September 2010 Announcements
Upcoming Chapter and Related Events:
- Central Ohio ISSA September, 15th 2010 Chapter Meeting
- Meet the New Central Ohio ISSA Officers
- CISSP Prep Course
- Upcoming Events
September Central Ohio ISSA Chapter Meeting
The Central Ohio ISSA September chapter meeting will be held at J. Liu Restaurant, 6880 N. High St., Worthington 2nd floor banquet room, Wednesday September 15th, 2010. Registration will begin at 7:45 AM, with refreshments and breakfast. ISSA Members no cost and Non-ISSA Attendees $20.00. We are not setup to take credit cards at the door, so please use the paypal link, check or cash. If you have issues email brent.bigelow@cetoc.net for assistance. The meeting will kickoff at 8:00 AM and presentations to begin at 8:15. To register, click here
We are proud to announce the following distinguished speakers:
John Schuller – Director, Client Development, BrandProtect
Topic: “Incident Response in a Web 2.0 World… Are you ready?”:
- Review the progression of Internet risks over the past ten years… Identity theft (phishing, vishing, smishing, malware), to online trademark abuses, images, and video, to discussion or social media – how have these things evolved?
- Recent trends – threats still on the rise – social media
- Internet threats come in many forms… quickly share the connection between identity theft, brand abuse, and social media
- Point out – companies have invested so much into protecting their internal data with firewall protection and other technologies, but they invest very little in what happens to their brands outside the firewalls
- Quick review of the Internet Ecosystem – all the elements of the Internet that cause security professionals concern.
- Get everyone to start thinking about the big picture and who in a company owns possible losses or risks… Definable ROI vs. Soft ROI
- various business units who will likely have some involvement… not just a corporate security issue alone
- Steps to Internet protection: Search (detection, monitoring), Understand (analysis, reporting), Act (mitigation, response)
- Protecting Rights, Revenues, and Reputation
- What’s driving Web 2.0? – While there are growing threats, businesses are capitalizing on the opportunity social media presents and are reaping the rewards
- More to it than just “social media” marketing – opportunities for messaging & media, for advertising and promotions:
- Customer care
- Generating sales leads
- Help with recruitment
- Investor relations
- What are the risks?… reputation, identity theft, and public disclosure
- Response considerations… not black and white: consider the nature of the threat and the influence of the source
- Cover the use of social media monitoring tools/services and consider the potential responses
- Recommendations:
- Have a social media crisis team to deal with issues that arise
- Protect your brands by registering them across key social media sites
- Continually monitor and take action where applicable
- Develop in-house social media expertise
- Be transparent with intentions and your identity
- Coach and educate executives, staff, partners, and other third parties on social media policies
Dan Walters – Systems Engineer, FireEye
Topic: “Modern Malware: The New “Insider” Attack Vector”
The content discusses the motivation and techniques of malware criminals, and provides case studies of the technical details for some of today’s more ubiquitous malware variants (Zeus, Spy Eye, ldpinch, clampi, etc.)
Meet the New Central Ohio ISSA Officers
We be installing the new officers at this meeting.
Vice President – Rick Blanch
Secretary – Todd Baerenklau
Special Advisor – Kevin Flanagan
Treasurer – Brent Bigelow
Education Director – Mike Godsey
Communications Director – Mick Douglas
CISSP Prep Course
We will be kicking off our renowned CISSP Prep Class on October 12th and follow every Tuesday for the next 13 weeks. This course has helped dozens of people in the Columbus area prepare for and earn their CISSP designation. This course can also be used to earn CPEs for other certifications or learn more about information security. This course is run similar to a graduate-school course, and offers what we feel is an unparalleled opportunity to study the CISSP Body of Knowledge. Contact education@centralohioissa.org for more information, also check the Central Ohio ISSA website on the Education tab. To register, click here.
Upcoming Events
Third Annual Security MBA Charity Bash
Date:
Monday, September 13, 2010 from 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM (ET)
Location:
The Social Room
527 Park Street
Columbus, OH 43215
To register, click here
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