Josh Broder, President of Tilson Technology Management, will be speaking at the November 4th Maine Telecommunications Users Group (MTUG) meeting. To register for the event, click here. Below is an abstract of the presentation and a short biography of Josh Broder's professional accomplishments.

Abstract: Large organizations of all kinds face a challenge in effectively implementing Information Security policies across large networks. Traditionally, risk to availability (as opposed to confidentiality and integrity) drives the behavior of network administrators at telco providers and large user organizations. Increasingly, keeping the data riding over these networks secure and accurate is falling to network administrators. Often the enforcement mechanisms for policy, from crafting control measures to measuring compliance, are far removed organizationally and geographically from the organization's leaders and policy writers. This talk will use a case study from the US Military in Afghanistan to explore these challenges. This case study will review a large network under consistent cyber attack and physical disruption, and will offer examples of how large organizations can build cultures of compliance and participation among large and sometime unsophisticated user groups.

Joshua Broder is the President of Tilson Technology Management and a board member of TechMaine. At Tilson Technology Management, Josh works with clients to effect IT organizational change, usher projects to completion, and manage risk as a consultant and IT Director/CIO for hire. Josh heads up Tilson’s utilities consulting group, managing fiber, microwave, and wind power projects, and manages radio tower sites for land owners. Prior to joining Tilson, Josh managed the communications network (including responsibility for the infosec regime) in Central Asia for the US Military, other government agencies, and coalition forces at 36 bases in several countries. Josh was recently awarded the TechMaine CxO of the Year award.