• You arrange for the host to be cleaned up– Try to find out what caused the compromise– Recovery may mean reformat / reinstall

• You contact your SIRT representative to have the host unblocked– Or their alternate, if they’re unavailable

• Your SIRT rep contacts CNS

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Current Security Issues

• Network-based worms

• E-mail viruses and worms

• Accounts without good password

• Poor patch management

• Insecure servers

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Problem: Network-based Worms

• Currently our biggest issue– Navpaw, Gaobot

• No user interaction necessary

• Exploiting security vulnerabilities

• Exploiting Windows accounts without good password

• Leaving behind back doors

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Network-based Worms: Solutions

• Patch, patch, patch

• Symantec Antivirus with daily updates

• Good passwords on Windows accounts

• Network vulnerability scans

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Problem: E-mail Viruses And Worms (“Malware”)

• ‘Zero-Day’, fast propagation

• Smarter social engineering

• Leaving behind back doors

• Cleanup is costly and painful

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E-mail Viruses And Worms: Solutions

• New version of Symantec is anomaly-based as well as signature-based

• Symantec Antivirus with daily updates

• Coming soon to central e-mail: real anti-virus filtering

• Managed antivirus installations

• Users are learning to be careful

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Problem: Accounts Without Good Password

• Network-based worms are exploiting Windows accounts with no or weak password

• Hackers can do the same thing

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Accounts Without Good Password: Solutions

• All Windows accounts should be disabled or have a good password

• Future versions of Windows should enforce this

• Network scans (by the White Hats)

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Problem: Poor Patch Management

• Applications as well as OS

• New Microsoft Update critical patches released this week– Did you know that?– Were they applied to your computers?

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Poor Patch Management: Solutions

• Windows Software Update Services

• Automatic Updates

• Phase out older OS versions

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Problem: Insecure Servers

• MS/SQL Blaster

• IIS

• Open SMTP relays

• UNIX / Linux / Mac OS/X

• A server on every desktop– Which are legitimate?

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Insecure Servers: Solutions

• Minimal OS install

• Turn off unneeded servers

• Windows 2003 gets this right

• Regular port scans to detect new servers

• Firewall the campus

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Problem: Lack Of Security Awareness

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Solution: You

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Resources

• SIRT / Security web site

• Your SIRT representative

• Your peers

• Central IT

• Training

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SIRT Web Site

• http://www.ksu.edu/InfoTech/security/SIRT– Blocked hosts– Departmental security contact list– SIRT representative and backup list– Work in progress

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Training

• CNS TSC Incident Remediation training in May

• All-day training planned for Tuesday, June 29 in Union Little Theatre– You really really should attend. Refreshments!

• Microsoft security training planned for June

• More in the future, probably semi-annually

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The Future

• Regular network scans of connected devices– Identify new hosts– Identify new services (open ports)– Vulnerability scans

• Server registration

• IDS, ADS

• Firewalls

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Questions?

Thanks For Coming!

Remember to introduce yourself to your SIRT representative