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Next Meeting: November 23rd, 2009 – Privacy Breach or Not A Privacy Breach?

Published on November 13, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments Tags: .

Date: Monday,November 23rd, 2009
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
Topic: Information Security Incident: Privacy Breach or Not A Privacy Breach?
Format: Speaker
Speaker: Rebecca Herold

There are many types of information security incidents that occur in organizations on a daily basis.  However, information security incidents are not always a privacy breach.  There are currently 48 US state and territory breach notice laws, and they have been joined by the HITECH Act breach response requirements.  Not to mention the FISMA breach response requirements for federal agencies. So, what is a “breach” under these laws?  The general question of “what is a privacy breach” is one that too few organizations have really answered, documented and prepared response plans to cover.  Rebecca will provide different types of incidents and talk with session attendees about whether or not they would be a privacy breach under the HITECH Act in particular, and the other breach response laws in general.  She will also discuss whether notice would be necessary.  The types of incidents discussed will be some that are often not considered when creating incident and breach response plans, but need to be because they occur fairly often.

If you are not a member of ISSA and would like to visit to see what we are all about, please go here to register as a guest.

Location: Buccaneer Computer Systems

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Published on November 13, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments Tags: .

Next Meeting: October 26th, 2009 – Hands-on Hacking

Published on October 15, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments Tags: .

Date: Monday, October 26th, 2009
Time: 9:00 am to 1:00pm
Topic: Hands-On Hacking at ISU ISEAGE Lab
Format: Hands on Lab

Location: ISU ISEAGE Lab

Join the Des Moines chapter for a day of learning and experimentation with hacking tools at the ISU Internet Scale Event and Attack Generation Environment (ISEAGE) Lab. The ISEAGE lab will be configured with a simulated environment which models the real internet. Attendees will be given a computer with attack tools for their   experimentation and may work in teams or individually.

REGISTRATION DUE BY 10/19/2009

Cost to members is free, non-members pay $25.00, but $20 can be put towards an ISSA membership.

Location information and a few more details can be seen in this flyer: Des Moines ISSA Hacking Event

If you have questions, please use the form below.

Published on October 15, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments Tags: .

Barcamp Des Moines

Published on September 17, 2009 in Announcement and Educational. 0 Comments

I have never attended a Barcamp conference, but have heard good things about them. There was one last year in Des Moines and it is happening again this year.

Date: Saturday, September 26, 2009

Time: 8 am – 10 pm

Cost: FREE (food too!)

Location: Impromtu Studio, 300 SW 5th Street, Des Moines, IA 50309

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Go to the website for more information. You can register from the site or go here.

-Kevin

Published on September 17, 2009 in Announcement and Educational. 0 Comments

Next Meeting – September 28th, 2009 – Digital Forensics

Published on September 10, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments Tags: .

Date: Monday, September 28th, 2009
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
Topic: Memory Analysis for Incident Responders and Forensic Analysts
Format: Webcast
Speaker: Rob Lee

Rob Lee is a Director for MANDIANT (http://www.mandiant.com/), a leading provider of information security consulting services and software to Fortune 500 organizations and the U.S. Government. Rob is also the Curriculum Lead for Digital Forensic Training at the SANS Institute (http://forensics.sans.org/). Rob has more than 13 years experience in computer forensics, vulnerability and exploit discovery, intrusion detection/prevention, and incident response. Rob graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy and served in the U.S. Air Force as a founding member of the 609th Information Warfare Squadron, the first U.S. military operational unit focused on Information Operations. Later, he was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations where he conducted computer crime investigations, incident response, and computer forensics. Prior to joining MANDIANT, he directly worked with a variety of government agencies in the law enforcement, Dept. of Defense, and intelligence communities where he was the technical lead for a vulnerability discovery and exploit development team, lead for a cyber forensics branch, and led a computer forensic and security software development team. Rob also coauthored the bestselling book, Know Your Enemy, 2nd Edition. Rob earned his MBA from Georgetown University in Washington D.C. Finally, Rob was awarded the “Digital Forensic Examiner of the Year” from the Forensic 4Cast 2009 Awards.

If you are not a member of ISSA and would like to visit to see what we are all about, please go here to register as a guest.

Location: Buccaneer Computer Systems

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Published on September 10, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments Tags: .

Next Meeting – August 24th, 2009 – How to Succeed or Fail in Cryptography

Published on August 12, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments

New location. See Below

Date: Monday August 24th, 2009
Time: 11:30am to 1:00pm
Topic: How to Succeed or Fail in Cryptography

Cryptography is hard to do, with many failed examples. Learn from the failures and succeed against the odds. This talk will explain, with examples, common cryptographic pitfalls, solutions, and mitigation strategies. Best practices in policies, procedures, and technology will be discussed. Questions and feedback from the audience are encouraged. If time permits, audience participation will be solicited for experiences in both good and bad cryptography.
Key points:
* Good cryptography is now easy, but bad cryptography is easier.
* Good cryptography is in the details.
* Bad cryptography is often indistinguishable from good.

Format: Webcast
Speaker: Anthony Stieber

Anthony J. Stieber’s first information technology job was in 1991. Since then, he has worked in academia, banks, retail, and insurance; installed military and commercial firewalls; engineered medical diagnostic systems; reverse-engineered Internet stores; encrypted terabyte data warehouses; provided expertise for court cases; spoken at international cryptography conferences; and become an apprentice locksmith and a published writer. He now knows things he can’t talk about, but he is willing to talk about the rest.

Location:
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage – Cambridge Building
7600 Office Plaza Drive S.
West Des Moines, IA

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Guests must go through the visitors entrance and show a picture ID, you may also ask for Marti Maxon or Maria Paredes when you arrive

If you are not a member of ISSA and would like to visit to see what we are all about, please go here to register as a guest.

Published on August 12, 2009 in Announcement and Meeting. 0 Comments

Congratulations to Our New Officers!

Published on May 4, 2009 in Announcement. 0 Comments

At our April 27th meeting, which was well attended, we held elections for both Vice President and Secretary. The results of the election are now final.

Please join me in welcoming Maria Paredes as our new Vice President and Marti Maxton as our new Secretary.

Congratulations to both of you!

The meeting minutes for that meetings are also available now.

Published on May 4, 2009 in Announcement. 0 Comments