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Pre-Conference Workshops
Quality education is a prominent feature throughout the GovSec West conference. These half-day workshops provide government security, law enforcement and border security professionals in-depth learning opportunities before the main conference begins.
Monday, November 14 - 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Cross Training for First Responders
In the current environment, law enforcement and emergency personnel are being asked to do more tasks with fewer officers. The goal of the workshop is to promote awareness of the issues our law enforcement professionals may encounter. Quite often, due to manpower shortages and demands from other responders, they are often put in positions outside their traditional response domain, and therefore outside their general areas of expertise. It is commonly accepted that under stress, most officers will revert to what they have been trained to do. However, our budgets are not preparing these officers for the situations they may face. This seems to be a nationwide phenomenon, and we need to address these training shortcomings.
The purpose of this workshop is to expose attendees to some of these possibilities. Through the active learner concept, scenarios will be presented, analyzed by the attendees, and discussions will follow. Those attending the workshop will be broken down into groups and be presented scenarios for discussion and resolution. Safety issues for each scenario will be discussed, as well as tactical options for the officers. The content will be similar to Incident Command classes, which are “scenario driven” training sessions. Some issues or scenarios to be discussed may include vehicle airbags, hybrid vehicles, vehicle fires, structure fires, photovoltaic (solar energy) issues, and hazardous materials and CBRNE response calls for service. The end goal of the workshop is to promote awareness of the issues our law enforcement professionals may encounter. This workshop is designed to begin the formal awareness and training process.
Identity, Credentialing and Access Management (ICAM)
The Federal Identity, Credentialing and Access Management (ICAM) architecture provides Federal, State, Local, Tribal Agencies and the private industry with a consistent approach for managing the vetting and credentialing of individuals requiring access to information systems and facilities. The current state of personal and organizational interoperability relies on the sound principles of ICAM. The foundation of ICAM is "TRUST". Trust begins with an identity and its unique attributes. Individuals have one identity that can and will be asserted within facility and logical access systems based on the rights and privileges given to the identity. The facilitator of this assertion is the credential. The identity is bound to a "TRUSTED" unique certificate that is hosted by a Smart Card, Cell Phone or computer. This certificate or an encrypted key is used to facilitate authentication for that identity to be given access to a portal. The access portal can be a door to a building, a device and/or an information system. Therefore, the management of Identities, credentials and access rights is the essence of the convergence of information technology and security management. ICAM is the management framework.
Key discussions areas will be: ICAM Overview, requirements determination, program implementation, convergence, and modernization of logical and physical access control systems. By attending this workshop, both physical and IT security professionals will be able to look at their systems within a converged environment.
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