Comprehensive update of the Utah Digital Teaching and Learning Program created in the 2016 Utah Legislature HB 277.

June 2016 Google released "Cast for Education" which is NOT the normal Google CAST app. This new tool works/is set up fundamentally "backward" from what users "intuitively" might think. This session is intended to be a "sharing" opportunity for those who have experienced this, and hopefully a "think tank" for best uses in education.

Introduction to UTN member IT staff to bring up to date or current issues.

1. UTN infrastructure and why and how we do security.
2. What is the best way to reach UTN staff for whatever reason.
3. How do you make a request to UTN?
4. Vulnerability Updates and new threats
5. Discuss any updates to the UTN security policy
6. What do I do when I'm BREACHED, HACKED, OR RANSOMED!

When you ask for a Wi-Fi Site Survey do you actually want a Site Survey or do you want a Wi-Fi Design? Or perhaps what you really need is Spectrum or Packet Analysis. Come learn the correct lingo and what tools you can need for each of them.

Explanation of Sub Categories - Introduction to Vendors awarded - contact info of vendors awarded - discussion of future procurement plans - We will review and answer questions for the state’s inventory project. We will also cover the timeline and processes for this year’s implementation and will have a discussion on how we can make this an effective and meaningful program for the districts. - Q and A

As the home automation market explodes the number of options available can be bewildering. This presentation will demonstrate case study of a working implementation which combines HVAC lights ingress control and home monitoring from disparate vendors into a single easy to manage interface.

DDOS is ramping up to be one of the toughest things to deal with in today’s networks. DDOS’s this year have surpassed over a terabit a second in bandwidth!! In this Presentation we will go through some of the more common DDOS attacks and how easily they are deployed. (Maybe even show some real-time DDOS attacks). I will also show some cool new UEN tools to assist our customers with DDOS attacks and our ability to help prevent them from getting to your network.

Learn what we are using for monitoring logging alerting remote support switch backups teacher backups security cameras and more.

As we develop online courses for our learners we nurture them with well-conceived well-designed well-presented courses and programs. Course facilitation expectations and approaches are designed to engage 21st century learners in asynchronous activities with their peers and teacher.

An introduction to the tools and procedures in use by Provo City School District to maintain ongoing inventory of computers and other technology equipment.

Back in the 90s the FCC set aside RF frequencies for educational use. At that time nobody really knew what to do with them. Some districts bought a license and then leased it. With LTE and other technologies this spectrum is now increasingly valuable and affordable to use. See if it will help your organization setup a more robust private wireless network.

End User Security Awareness Training: Why and how to effectively manage your human cybersecurity risk.

Threat Landscape for K-12.

Research computing on campuses is exploding as an ever-increasing and diversifying set of researchers across many fields embrace high performance computing, virtualization, large-scale data transfers, and big data. To support this growth, and to further innovate our campuses, a nimble, technically savvy, and experienced staff is necessary to help design, engineer, deploy, and operate these resources. Moreover, we need to continue to augment the technical staff with experienced facilitators to help educate, train, advise, and help researchers with their computing needs, broadly defined. The growth at the University of Utah has been rapid and may not be sustainable, hence many campuses have united and are looking for means to share physical, technical, and facilitator resources through organizations such as ACI-REF, CaRC, and RMACC. Cheatham will highlight what's going on at the University of Utah, the region and the nation to innovate, enable and promote research computing on campuses.

I will talk about current Hacks/Threats and Cool new innovations that are leading the way our IT lives are changing.

The Science DMZ architecture was developed in part to work around the fact that conventional firewalls are not capable of supporting high speed data transfer flows greater than 20 Gbps. Now that 100G capable firewalls are becoming available network engineers are considering how these firewalls can contribute to the security of their existing Science DMZs. This presentation will provide a brief overview of Science DMZ architectures and describe how 100G capable firewalls can be used within Science DMZs to make them more secure and help Supercomputing Centers; Research Universities; National Labs and other Federal Research Institutions meet FISMA HIPAA and Funding Program Mandates. Field trials and production use of this technology at universities and Federal Research Labs will also be discussed.

A quick look through time at healthcare and how technology has changed and were it is going.

A detailed discussion on what Ransomware is, how ransomware is infiltrating networks and how we can detect and prevent these advanced threats from causing harm. Demonstrate the how attacks happen and how they can be resolved.

I will be showing this new system that will make it easy to send data to easy to configure for alerting on sensor data ranges and creating graphs. I will also talk about the hardware required and the costs to build a device to push to the system. The system is being designed to be light weight and to run on the raspberry pi as a centralized system. This is perfect for the home hardware hacker and also could be great for putting in rooms at a business that need specific sensor monitoring.

Digital technologies are fundamentally changing the world. No place is that more apparent than in enterprises. Today, commercial indoor environments of all sizes are connecting previously disparate building networks. This newly created "Digital Ceiling" brings together Lighting, Building Automation, Security, Analytics, Software and Integration to create a nervous system where "things" are connected and sharing information improving experiences and Results.

Fiber for the IT Professional (things you need to know). Standards that affect what you should be installing. What works and what does not work. Tools you should have and use.

My presentation will deal with some of the basic audit issues related to HIPAA and PCI. I will discuss some of the issues related to FERPA and how it may impact your environment. I will also discuss breach issues and your obligations in who you must report to and what actions you must take. HIPAA and PCI Are you a covered entity and do you handle pci transactions, what merchant level are you? This is information you must understand in order to comply with these regulations. If you are not a covered entity, then you do not need to comply with HIPAA, you do need to recognize that if you do store sensitive data you have an obligation to protect that data. Does your organization process credit card transactions? If that is the case, then you must abide by the standards as provide by PCI, which is not a government body but a industry organization. How many transactions in a year do you process? That number is what determines your merchant level. The higher the number, the tighter the regs become. What to do if you identify a breach. What are your obligatory reporting responsibilities depending on which data ends up being disclosed?

Effectively manage technical support so it doesn't manage you, or Making your customer base happy to see you.

Come meet the UETN Technical Advocate Team for charter schools and learn about services and support that UETN can offer your school. Explore opportunities with E-rate Interactive Videoconferencing (IVC) Networks Security and more. We will also demonstrate some of the latest video conferencing and collaboration tools. Ample time will be given to ask questions and get the information that you need now.

Intro discussion on LANs VLANs Spanning-Tree Etherchannel etc.

Information Technology can seem daunting. The 12 layer method will break out confusing aspects into layers. Then these layers can be analyzed for threats and defenses so effort can be placed where its needed most. The 12 layer method is loosely based on the 7 layer OSI model. On the whiteboard I'll make series of blocks that stack on top of one another like a Jenga game. The stack is made up of the Goals,Plans,Budgets of the decision makers. Then the IT Staff, Then Physical Facilities like power and AC. Then add the Network layer. Then servers and endpoints are made up of Hardware/OS/Apps/Data. All of this is to support the computer users. And they in turn support the Clients/Customers. Any network can be diagrammed. From the diagram a basic risk analysis spreadsheet can be made. The columns are the INVENTORY, DEFENSES, THREATS, VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT (to compare threats versus defenses). Then a RISK ANALYSIS (that prioritizes the VA results. Then a REMEDIATION LIST, then REPORT TO AUTHORITY, then a column for CHANGE MANAGEMENT so moving forward we solve problems before they're built.

Innovative teachers are using more and more technology in the classroom. This is great for education but can be scary for those tasked with support. This presentation will explore some of the newest educational technology trends including teaching tools, video capture, videoconferencing, web conferencing and more so you can be ready to offer support. Also learn about FREE tools available to you and your teachers from UEN so that you can be on top of tech without killing the budget. We will discuss classroom technology including BoardShare, Swivl,and UEN Interactive Video Conferencing services. Desktop conferencing tools such as Google Hangouts, Zoom, Cisco CMA (formerly Acano), and WebEx will also be discussed. We may include collaboration tools including Blackbox Coalesce and ClickShare. We will answer questions about how to support video conferencing and collaboration tools on school networks, etc.

Discuss steps needed to protect your organization from breaches, malware, and physical intrusions. Provide power point slides and documentation for the following: Endpoint security anti Malware admin accounts physical security How to resolve level four / five vulnerabilities.

In this workshop we are discussing what tools the different educational institutions throughout Utah are using to design monitor and support wireless networks to provide reliable and robust networks that enhance the learning environment. Come learn and share in this open discussion group formatted session.

Ransomware, what is it, how is it effecting people and how is industry trying to recover from it. Ransomware discussion as well as solutions to help recover from it.

The presentation is ~16 PPT slides progressing through the evolution of KUER public radio distribution to rural Utah culminating in improvements made possible by UEN WAN assistance.

Presentation on network troubleshooting between multiple sites. Not getting the expected network bandwidth between two sites that you manage? Are you dropping packets? Do you know? Are you using tools that test only the network? Or, are testing full systems? Do you need to routinely guarantee the performance of your link? Network troubleshooting is often a hop by hop effort. This talk will cover some of the tools and techniques by which to troubleshoot. The talk will cover topics such as Bandwidth Delay product, the impact of dropped packets on Wide Area transfers, tools such as the perfSonar suite, and techniques for managing high bandwidth links.

Come and learn about Google's Android@Work feature and see how to create a work profile on a Teacher's personal device.

Come join Juniper Systems Engineers for a 90-minute HANDS-ON, free training. We will explore the basics of Juniper’s award winning Network Operating System – JUNOS. During this exciting training, you will learn NOS fundamentals, how JUNOS works, what makes JUNOS different, and how our Carrier Class DNA translates into everything we do – including brining you capabilities and features you can’t find in other manufacturers' NOS.

Overview will cover CIPA Compliance, selective SSL Decryption, support for one-to-one computing and BYOD initiatives, defense against non-standard protocols, advanced malware protection, and mobile device management. iboss has a history of success in protecting school networks from Seattle to Boston. We secure more school network traffic than any other cybersecurity solution, with proven deployments spanning millions of devices and at speeds of over 100 Gbps. And no other solution has received more third-party validations, including the FIPS 140-2 government security standard and Common Criteria international standard. The iboss Distributed Gateway Platform meets the needs of K-12 schools with capabilities that include CIPA Compliance across all devices on or off campus with selective SSL decryption, support for one-to-one and BYOD initiatives, advanced malware protection, and mobile device management.

FileWave Team will take you through an overview of how FileWave has been simplifying Endpoint Management in Utah and across the Country. Since 1992, FileWave has lead the marketplace providing education, enterprise, and government institutions around the world with enterprise level, multi-platform systems, and mobile endpoint management software to assist IT teams throughout the lifecycle process of imaging, deployment, management, tracking and maintenance. FileWave’s all-inclusive, highly scalable software solves the many challenges of managing a diverse and growing population of users, devices, and content by ensuring IT teams have a comprehensive solution that supports both client (desktop/laptop) and mobile devices across Windows, Mac, iOS, Android, and ChromeOS

Over the last several months UETN has been developing a strategic plan for their wireless role to better help support their customers. This includes the implementation of the eduroam pilot project. Come review and discuss this plan as well as how eduroam provides a valuable wireless access service for your faculty staff and students.