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Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) reached out to me, given my success with government agencies and deep knowledge of House and Urban Development (HUD), seeking to develop a holistic Information Security and Compliant initiative. The first challenge is that CHA, by design, is porous, allowing the vast number of employees access from wherever they are located. All of these are potential targets. CHA is the custodian of large amount of tenant data that includes Personal Identifiable Information (PII). This makes CHA vulnerable to ransomware attacks. Hackers threaten to leak tenant data onto the dark web to force ransom payments. CHA is also a prime target for wire transfer fraud due to the significant amount of money transferred between other housing authorities, HUD, property owners, managers, and lenders. Cybercriminals, often by spoofing their identity, seek to deceive organizations into wiring money to their accounts or accounts that they control.
CLIENT REQUEST
Develop and Implement
Develop and Implement Security Policies: Craft and enforce policies to safeguard all technological and data assets within the organization physically and digitally.
Risk Assessment and Management: Continuously evaluate, identify, and mitigate risks to protect the company’s digital assets from unauthorized access or alterations.
Evaluate, identify, and mitigate
Guarantee
Compliance Management: Guarantee that all security practices meet internal requirements and comply with laws and regulations like GDPR, HIPAA, or other sector-specific guidelines.
Incident Management: Lead the response to security incidents or breaches, coordinate with the incident response team to reduce impact, and conduct post-incident analysis to avert future incidents.
Lead
Training
Security Training: Facilitate security awareness training for employees to foster a strong organizational security culture.
Vendor Management: Evaluate third-party vendors’ security protocols to ensure they align with organizational standards.
Evaluate
Monitoring
Security Monitoring: Constantly monitor and assess the organization’s security posture, suggesting improvements as necessary.
Disaster Recovery Planning: Aid in developing, testing, and revising disaster recovery plans to ensure data recovery and system restoration in case of failure or breach.
Aid
CLIENT PROFILE
The Chicago Housing Authority is the primary municipal agency responsible for providing housing assistance to low-income families and individuals in Chicago. As a HUD-designated Moving to Work agency, CHA has regulatory and funding flexibility to design locally driven programs that help residents thrive, expand housing options, and increase our operational efficiency
