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Check out some of these great photos from Monday’s Leadership Team Retreat.

 

Here is Brad with an update this week:

City Manager Dave Hansen opened the meeting in true fashion with all the passion for the City he’s been known for.

• He thanked all the administrative professionals all over the City who have all our backs.

Deputy Chief Tony Zucaro

• College Beach Week AKA Week 17, was a success in the sense that it was mostly peaceful
• Limited crowd Friday night due to rain
• Crowds were large Saturday afternoon and into the night
• 320 calls for service Saturday night, several hundred citations issued, 2 guns confiscated
• Department of Justice and Human Rights Commission members were on site as VBPD requested monitoring the department’s performance
• This is a non-sanctioned event
• Department has been monitoring social media channels to keep abreast of where activities would be held
• Several command centers were established including EOC and the Second Precinct
• Public Works performed an important role in keeping trash cans emptied
• Emergency Communications Department performed a great service
• ComIT’s support with new HD cameras was very helpful

Catheryn Whitesell (Director of Management Services and all things budget)

• City council reconciled department’s budgets
• Nothing was cut, $2 million was added
• Very smooth process this year

Dave Hansen – Leadership Survey

• A retreat will follow to address leadership concerns citywide

Alliance for Innovation presentation

• Dave introduced Sallie Ann Burnett, Eastern Region Director, Alliance for Innovation
• Jim Spore was actively involved in this organization and attended their conference, Transforming Local Government
• Many of us have submitted innovation projects to this group over the years
• Alliance seeks to provide new ways for Cities to succeed
• Case studies, webinars and white papers available online
• City of Virginia Beach has a Citywide membership that is available to all members
• transformgov.org Create a username and password to access. Your vbgov address will be recognized

Records Management

• Administrative process to enforce Virginia Public Records Act
• Authorizes transfer of records (storage or destruction)
• Agencies must destroy records as prescribed by the policy
• See City AD 2.10 for details and mandatory compliance
• Format of records doesn’t matter. Records can be digital, written or recorded
• Official City email should always be written in a professional manner
• Four Rs
  • Retrieval – file in such a way that they are easily located
  • Retention – know how long you have to hold records
  • Reduction – get rid of in a timely manner
  • Recovery
• Don’t be in the headlines
• Use Department’s Records Manager as a resource

Cyber Security – Ernie Forni – (ComIT’s Cyber Cop)

• Cyber criminals are the new bad guys attacking corporations
• Malware is easily downloaded on unsuspecting apps every day on mobile phones – be careful
• Check out this scary map: http://map.norsecorp.com/#/ where cyber-attacks are tracked in real time.
• 10,000 attacks or “door knockings” occur every day where cyber-criminals try to infiltrate corporate networks
• Nearly 35,000 attempts were made to infiltrate Virginia Beach networks in 2015
• ComIT sent out a test message to members a few months ago. It was designed to look like a phishing attempt, probably having like sounding names like Comit (rather than ComIT), addresses like networkadmin@vbgov.com, and the deadly, “CLICK HERE” to fix your problem. Out of 1,400 messages sent to members 162 people clicked on the “CLICK HERE” button. 23% opened the message, 11% clicked the attachment. Not smart folks. This is how crooks get into our network and steal information, and it could be something personal about you.
• Members are encouraged to store critical information on network drives, and not on flash drives or local computer drives
• Jigsaw Ransomware is the newest threat. Cybercriminals access your computer, encrypt all your files, and hold you hostage for a set amount of money. It happens to unsuspecting businesses and individuals.
• Ever get a pop up on your home computer that reads something like this? “Hi, I’m from the Microsoft Support Team and we’ve detected a virus on your computer. Click here to remove.” Ernie suggests not going there unless you want to pay the crook $149 to unencrypt your machine.
• Phishing Consequences Install ransomware
  • Install hacker code
  • Theft of data
  • Theft of services
  • Loss of reputation

• Another phishing test will be broadcast this summer. Don’t get caught by this trap! This type of human error is now being considered negligence.
• Infosec awareness is required training of everyone
• Social Security Numbers should never be sent by email

Monica Kopin – Human Resources – New Taleo application

• Taleo, the new front end for WAVE is rolling out soon
• Training will be required of all hiring managers
• The entire WAVE application will be down at the end of June while the transition occurs
• If you have an active application in WAVE now, it will not be moved to the new system. Download and copy it now if you want to save it

Doug Smith – Introduced Brad as a first timer at the meeting.