INTERFACE Honolulu
May 22nd, 2024

  Presented by INTERFACE Advisory Council

The Bank of Hawaii has recently completed a project implementing a set of benchmarks defined by the Center for Internet Security (CIS). The intent of this project was to standardize and document security settings on all Windows Workstations and Servers across the organization. The scope of this project was enormous, but the benefits of having completed the implementation are great. Preston and Mike will be discussing the trials and tribulations they encountered along the two-and-a-half-year implementation. In addition, they will offer suggestions for organizations wishing to harden their own security profile through the implementation of CIS benchmarks.

Speakers:

  • Mike Lotter, Systems Automation and Security Engineer, Bank of Hawaii
  • Preston Robler, Manager, Infrastructure Application Services, Bank of Hawaii

Preston Robler was born and raised in Colorado. He obtained a degree in Computer Science from the University of Colorado and has 12 years of experience developing applications in the Java programming language. His adventures in software development have taken him from Colorado to Massachusetts, New Zealand, Alaska, and finally Hawaii. Currently, he manages the Systems Automation and Security team at the Bank of Hawaii.

Mike Lotter has spent over 10 years in systems and network administration across two continents, with a focus on Microsoft products and security. For the last 3 years, he has worked in the Systems Automation and Security team at Bank of Hawaii, two of which were spent on the CIS implementation project.