Penn Hosts IvyPlus Security Conference

The University of Pennsylvania Office of Information Security (OIS) is pleased to announce hosting the 2019 IvyPlus Security Conference on October 21st, 2019.

Conference information is listed below:

Date: October 21st - 23rd, 2019.

Location: The University of Pennsylvania, Ben Franklin Room in Houston Hall.

Hotel:  Guest Check-in at The Inn at Penn (3600 Sansom St., Philadelphia. PA. 19104) 

Room rate is $269 per night, to be paid by attendee. Check-in is at 4:00 pm, check-out is at 11:00 am on 10/23/2019. All guests arriving before check-in time may be accommodated as rooms become available, provided that guests elect to pay an early arrival fee (currently, $25.00). The Hotel can arrange to check baggage for those arriving early when rooms are unavailable and for guests attending functions on department day. 

Proposed Schedule:

Monday, October 21

1. Guests check-in Inn at Penn (3600 Sansom Street) 

04:00 pm 

2. Happy Hour City Tap House (3925 Walnut Street)

06:00 pm - 08:30 pm

Open bar, classic Margherita, mixed mezze board, seared ahi tuna display, artisanal cheese board with charcuterie supplement, bruschetta.

Ivy+ Meeting Houston Hall, Ben Franklin Room (3417 Spruce Street, 2nd floor)

09:00 am - 05:00 pm

Breakfast and lunch provided by and set up by Bon Appetit Catering, located on-site.

1. Sessions Schedule

  • 09:00 am  – 09:15 am -  Arrival and breakfast
  • 09:15 am  – 09:45 am -  Welcome and introductions
  • 09:45 am – 10:30 am -   SOC Automation/Metrics – Penn and Columbia
  • 10:30 am – 10:45 am -   Break
  • 10:45 am – 11:15 am -   Roundtable: Consumerization of IT and Risk Assessment (e.g., Google/0365 Apps/Addons) - Facilitated by Stanford 
  • 11:15 am – 12:00 pm -   Guest Speaker Dr. Andreas Haeberlen on Differential Privacy
  • 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm -   Lunch
  • 12:45 pm  – 1:45 pm -    Upenn Introduction and Campus Tour – Penn
  • 01:45 pm – 02:15 pm -   Awareness and Training Successes – Harvard
  • 02:15 pm – 02:45 pm -   Passwordless Authentication and Controlling Authorizations - Duke & Stanford
  • 02:45 pm  – 03:00 pm -  Break
  • 03:00 pm – 03:30 pm -   Cloud (Iaas) Incident Response Plan - Harvard
  • 03:30 pm – 04:00 pm -   Using Threat Intelligence – Duke
  • 04:00 pm – 04:20 pm -   Roundtable: Content provider pressure on libraries for user data
  • 04:20 pm – 05:00 pm -   Roundtable: Recent Incidents and False Alarms, Facilitator – University of Chicago

2. Dinner White Dog Café, Living Room (3420 Sansom Street)

06:00 pm - 08:30 pm

Bar with Bartender, 3-course dinner.

Ivy+ Meeting Houston Hall, Ben Franklin Room (3417 Spruce Street, 2nd floor)

9:00 am-1:00 pm 

Please check out of Inn at Penn prior to the meeting. The Hotel can hold luggage.

Session Schedule

  • 09:00 am – 09:30 am -    Arrival and breakfast
  • 09:30 am  – 10:00 am -   REN-ISAC Governance Developments – University of Chicago
  • 10:00 am – 11:00 am -    Cloud Security Successes/CloudShield2.0 – Harvard, University of Chicago
  • 11:00 am – 11:15 am -     Break
  • 11:15 am – 11:30 am -     LastPass Implementation Lessons Learned – Princeton
  • 11:30 am – 12:00 pm -    Redcap Infrastructure - Brown
  • 12:00: pm -  Lunch (boxed lunches to facilitate ease of travel)

Breakfast and boxed lunch provided by and set up by Bon Appetit Catering, located on-site.