Central Ohio ISSA

January 2009 Chapter Meeting and Other Information

The Central Ohio ISSA January chapter meeting will be held at the Platform Lab, 1275 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Wednesday January 21st, 2009. Registration will begin at 7:45 AM, with refreshments and breakfast. The meeting will kickoff at 8:00 and presentations to begin at 8:15. We are proud to announce the following distinguished speakers:

• Network Perimeter Defense: DIY Firewall Auditing with OSS tools. , Mick Douglas, OCLC
  With shrinking budgets and increased regulatory compliance concerns, many security programs are feeling the pinch. Using some of the techniques used by both white & black hat hackers, you too can probe your network perimeter and save both time and money. Chances are you aren’t probing your network as often as you should because it’s too painful a process. Attend this talk and learn how to make this task just a bit more bearable.
• Erik Heidt, AVP, Information Security, Fifth Third Bank
  Erik is manager of the Information Security Cryptographic Consulting and Architect Team for Fifth Third Bank, a Fortune 500 financial services firm.
  

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2nd Annual Central Ohio InfoSec Summit

Please save the date! The 2nd Annual InfoSec Summit will be held on Thursday and Friday May 7th and 8th 2009. We have secured Chris Hoff as one keynote and will be announcing some very exciting keynote speakers shortly.

2008 Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to the 2008 Central Ohio ISSA Scholarship Winners. The top award of $2,500 goes to Keith Fricke from Baldwin Wallace College for his paper entitled “Beyond Table Top: Hands-On Incident Response Testing”. The other two awards of $1,000 go to Clark Cummings of Nova Southeastern University for his paper entitled “Confidence Levels and Monte Carlo Analysis: An Improved Approach to Traditional Risk Assessments” and Jack Freund Nova Southeastern University for his paper entitled “A Social Network Analysis of the Reliability of a Prototypical Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem Core Network”.

We want your feedback!

Please visit the Central Ohio ISSA website to provide feedback the the chapter. Feel free to add any comments or suggestions for how we can improve the ISSA. It’s your chapter and we wouold like to hear from you.
Feel free to add proposed meeting topics, proposed speakers, training Courses you would like offered, and Ways to improve our current programs.

The feedback page can be found off of the main home page or by going directly to http://centralohioissa.com/?page_id=153

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November Meeting and Other Announcements

The Central Ohio ISSA November monthly chapter meeting will be held at the Platform Lab, 1275 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Wednesday November 19, 2008. Registration will begin at 7:45 AM, with refreshments and breakfast. The meeting will kickoff at 8:00 and presentations to begin at 8:15. We are proud to announce the following distinguished speakers:

• Overview of Business Continuity Using BS 25999 - Jack Freund
  Jack will compare and contrast other business continuity standards, and discuss how the 25999 approach is a best fit for organizations, and how it can integrate easily into existing ISO, Information Security, or other quality management systems. Jack will offer insights into building business continuity planning into supply chain management and engineering, as well as some critical points for implementation.
• Evolution of security at the gateway - Bruce Artman - ProofPoint
  

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Upcoming November Security Events:

• Keep your calendars open for the Central Ohio ISSA Holiday Event that will be held December 1, 2008 beginning at 5:30PM, more information to follow.
• Risk Management Frameworks with a focus on ISO and Business Continuity (Friday November 21) - Accuvant and Echelon One
  Space is limited.
  Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/905163892
• How to enhance Mobility and Security without increasing costs. -Fiberlink

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Dan Thomas Presentation

Thanks for attending today’s ISSA Chapter Meeting.

Dan Thomas’ presentation is available at the following link
http://centralohioissa.org/images/DanThomasISSAPresentation .pdf

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October Monthly Meeting

The Central Ohio ISSA October monthly chapter meeting will be held at the Platform Lab, 1275 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Wednesday October 15. Registration will begin at 7:45 AM, with refreshments and breakfast. The meeting will kickoff at 8:00 and presentations to begin at 8:15. We are proud to announce the following distinguished speakers:

Gary Moser, Microsolved Inc. Rootkits, what they are, what types are out there, demonstrating how they work, available tools for detection, and how to mitigate them.
Gary Moser is a technical project manager at MicroSolved, Inc., a leading provider of application security assessments and penetration testing. Since 1992, they have been providing security services to organizations ranging from small businesses to government agencies and international corporations. Mr. Moser is an accomplished information security analyst and program manager, with 20-years prior experience leading government security programs and operations with the Air Force and Department of Defense.

Daniel M. Thomas - Chief Security Officer and Chief Privacy Officer, Omnicare, Inc. - Risk, Liability and
Compliance. Dan Thomas is Chief Security Officer (CSO) and Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) for Omnicare, Inc., the nations leading provider of pharmaceutical care for the elderly. Omnicare (Stock Symbol: OCR) is a Fortune 500 pharmaceutical and medical supply services company based out of Covington, KY. Dan has been Omnicare’s Chief Security Officer for the past five years and Omnicare’s Chief Privacy Officer for the last three years.

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Add comment October 8th, 2008

CISSP Prep Class to begin Tuesday September 9th

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