MIS Research Center Seminar Series
8:30 AM - 11:00 AM
1st Floor Auditorium, Carlson School of Management

Abstract

Topics to Discuss:

Changing world of IT Risk Management
- Landscape of Business Disruptions - how to assign business risk
- How to go from Risk Assignment to the Deployment of Controls
- How to know ehn you've done enough Security / Business Continuity

Vignettes of IT Security Disruptions and Disasters
- Stories of Network Security Disasters
- Stories of Malicous Code Security Disasters
- Stories of Vulnerability Management Disasters
- Stories of Criminal IT Security Disasters

Information Availability - Hot to Measure & Achieve It
- What is Information Availability?
- Information Management + Information Architecture + Information Security =
Information Availability
- Benchmarking & Industry Comparisons are the key to Management of overall Controls

Biography

Mr. Herberger is the Senior Director of SunGard Professional Services’ IT Security Practice that is located in Wayne, PA (a suburb of Philadelphia) since January 2002. Mr. Herberger is responsible for all IT Security Professional Service products sold for SunGard Planning Solutions. Mr. Herberger reports directly to the Senior Vice President of SunGard Professional Services.

SunGard's IT Security Services is committed to providing client companies with reliable, independent and highly relevant security assessments and remedies in an utmost courteous, professional and confidential manner. Mr. Herberger and his staff are extremely well steeped in industry and trade experience with each staff member achieving one hundred percent (100%) certification as IT Security professionals (i.e. CISSP, CISM, etc). SunGard Planning Solutions IT Security Services specializes in Security Program Assessments & Development projects, Technical Security Penetration and Vulnerability Assessments, and industry-specific Regulatory Reviews and Compliance measures. All of these services have been designed to bring relevant program, technical or regulatory gaps to light along with specific program steps that are proven to mitigate these gaps. Lastly, these reviews are all designed to adhere to the ISO 17799 security standard as our basis of comparison.

Mr. Herberger has 15 years of diversified Information Security, Disaster Recovery and Electronic Warfare experience for both public and private enterprises. Prior to joining SunGard Planning Solutions in January of 2002, Mr. Herberger led the Global IT Security & Disaster Recovery function for a Fortune 200 Consumer Products company. In this position he was responsible for the Global IT Security strategy & implementation, incident handling, global policies and procedures, and administration of a complex $50MM+ multi-platform IT environment. Prior to joining this large Consumer Product’s company, Mr. Herberger served as an U.S. Air Force Officer with his last duty as an Electronic / Computer Warfare Specialist in the Pentagon. While at the Pentagon, Mr. Herberger evaluated computer security events impacting daily Air Force operations. He also managed critical operational intelligence for computer network attack programs to aid National Security Council and Secretary of the Air Force with policy and budgetary decisions. Lastly, he provided tailored analytical inputs of emerging threats to acquisition decision-makers.

Relevant Experience

Mr. Herberger is considered a primary authority on the topic of integrating Business Continuity and Information Security both within SunGard and the industry alike. Mr. Herberger has:

• Been invited to deliver over 40 key-note presentations on the topic of integrating IT Security and disaster recovery from industry leading events (DRJ, CPM, Continuity Insights, SunGard World), regional events (Ohio Contingency Planners, Northeast Disaster Recovery Information Exchange (NEDRIX), and the state-wide CIO Conference in North Carolina
  
• Authored groundbreaking white paper that was published in Contingency Planning & Management Magazine (July / August 2002 edition) on recovering from IT Security Disasters and necessity of planning. Interviewed, published
  and quoted by Forrester Group, CSO, SC Magazines, and the Orlando Sentinel.

Education and Affiliations

• Bachelor of Science, Aeronautical Studies, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Fl, 1991
• Masters of Business Administration (MBA), Finance Concentration, Auburn University, AL, 1998