Middle Tennessee ISSA Chapter

Please join us on Friday, April 25 at Vaco in Maryland Farms.

When: April 25, 2014 11:30 AM – 1 PM
Where: Vaco, 5410 Maryland Way, Brentwood TN

April’s Topic: Splunk, from Tool to Team Member

Join us for our April chapter meeting with special guest, George Starcher. George Starcher is currently with the University of Alabama at Birmingham as an Enterprise Information Security Engineer II. He is responsible for many security operations duties including design and administration of the UAB Splunk solution. He is active in the Splunk community through the Splunk IRC support channel and his blog. George has been a member of the information security community for over 15 years. His background in information security, forensics and loss prevention provides the foundation of his views on log analysis. George is a senior member of the ISSA and member of the Birmingham InfraGard chapter.

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Please join us Tuesday, April 8th from 5:30 to 8:00 for an evening of networking, food, drinks and do a bit of hacking as well! We’ll be hosted by VACO in Maryland Farms. Flat Earth Networking is sponsoring and providing the Hands-On environment. Be sure to bring your laptop!

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Join us on Thursday, March 27 for our monthly member social. This month’s social event will be held at Flying Saucer in Nashville.

When/Where: Thursday the 27th @ Flying Saucer.  We will get started around 5:30 and go until 7:30-8. The chapter provides appetizers. Dinner and drinks are on your own.

To RSVP in advance, please email Bill Dieringer, Membership Director, at membership@issa-midtn.org. Please drop in even if you don’t RSVP. We can always make room for more!

Location:
Flying Saucer
111 10th Ave South
Nashville, TN

We’ve expanded our scholarship offering for 2014. Instead of offering a scholarship at only one or two universities, we are pleased to offer scholarships to any Middle TN student pursuing a degree in Information Security.

If selected, the scholarship recipient will agree to attend at least one monthly ISSA meeting and be involved in the Middle Tennessee ISSA chapter or student chapter.

Attached is a scholarship application. The deadline for completing the form is March 31, 2014. Top applicants will be contacted for a face-to-face interview in early April.

Middle TN ISSA Scholarship Download

Please join us on Friday, March 21 at Healthways in Cool Springs. This month’s meeting is sponsored by CA.

When: March 21, 2014 11:15ish AM – 1 PM
Where: Healthways Headquarters, 701 Cool Springs Blvd – Franklin, TN 37067
NOTE: Please bring photo ID. Also, there is a flat surface parking lot when you enter the drive off Carouther’s Parkway.

March’s Topic: The role of identity in enabling and protecting retail businesses

Abstract: Twenty-four percent of the confirmed data breaches in 2012 affected the retail and restaurant sector—second only to the financial industry. Security in retail is a challenge due to managing a large number of systems across a geographically diverse network that requires connections from customers, employees, partners, and vendors. The question is how to allow convenient access for diverse populations of users, across devices, while safeguarding personal and financial information. Identity-Centric Security, where each user is clearly identified and subject to appropriate scope of access, is an opportunity to provide better service, increase customer trust and support the business goals of efficiency and growth.

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This month’s social event will be held on Thursday, Feb 27 at the newly renovated O’Charley’s in Brentwood.

When/Where: Thursday the 27th @ O’Charley’s in Brentwood.  We will get started around 5:30 and go until 7:30-8.

To RSVP in advance, please email Bill Dieringer, Membership Director, at membership@issa-midtn.org. Please drop in even if you don’t RSVP. We can always make room for more!

Location:
O’Charley’s
100 East Park Drive
Brentwood, TN

Please join us on Friday, Feb 21 at Lipscomb’s Spark Center in Cool Springs. This month’s meeting is sponsored by Symantec.

When: February 21, 2014 11:30 AM – 1 PM
Where: Lipscomb Spark Center, Franklin TN

February’s Topic

Jon Damratoski of Black Diamond Technology will review the basics of DLP, including DAR, DIM, DIU (endpoint), policies, infrastructure, reporting and plug-ins such as Data Insight. He will discuss DLP do’s and don’ts and, by way of a case study, identify how DLP could have been used to prevent a recent data breach.

About our Speaker:
As a DLP Subject Matter Expert, Jon Damratoski brings 10 years of experience in the security field with the last 5 years exclusively focused in Data Loss Prevention. Last year he started Black Diamond Technology to focus on independent DLP work and is currently working with a Fortune 20 healthcare organization on a DLP and Data Insight program.

Before starting Black Diamond, he was a Technical Program Manager at BEW Global focusing on multiple customer DLP programs. Jon brings a lot of knowledge around practical application of DLP technology to everyday business processes to help prevent data loss

Slides from today’s presentation are available on our chapter member forum on ISSA International

Please join us on Friday, Jan 17 for our first meeting of 2014 at Lipscomb’s Spark Center in Cool Springs. This month’s meeting is sponsored by Sal Apollo of NetSPI.

When: January 17, 2014 11:30 AM – 1 PM
Where: Lipscomb Spark Center, Franklin TN

January’s Topic

Defending organizations against Internet borne malware, advanced persistent threats and application exposures is a complex and increasingly important job within corporate IT environments. In this presentation, NetSPI will review current vulnerability identification and management issues and update the audience on programs and approaches to enhance your information security program.

In particular, the following topics will be addressed:

• Why vulnerability management is important
• A formal approach to vulnerability management
• Tips on how to ensure your approach to vulnerability management is successful

Security and IT leaders who are responsible for providing the business with a stable and secure IT environment will benefit from this session.

Chapter meetings are open to ISSA members and guests. First time attendees are always welcome. Come see what we’re about!
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*Members Only Event*

This month’s social event will be held jointly with our local ISACA Chapter.  The last joint-chapter social we had was  a great success and we anticipate a large turnout fot this one, RSVP early!

When/Where: Thursday the 23rd @ The Crow’s Nest in Nashville.  We will get started around 5:30 and go until 7:30-8.

 If you have any questions drop me a line membership@midtn.issa.org.

 Thanks, Philip

The Crow’s Nest

2221 Bandywood Dr, Nashville, TN 37215

 http://www.crowsnestnashville.com

RSVP Link: https://issa-midtn.org/events/55/123-issa-isaca-joint-social-event-please-rsvp/

As we close out the year, don’t forget your professional development. Claim up to 16 CPE credits for attending the 2013 ISSA International conference this year.

We are looking forward to hosting a special combined member social with ISACA in January. Details are in the newsletter.

Best wishes for a happy holiday season!

December 2013 Newsletter Download