Navigating the NIST Guidelines for BEAD: From Assessment to Deployment

Presented at ISE Expo in Dallas, Texas, on August 20, 2024

This presentation outlines a systematic approach to achieving cybersecurity compliance with NIST guidelines. It covers a Compliance Roadmap, including assessing current controls, identifying gaps, and remediation steps, as well as practical steps for deploying the plan, such as budgeting, risk cataloging, supply chain management, and addressing operational challenges.

Session includes:

1. Compliance Roadmap: step-by-step process, from current controls assessment to NIST gap identification and remediation steps.
2. Insights into practical deployment strategies for building budgets, cataloging risks, and managing supply chains for NIST guidelines on BEAD.
3. Preparation for ongoing NIST compliance with essential knowledge and resources.

About the Presenter

Evan Rice is an experienced IT executive with a focus on cyber security and operational excellence. Evan currently serves as the Senior Vice President of Guide Star, a division of CCI Systems. Evan has been with CCI Systems since 2012, starting as a Data Services Professional then moving to the Vice President of Information Technology role prior to his current position at Guide Star. Evan is an industry advisor for the MIS Program at Michigan Technological University, which is the same program he graduated from. He is also an advisor for the Dickinson Iron ISD Technology program, industry participant in the Upper Peninsula Cybersecurity Institute, Cub Scout Leader, and involved in his local Rotary Club. He currently sits on the First National Bank & Trust Board of Directors. Evan has a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from Michigan Technological University and is currently pursuing is MBA with a concentration in Cybersecurity from Maryville University. He is a Petoskey High School graduate and currently resides in Norway, MI with his wife, Kristin, and two children, Emmett and Elise. He loves spending time outdoors in his free time.