End of Year Meeting & Chapter Elections (May 15th)

Our annual End-of-Year Chapter Meeting and Election (for the new Board of Directors) will be on Thursday May 15th at 3:30pm at Con-Way.

Anyone interested in running for one of the elected Board positions or volunteering for an appointed position should contact president<at>issa-portland.org.

Speaker Change for 3/20/08 Chapter Meeting

Our scheduled speaker (John Christiansen) will be unable to attend the March meeting, but I’m excited about the replacement speaker.

Special Agent Daniel Nielsen with the FBI CyberCrime Division will be speaking on Cyber Crime and ID theft. It has been a while since the chapter has had a speaker from the law enforcement or government side of the house and this promises to be an enlightening presentation.

Normal time and place: 3:00 pm at ConWay (2055 NW Savier St. Portland)

Mike Boyd
President

March 2008 Chapter News & Announcements

ISSA Portland Members, Sponsors and Friends:

Thanks to all of you for boosting our attendance at chapter meetings this year. I’m sure it’s a reflection of the excellent speakers and topics that our Program Directors have put together as well as the work of our Membership Director keeping in touch with you. The simple fact is that we’ve seen lots of new, and not recently seen, faces at the meetings and it’s been great.

Here are a few announcements for the month. I will probably be sending another announcement along mid-month.
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Chapter Meeting Announcement 3/20/08 - 3:00pm

Production and Courtroom Admission of Evidence from Electronic Health Records: Not “Just What the Doctor Ordered!”

Abstract:

Electronic health records (EHRs) and electronic medical records (EMRs) are the core components of a wide range of federal, state and private initiatives. Conceived of as an electronic expansion and enhancement of traditional paper medical and administrative records, EHRs and EMRs are intended to help improve medical care, reduce healthcare administrative costs and enhance research, public health and other healthcare-related activities.

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Thursday February 21st, 2008 ISSA Portland Chapter Meeting

Thursday February 21st, 2008 ISSA Portland Chapter Meeting
3:00-5:00 PM at Con Way (2055 NW Savier St. Portland)

TOPIC
How Far Are You From Best-in-Class Encryption and Key Management?
A Summary of the Aberdeen Research Report on Encryption and Key Management

DESCRIPTION
The greatly increased adoption and expanding uses for encryption is driving the need for centralized and automated key management solutions.

Mr. Brink will discuss the findings of the Aberdeen research report and other practices being deployed by leading organizations to protect data with encryption. He will discuss how organizations have addressed the challenges of encryption and key management, whilst delivering lower operational costs and achieving regulatory compliance.

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January 2008 Meeting Reminder

ISSA Members and Friends:

This is just a reminder about our January meeting coming up next week. The topic is “Oregon’s Identity Theft Law: How to Prepare and How to Respond”. This law will impact most, if not all, of the information security professionals in Oregon. We are fortunate to have to distinguished speakers who have been involved with this legislation from the beginning:

Diane Childs, Identity Theft Program Outreach Coordinator for the Oregon Department of Consumer and Business Affairs

Jane Alm, Privacy Officer, Oregon Department of Human Services

The detailed meeting announcement is at: http://www.issa-portland.org/2008/01/17/

Mike Boyd
President
ISSA Portland

December 2007 Chapter News and Announcements

Three quick items to pass along:

1. Our chapter Training Director (Craig Schiller) has arranged for a 15% discount on CISSP training at PSU next week (December 3rd-5th). For details please visit this link: http://www.pdc.pdx.edu/it/system_security.shtml



2. Our monthly chapter meeting will be held on Thursday December 20th from 3pm-6pm at Paragon Restaurant. Come enjoy some good (free) food and drinks and listen to Selim Aissi (
Chief Security Architect, Mobile Platform Architecture, Intel Corporation) discuss Mobile Security. This will be a great presentation. (Detailed flyer attached to this e-mail).

3. ATSI Group (one of our chapter sponsors) has posted a a new job listing on our chapter website. Anyone interested in posting job opportunities to the website should visit the site or contact me for more information.

Have a safe, happy and secure holiday season.

Mike Boyd
President
ISSA Portland

November 2007 Chapter News & Announcements

ISSA Portland Members, Sponsors and Friends:

Thanks to all of you for our great attendance at our first two chapter meetings of the program year. For those of you who missed one or both of the presentations, check out the chapter website (www.issa-portland.org) for ‘past presentations’. We continue to make improvements to the website and making past presentations available is one of the latest enhancements.

A reminder that our chapter operations wouldn’t be possible without the generous support of our chapter sponsors. Thanks to Structured, Cisco, CA, ATSI, Trend Micro, F5 Networks, TrustCC, Face-to-Face Events, and Credant for supporting the chapter.
 

Monthly Announcements:

1. Bring a friend or colleague to our meetings. We have gained 14 new chapter members so far in 2007, but we’ve lost 11. The strength of our chapter is in our active members, so spread the word.

2. The 2007 ISSA Northwest Regional Security Conference Will be held on April 23rd in Olympia, WA. Save the date.

3. November Chapter Meeting; Thursday November 15th; 11:30am-2:00pm; Port of Portland building (121 NW Everett Street) - November will be our annual (though we didn’t do it last year) joint meeting with ISACA. This year the topic will be “Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security and Compliance”. Joel Fontenot from Ecora Software will be the speaker. Joel offers a wealth of experience in PCI compliance efforts, but I’m sure between the ISACA and ISSA attendees we will be able to rattle him.
Registration is REQUIRED for this meeting at: www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaID=145484

4. December Chapter Meeting; Thursday December 20th; 3:00pm-6:30pm; Paragon Restaurant in the Pearl District - Our annual ‘Holiday’ meeting will once again be held at the Paragon. Selim Aissi, Manager and Platform Architect with Platform Management and Security at Intel will be presenting on mobile device security. The meeting is planned for our regular time, but we are hopeful that attendees will linger afterward to socialize, eat, and drink.

Keep in touch,
Mike Boyd
President
ISSA Portland

October 2007 Chapter News & Announcements

ISSA Portland Members, Sponsors and Friends:

The 2008 Program Year is off to a great start. Our first chapter meeting was well-attended and the presentation from Jon Clay of Trend Micro provided a good insight into the evolution of cybercrime and malware. The new chapter website (http://www.issa-portland.org) provides streamlined access to information about the chapter and it continues to grow as we add more useful information. The chapter reached out and received corporate sponsorships from eight companies. These sponsors provide some financial breathing room to plan valuable, low-cost and free events for the chapter.I have three event announcements to pass along:

1. October Chapter Meeting; Thursday November 15th; 3:00pm-5:30pm; Con-Way - October sees the return of Blackhat and ISSA Portland speaking veteran Jeremiah Grossman who will present “Hacking Intranet Websites from the Outside (Take 2) Fun With and Without JavaScript Malware”. This presentation was a highlight at Blackhat 2007 and having Jeremiah present it in person at ISSA-Portland is a real treat for the chapter. Details

2. November Chapter Meeting; Thursday November 15th; 11:30am-2:00pm; Port of Portland building (121 NW Everett Street) - November will be our annual (though we didn’t do it last year) joint meeting with ISACA. This year the topic will be “Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security and Compliance”. Joel Fontenot from Ecora Software will be the speaker. Joel offers a wealth of experience in PCI compliance efforts, but I’m sure between the ISACA and ISSA attendees we will be able to rattle him. Online registration for this event will be available shortly.

3. ISSA Portland Discount at “SecureWorld Expo, Seattle”The Portland Chapter of ISSA is pleased to announce our support of the 2007 Seattle SecureWorld Expo, October 30-31 at the Meydenbauer Center.Event Highlights: http://www.secureworldexpo.com/events/index.php?id=236.

That’s all the news for this month. If you have information you’d like passed along to the chapter or posted on the website, please contact your board.