4th Quarter Public Meeting 19 November 2024 featuring Sarah Harris

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA 4th Quarter public meeting is Tuesday, November 19th, 2024 featuring Sarah Harris and her discussion on "Creating a Workplace Culture Where People Want to Stay". Please join us for this in-person event. Pizza and refreshments will be provided prior to the discussion. Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today! Please register at the link below: https://augusta-issa-4th-qtr-nov-24.eventbrite.com Abstract: In this interactive workshop, Sarah engages participants in hands-on activities and discussions, encouraging collaborative exploration of actionable steps to develop a healthy workplace culture. In participating, attendees gain practical insights into fostering open communication, creating supportive environments, and implementing inclusive policies. Implementation of these skills will lead managers and administrators to cultivate a culture of mental well-being, driving positive change within their organization. Take Aways • Recognizing the importance of creating a healthy culture within the workplace • Learn practical communication skills, how to develop physical space and things to be aware of in policy making that impact the culture. Sarah Harris is a seasoned licensed clinical social worker with over two decades of experience. Sarah has transitioned her expertise to empower leaders in creating healthy workplaces. Her dynamic talks equip leaders with the necessary tools to foster environments that prioritize enhanced employee well-being, productivity, and retention. Offstage, Sarah enjoys engaging in home remodeling projects with her husband and supporting her two sons in their endeavors. She prioritizes her own mental well-being through activities such as listening to 80s music, indulging in massages, and taking leisurely walks with her dog. As a highly sought-after speaker, Sarah's approach seamlessly integrates the latest research and science in mental health, making complex concepts accessible to all audiences. Whether you're seeking to revolutionize your leadership style or transform your workplace culture, Sarah offers transformative insights and actionable strategies tailored to your organization's needs. SarahHarrisSpeaks.com Date: November 19th, 2024 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Augusta University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904 (University Hall, Room UH170) If you are interested, please register at the link below: https://augusta-issa-4th-qtr-nov-24.eventbrite.com

3rd Quarter public meeting, August 20th, 2024 featuring Timothy McKenzie

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA 3rd Quarter public meeting is Tuesday, August 20th, 2024 featuring Timothy McKenzie at the Salvation Army Kroc Center Augusta. The discussion will be "Information Security and Large Language Model (LLMs)". https://augusta-issa-3rd-qtr-aug-24.eventbrite.com Abstract: in the early 2000's Google revolutionized the way IT people worked, LLMs are disrupting things just as significantly. This presentation will use ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini through demonstration to show how some tedious, but common, tasks can be completed more quickly than using a search engine. More about Timothy McKenzie: AKA blup3ngu1n, is a Red Team lead consultant, a SANS Certified Instructor, as wells as co-author for the SEC542 Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking course. After over a decade successfully building secure networks and systems for financial, government, service, and manufacturing organizations, Timothy spent the last fourteen years focusing on penetration testing, exploit development, and adversary emulation. Timothy uses his diverse understanding of enterprise systems while emulating digital threat actor hacking activities to help corporate leaders understand the potential impact associated with network breaches. With the belief that learning new things has the most value when it is shared with others, Timothy enjoys teaching for SANS and mentoring those interested in a career in information security. Timothy graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Information Technology from Western Governor's University in 2007, and holds dozens of certifications including SANS' GPEN, GWAPT, GXPN, GAWN, GPYC and GWEB, as well as the OSCP. https://twitter.com/timboloman https://www.linkedin.com/in/timothy-mckenzie-97905976/ Please join us in person event at The Salvation Army Kroc Center Augusta. Pizza and refreshments will be provided prior to the discussion. Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today! Date: August 20th, 2024 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: The Salvation Army Kroc Center Augusta 1833 Broad Street, Augusta, GA 30904 Don't miss this opportunity to connect with fellow cybersecurity professionals and expand your knowledge in the field. Please register at the link below: https://augusta-issa-3rd-qtr-aug-24.eventbrite.com -- Josh Marner Communications Director Greater Augusta ISSA

1st Quarter public meeting February 20th, 2024 featuring Brian Olson

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA 1st Quarter public meeting is Tuesday, February 20th, 2024 featuring Brian Olson. The discussion will be "Career Evolution: A Reflection On Skills Which Elevated My Cybersecurity Career". Please join us for this in-person event. Pizza and refreshments will be provided prior to the discussion. Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-augusta-issa-1st-quarter-public-meeting-featuring-brian-olson-tickets-828363556697

Career Evolution: A Reflection On Skills Which Elevated My Cybersecurity Career Join Brian Olson, a seasoned cybersecurity expert with a rich background in security operations, incident response, and threat detection, as he shares invaluable insights from his journey. This talk delves into the technical prowess and soft skills that propelled his career, offering attendees a blend of personal anecdotes and professional strategies. From his early days in IT to leading roles in major tech firms, Brian's experience spans across various sectors, including military, government contracting, and industry. Whether you're looking to accelerate your career in InfoSec or seeking guidance on navigating the cybersecurity landscape, this presentation promises to provide actionable advice and perspectives that could elevate your professional trajectory tomorrow.

More about Brian: https://www.sans.org/profiles/brian-olson/

From his early days troubleshooting computers in entry-level IT positions to leading Verizon Media's security operations team during the historic Yahoo acquisition, Brian Olson has carved a distinguished path in the cybersecurity realm. As Meta's Threat Detection Engineering Manager and a Certified SANS Instructor, Brian's 17-year journey through the nuances of cybersecurity operations showcases a blend of his offensive and defensive experience, underscored by a Master's degree in Information Security and a B.S. in Information Technology. His passion for the field extends beyond professional boundaries, as evidenced by his commitment to educating the next generation of cybersecurity experts. When he's not deciphering the latest threat, Brian enjoys traveling the world. Connect with Brian to delve into the insights of a seasoned cybersecurity leader who's just as comfortable navigating the complexities of information security as he is exploring a random city anywhere in the world.

Date: February 20th, 2024 Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Location: Augusta University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904 (University Hall, Room UH170)

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If you are interested, please register at the link below: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/greater-augusta-issa-1st-quarter-public-meeting-featuring-brian-olson-tickets-828363556697

Greater Augusta ISSA 4th Quarter public meeting featuring Terrence Williams

 Augusta ISSA Professionals,

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA 4th Quarter public meeting is Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 featuring Terrence Williams.  The discussion will be building event-driven response architectures on AWS.  Please join us for this in-person event.  Pizza and refreshments will be provided prior to the discussion. Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!

https://augusta-issa-november-2023.eventbrite.com

In this talk, we'll explore building event-driven response architectures on AWS. Using services like Detective, GuardDuty, and EventBridge, we'll detect security events and trigger automated responses. We'll deploy infrastructure across multiple accounts with CDK to enable developer velocity while maintaining security. Focusing on the event response lifecycle, we'll integrate an EC2 instance that gets snapshotted when threats are detected. Architectural best practices, infrastructure as code tips, and CDK demos will give you the knowledge to start building event-driven response architectures.

More about Terrence:

Terrence Williams brings a unique blend of real-world cybersecurity experience and passion for teaching to his role as an instructor. With over 10 years in the field, Terrence has helped secure some of the world's largest cloud environments and conducted extensive security research. He holds a degree in Computer Science and started his career conducting cyber threat hunting across corporate networks. 

Terrence's goal as an instructor is to empower his students to reach their full potential. He strives to make each class the best it can be, knowing that students have many options for how to spend their time. Terrence pours everything he has into teaching as he views it as an opportunity to unlock new levels of growth for his students. 

Outside of work, Terrence has an eclectic mix of interests from traveling the world to finding new local hole-in-the-wall restaurants. He is grounded in community efforts that allow him to connect with people from all walks of life. Terrence chose to become a SANS instructor because of the amazing community of people he met while taking his first course. He now hopes to pay that experience forward.

Terrence is dedicated to staying on the cutting edge in the ever-evolving field of cybersecurity. He enjoys the challenge of continuously learning and uses that knowledge to help his students be prepared for what's next. Terrence's classes aim to provide not only technical skills but also the growth mindset needed to thrive in the industry long-term.

Date: November 14th, 2023
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Augusta University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904 (University Hall, Room UH170)

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If you are interested, please register at the link below:  

https://augusta-issa-november-2023.eventbrite.com

Greater Augusta ISSA 3rd Quarter public meeting featuring Jeff McJunkin

Augusta ISSA Professionals,

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA 3rd Quarter public meeting is Tuesday, August 29th, 2023 featuring Jeff McJunkin.   The discussion will be "Destroying the Fog of War - Defenders' Three Tasks and How To Start Improving".  Please join us for this in-person event.  Pizza and refreshments will be provided prior to the discussion.   We will be having the meeting at a new location,  Augusta-Richmond County HQ Library.  Address and additional details are listed below.

We are Platinum Sponsors for BSides Augusta this year and will be raffling off tickets to BSides Augusta tomorrow evening.  Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!

https://augusta-issa-august-2023.eventbrite.com

Destroying the Fog of War - Defenders' Three Tasks and How To Start Improving

In this talk, Jeff reveals the five key ways outside attackers gain internal access and outlines defenders' three core objectives: reducing initial access, lowering detection and response time, and slowing down attackers. Through live demonstrations, real-world examples, and even a unique Mario Kart analogy, this talk provides actionable insights into detective controls and slowing down attackers. Emphasizing that prevention is ideal but not always possible, the session focuses on minimizing, detecting, and accelerating response to incidents, arming attendees with the tools to outpace attackers and safeguard their environments.

More about Jeff:

Jeff McJunkin is the founder of Rogue Valley Information Security, a consulting firm specializing in penetration testing entire companies - from web and network to cloud assets. His specialty, therefore, is generalization, with significant experience in areas from forensics, systems and network administration, virtualization, and many aspects of offensive operations. He focuses on actionable reports full of findings that real-world adversaries would also find in clients' environments. In addition to consulting, he presents at many conferences around the world, holds many certifications, and teaches for the SANS Institute.

https://www.sans.org/profiles/jeff-mcjunkin/

https://twitter.com/jeffmcjunkin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffmcjunkin/

Date: August 29th, 2023
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Augusta-Richmond County HQ Library, Headquarters Branch (HQ), 823 Telfair Street, Augusta, Georgia

If you are interested, please register at the link below:  

https://augusta-issa-august-2023.eventbrite.com

Greater Augusta ISSA May 9th 2023 Public Meeting featuring Aaron Cure

CSRA Info Sec Professionals,

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA 2nd Quarter public meeting is Tuesday, May 9th, 2023 featuring Aaron Cure.  The discussion will be "I’m Just a Little Black Rain Cloud".  Please join us for this in-person event.  Pizza and refreshments will be provided prior to the discussion.  Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!

https://augusta-issa-may-2023.eventbrite.com

I’m Just a Little Black Rain Cloud

Today’s cloud environments are large, multi-faceted, and dispersed. They have a myriad of options for selection, configuration, security, and functionality. Add on more than one of these environments (AWS, GC, Azure, Oracle, Digital Ocean, etc) and the number of potential issues skyrocket! If you have custom applications, developers, databases, and any of the hundreds of other common items in your arena, your chances of having exposed vulnerabilities becomes almost inevitable. Watch as we discover, attack, and plunder a typically configured cloud environment, all while providing you with ways to discover and protect your own environments.

More about Aaron: https://www.sans.org/profiles/aaron-cure/

Aaron Cure Principal Security Consultant at Cypress Data Defense.  Aaron does penetration testing, secure SDLC, static code review, and secure architecture work. He spent 10 years in the Army working as a Russian linguist and a satellite repair technician. A few more years as a database administrator and programmer on the Iridium project, telecommunications consultant, senior programmer, and security consultant. Aaron joined the security world in 2006 (for steak and whiskey), expanding his expertise to developing security tools and performing secure code reviews, vulnerability assessments, penetration testing, risk assessments, static source code analysis, and security research. Aaron is also a SANS principal instructor and author, and teaches SANS SEC542: Web App Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking, and SEC588: Cloud Penetration Testing all over the world.

Date: May 9th, 2023

Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Location: Augusta University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904 (University Hall, Room UH170)

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The University System of Georgia (USG) institutions encourages all faculty, staff, students, and visitors who are not vaccinated for COVID-19, to wear an appropriate face covering while inside campus facilities/buildings, and to social distance when possible.

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If you are interested, please register at the link below:  https://augusta-issa-may-2023.eventbrite.com

Greater Augusta ISSA September 2022 Public Meeting with Michael Edie

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA 3rd Quarter public meeting is Tuesday, September 27th, 2022, featuring Michael Edie. The discussion will be “Collecting Threat Data Using Distributed Deception.” Please join us for this in-person event. Pizza and refreshments will be provided before the discussion. Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today! 

Collecting Threat Data Using Distributed Deception What happens when you deploy honeypots in different geographical locations and then monitor, collect, and analyze the threat data for several years? The Fakelabs Project is a practitioner’s materialization of this idea. This talk will discuss the project’s architecture, observations, automation, derived products, and lessons learned. In addition, there will be demos and suggestions for how defenders can apply the information presented. 

More about Michael: https://blog.edie.io/about/ Michael Edie, aka “the mechanic,” is a Senior Security Engineer with the DoD, Pluralsight Author, and Consultant. He previously served on Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), threat hunt, and compliance inspection teams. Michael is passionate about Information Security and enjoys contributing to the community through his blog at https://blog.edie.io and projects at https://github.com/tankmek. He is the Co-Founder and Executive Director at smashthestack.org, a software vulnerability and exploitation educational platform. Additionally, Michael has presented at various venues, such as BSIDES Augusta and Hacker Halted. Outside the technical domain, he enjoys spending time with his wife and kids, motorcycling, cryptocurrency, and chess

Date: September 27th, 2022
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Augusta University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904 (University Hall, Room UH170)

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Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 featuring Mark Bristow

 Our next Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Tuesday, June 7th, 2022 featuring Mark Bristow.  The discussion has yet to be determined.  The topic will be related to Industrial Control Systems.  Please join us for this in-person event.  Pizza and refreshments will be provided prior to the discussion.  Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!

Date: June 7th, 2022
Time: 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Augusta University, 2500 Walton Way, Augusta, GA 30904 (University Hall, Room UH170)

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The University System of Georgia (USG) institutions encourages all faculty, staff, students, and visitors who are not vaccinated for COVID-19, to wear an appropriate face covering while inside campus facilities/buildings, and to social distance when possible.

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If you are interested, please register at the link below:  https://augustaissa-june2022.eventbrite.com

Greater Augusta ISSA meeting Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 featuring Doc Blackburn

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Tuesday, March 29th, 2022 featuring Doc Blackburn's discussion on "Security Isn’t What You Do!".  Doc Blackburn has IT experience spanning four decades in application and software design and administration, server and network administration, cloud services and website development, along with security and compliance management and experience in several other technical disciplines. His interest in computers started in 1982 when he first started programming on the Texas Instruments TI-99 4a console, Bally Home Library Computer, and Commodore 64 systems and had continued as a dedicated computer hobbyist until he decided to make information technology a full-time career in 1998. 

Please join us for this in-person event.  Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!  If you are interested, please register at the link below: https://augustaissa-docblackburn.eventbrite.com

Greater Augusta ISSA meeting November 9th, 2021 featuring Adrien de Beaupre

 Our next Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Tuesday, November 9th, 2021 featuring Adrien de Beaupre's discussion on "Hacking JSON Web Tokens (JWT)".  This is a talk and a live demo to discuss JSON Web Tokens (JWT) and some of their security issues. Several attacks against JWT implementations will be shown.

Please join us for this online event.  Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today! 

If you are interested, please register at the link below: https://augustaissa-hackingjson.eventbrite.com.

Greater Augusta ISSA June 2021 Meeting featuring Rita Gill

 Our next Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Wednesday June 16, 2021 featuring Ritu Gill's talk on “So you want to OPSEC, eh?

Please join us for this online event.  Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today! 

https://augusta-issa-public-meeting-featuring-ritu-gill.eventbrite.com

Greater Augusta ISSA April 2021 Meeting featuring G. Mark Hardy

 The Greater Augusta ISSA is holding a public meeting is Thursday, April 1st via Zoom featuring G. Mark Hardy speaking on Cryptocurrency. Please join us for this online event! Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!

https://greater-augusta-issa-2021-april.eventbrite.com/?ref=estw

Greater Augusta ISSA December 2020 meeting featuring Michael Winn

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Friday, December 4th and features Michael Winn's talk on Optimizing Data Collection Enhances the Value of Threat Intelligence; It's All About Scope.
Please join us for this online event.
Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2020-december.eventbrite.com

[Cancelled] March 17th, Public meeting featuring Phil Hagen

[Cancelled] Our next Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Tuesday, March 17th and features Phil Hagen The Greater Augusta ISSA Chapter meeting scheduled for 17 March 2020 has been canceled. We are choosing to exercise an abundance of caution in the midst of current public health concerns. We sincerely hope to see all of your healthy and happy faces at another meeting in the near future. Members, we do have some chapter business items to address. The chapter officers are reviewing our bylaws for virtual options for chapter business.

December 17th, Public meeting featuring Fernando Tomlinson

Our next Greater Augusta ISSA public meeting is Tuesday, December 17th and features Fernando Tomlinson's talk on "A Tale of Two PowerShells". Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today! https://greater-augusta-issa-2019-december.eventbrite.com

August 20th, Public Meeting meeting featuring Matt Edmondson

Our next ISSA meeting is Tuesday, the 20th of August and features Matt Edmondson.

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2019-august.eventbrite.com

April 9th Public Meeting featuring Mark Baggett!

Our next ISSA meeting is Tuesday, the 9th of April and features Mark Baggett and his talk on Python's Sinister Secrets!

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2019-april.eventbrite.com

February 5th Public Meeting featuring Dr. Alex Schwarzmann!

Our next ISSA meeting is Tuesday, the 5th of February and features Dr. Alex Schwarzmann, the Dean of Augusta University's School of Computer and Cyber Sciences!

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2019-february.eventbrite.com

October 4th Public Meeting featuring Doug Burks!

Our next ISSA meeting is Thrusday, the 4th of October and features Doug Burks! 

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2018-october.eventbrite.com

August 23rd Public Meeting featuring Larry Pesce

Our next ISSA meeting is Thrusday, 23rd August and features Larry Pesce! 

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2018-august.eventbrite.com

June 26 Public Meeting featuring Moses Hernandez

Our next ISSA meeting is Tuesday, June 26 and features Moses Hernandez! 

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-june-2018.eventbrite.com

April 2018 Public Meeting featuring Paul Henry

Our next ISSA meeting is Tuesday, April 24 and features Paul Henry! 

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2018-april.eventbrite.com

March 2018 Public Meeting featuring Dave Hoelzer

Our next ISSA meeting is Thursday, March 1 and features Dave Hoelzer! 

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2018-march.eventbrite.com

November 2017 Public Meeting featuring Dr. Johannes Ullrich

Our next ISSA meeting is Thursday, November 30 and features Dr.
Johannes Ullrich speaking on "Keeping Track of Evil Things"! 

Seats are limited, so please reserve yours today!
https://greater-augusta-issa-2017-november.eventbrite.com

July 2017 Public Meeting featuring Cindy Murphy

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, July 20 and will feature Cindy Murphy!

For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2017-july.eventbrite.com

June 2017 Public Meeting featuring Doug Burks

Our next ISSA meeting will be Monday, June 12 and will feature Doug Burks speaking on the Elastic stack and Security Onion!

For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2017-june.eventbrite.com

February 2017 Public Meeting featuring Mark Bristow

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, February 16 and will feature Mark Bristow!

For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2017-february.eventbrite.com

December 2016 Public Meeting featuring Seth Misenar

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, December 1 and will feature Seth Misenar!

For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2016-december.eventbrite.com

October ISSA Public Meeting featuring Bobby Kuzma of Core Security

Our next ISSA meeting will be Tuesday, October 11 and will feature Bobby Kuzma of Core Security.

For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2016-october.eventbrite.com/

September ISSA Public Meeting featuring Jason Fossen

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, September 1 and will feature Jason Fossen presenting "Exploratory Surgery with Windows Process Hacker".

For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2016-august.eventbrite.com

ISSA meeting featuring Mr. Ovie Carroll, Director of the Department of Justice Cybercrime Lab

Our next ISSA meeting is **this Thursday** May 19 and will feature Ovie Carroll, Director of the DoJ Cyber Crime Lab, Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS)! Ovie will present "Current and Emerging Trends in Digital Forensics."

For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2016-may.eventbrite.com

Hope to see you there!

March 2016 Public meeting - Peel Back the Layers of Your Network with Security Onion

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, March 31 and will feature Doug Burks and Security Onion! This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues! We'll also have a report from our bi-annual financial audit and we'll be electing officers for the next 2-year term, so please make every effort to attend if you're a member.

Security Onion is a Linux distro for intrusion detection, network security monitoring, and log management. It's based on Ubuntu and contains Snort, Suricata, Bro, OSSEC, Sguil, Squert, ELSA, Xplico, NetworkMiner, and many other security tools. The easy-to-use Setup wizard allows you to build an army of distributed sensors for your enterprise in minutes!

Doug Burks started Security Onion in 2008 to provide a comprehensive platform for intrusion detection, network security monitoring, and log management.  Today, Security Onion has over 200,000 downloads and is being used by organizations around the world to help monitor and defend their networks.  In 2014, Doug started Security Onion Solutions LLC to help those organizations by providing commercial support and training.  Doug is a CEO, public speaker, teacher, former president of the Greater Augusta ISSA, and co-founder of BSides Augusta, but what he really likes the most is catching bad guys.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2016-march.eventbrite.com

December 2015 Public meeting - In The Wake Of Ashley Madison

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, December 3 and will feature Jim Salter!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!

38 million accounts and 9.7 million credit card transactions from the notorious adultery site leaked this year. How does this affect you? Probably more than you think, whether you were in AM's databases or not. What can we learn from the data exposed in the breach, and what does it tell us about the security posture of not only website owners, but internet users themselves?

Jim Salter (@jrssnet) is an author, mercenary sysadmin, and father of three—not necessarily in that order. He got his first real taste of open source running Apache on his very own dedicated FreeBSD 3.1 server back in 1999, and he's been a fierce advocate of FOSS ever since. He's the author of the Sanoid hyperconverged infrastructure project (http://sanoid.net/). And he's written articles for Ars Technica on everything from next-gen filesystems to NAS distributions.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2015-december.eventbrite.com/

November 2015 Public meeting - The Fog of More with Tony Sager

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, November 5 and will feature Tony Sager!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!

Tony Sager is a Senior VP and Chief Evangelist for the Center for Internet Security. He leads the development of the Critical Security Controls, a worldwide consensus project to find and support technical best practices in cybersecurity. His “volunteer army” cuts across all segments of the industry to identify practices that will stop the vast majority of attacks seen today, and then leads projects that will validate, measure, scale, and share these practices for widespread adoption. Tony also serves as the Director of the SANS Innovation Center, a subsidiary of The SANS Institute.

Tony retired from the National Security Agency in June 2012 after 34 years as an Information Assurance professional. He started his career in the Communications Security (COMSEC) Intern Program, and worked as a mathematical cryptographer and a software vulnerability analyst.  After moving into leadership positions, Tony helped found and then led the Systems and Network Attack Center, oversaw all Red and Blue Team projects, established and led security product evaluation teams, helped guide the agency's top talent development programs, served as the founding chief of the Vulnerability Analysis and Operations Group (comprised of 700 of the NSA's top technical cybersecurity specialists serving the defensive mission), and was the Chief Operating Officer for the Information Assurance Directorate. Tony also led the release of NSA security guidance to the public starting in 2001, and greatly expanded NSA’s role in the development of open standards for security.

Mr. Sager holds a B.A. in mathematics from Western Maryland College and an M.S. in computer science from The Johns Hopkins University.  Tony is also a civilian graduate of the US Army Signal Officer Basic Course and the National Security Leadership Course.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2015-november.eventbrite.com/

ISSA meeting featuring Dr. Johannes Ullrich of the SANS Internet Storm Center

Our next ISSA meeting is this Tuesday July 28 and will feature Dr. Johannes Ullrich of the SANS Internet Storm Center!

For more details and to register, please see:
http://greater-augusta-issa-2015-july.eventbrite.com/

Hope to see you there!

June 2015 Public meeting - IR Event Log Analysis with Hal Pomeranz

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday, June 25 and will feature Hal Pomeranz!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!

IR Event Log Analysis

Windows event logs contain a bewildering variety of messages. But homing in on a few key events can quickly profile attacker activity. From administrator logins, to scheduled tasks, to entries related to system services, and more-- the event logs are a one-stop shop. Learn to "crack the code" and enhance your investigations by adding event log analysis to your toolset.

About Hal Pomeranz

Hal Pomeranz is an independent digital forensic investigator who has consulted on cases ranging from intellectual property theft, to employee sabotage, to organized cybercrime and malicious software infrastructures. He has worked with law enforcement agencies in the US and Europe and global corporations. Hal is a SANS Faculty Fellow, and a respected author and speaker at industry gatherings worldwide.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
https://greater-augusta-issa-2015-june-hal-pomeranz.eventbrite.com/

Security Conferences in Augusta

Please mark your calendar and make plans to attend!

June 24 - 26
Cyber Security for Defense:
http://www.cybersecurityfordefense.com/

August 25-27
Technet Augusta:
http://events.jspargo.com/Augusta15/Public/Enter.aspx

September 11
Security Onion Conference:
http://blog.securityonion.net/2015/05/security-onion-conference-2015-cfp.html

September 12
BSides Augusta:
http://bsidesaugusta.org

Hope to see you there!

2015 Q2 Public meeting - Continuous Ownage: Why you Need Continuous Monitoring

Our next ISSA meeting will be Tuesday, March 31 and will feature Eric Conrad!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!

Continuous Ownage: Why you Need Continuous Monitoring

Abstract:

Repeat after me, I will be breached. Most organizations realize this fact too late, usually after a third party informs them months after the initial compromise. Treating security monitoring as a quarterly auditing process means most compromises will go undetected for weeks or months. The attacks are continuous, and the monitoring must match.

This talk will help you face this problem and describe how to move your organization to a more defensible security architecture that enables continuous security monitoring.

About Eric Conrad
SANS Principal Instructor Eric Conrad is lead author of the book The CISSP Study Guide. Eric's career began in 1991 as a UNIX systems administrator for a small oceanographic communications company. He gained information security experience in a variety of industries, including research, education, power, Internet, and health care. He is now president of Backshore Communications, a company focusing on intrusion detection, incident handling, information warfare, and penetration testing. He is a graduate of the SANS Technology Institute with a master of science degree in information security engineering. In addition to the CISSP, he holds the prestigious GIAC Security Expert (GSE) certification as well as the GIAC GPEN, GCIH, GCIA, GCFA, GAWN, and GSEC certifications. Eric also blogs about information security at www.ericconrad.com.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
https://augusta-issa-2015-q2-eric-conrad.eventbrite.com/

2015 Q1 Public meeting

Our next ISSA meeting will be Tuesday January 27 and will feature Rob Lee!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!


About Rob Lee
Rob Lee is an entrepreneur and consultant in the Washington, DC area, specializing in information security, incident response, and digital forensics. Rob is currently the curriculum lead and author for digital forensic and incident response training at the SANS Institute in addition to owning his own firm. Rob has more than 15 years of 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 warfare. Later, he was a member of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) where he led a team conducting computer crime investigations, incident response, and computer forensics. Prior to starting his own firm, he directly worked with a variety of government agencies in the law enforcement, U.S. Department of Defense, and intelligence communities as the technical lead for a vulnerability discovery and an exploit development team, lead for a cyber forensics branch, and lead for a computer forensic and security software development team. Rob was also a director for MANDIANT, a company focused on investigating advanced adversaries, such as the APT, for four years prior to starting his own business.
Rob co-authored the book Know Your Enemy, 2nd Edition. Rob earned his MBA from Georgetown University in Washington DC. He was awarded the Digital Forensic Examiner of the Year from the Forensic 4Cast Awards. Rob is an ardent blogger about computer forensics and incident response topics at the SANS Computer Forensic Blog. Rob is also a co-author of the MANDIANT threat intelligence report M-Trends: The Advanced Persistent Threat.


Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
http://augusta-issa-2015-q1-rob-lee.eventbrite.com/

Augusta ISSA members get 50% discount for TAG Cyber Security Conference

The Technology Association of Georgia’s Infrastructure Society, the TAG Greater Augusta Chapter, and leaders from the technology community will join officials from the Army Cyber Command (ARCYBER) Headquarters in Fort Gordon, Georgia for a daylong conference at Georgia Regents University in Augusta entitled, “U.S. Army, Cyber Security and Business Against a Common Foe.”

Topics included in the panel discussion portion of the all-day conference include:

• What is cyber security and why should it matter to business?
• Infrastructure today and what is required to support ARCYBER?
• The financial and technological impact of ARCYBER location in Georgia?
• Cyber security: how does business and the government overlap in this increasingly complex space?

For more details and to register, please see:
https://www.123signup.com/event?id=yxvms

The discount code for ISSA members was sent to the ISSA members mailing list this morning.  If you're not already an ISSA member, you can join today and request the discount code.

If you have any questions, please contact Heather Miner at TAG (heather@tagonline.org).

GRU Cyber-Education Summit

Keynote Speaker
Admiral Michael S. Rogers
Commander of the U.S. Cyber Command, Director of the National Security Agency, and Chief of Central Security

When
Thursday Oct 23, 2014
10:30AM – 4PM 

Where
J. Harold Harrison, M.D Education Commons on the Health Sciences Campus

Registration
Register at the following link: http://gru.edu/gov/cybersummit.php

2014 Q4 Public Meeting on Tuesday 10/7 featuring Bryce Galbraith

Our next ISSA meeting will be Tuesday October 7 and will feature Bryce Galbraith!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!

About Bryce Galbraith
As a contributing author of the internationally bestselling book Hacking Exposed: Network Security Secrets & Solutions, Bryce helped bring the secret world of hacking out of the darkness and into the public eye. Bryce has held security positions at global ISPs and Fortune 500 companies, he was a member of Foundstone's renowned penetration testing team and served as a senior instructor and co-author of Foundstone's Ultimate Hacking: Hands-On course series. Bryce is currently the owner of Layered Security where he provides specialized vulnerability assessment and penetration testing services for clients. He teaches several of the SANS Institute's most popular courses and develops curriculum around current topics. He has taught the art of ethical hacking and countermeasures to thousands of IT professionals from a who's who of top companies, financial institutions, and government agencies around the globe. Bryce is an active member of several security-related organizations, he holds several security certifications and speaks at conferences around the world.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
http://augusta-issa-2014q4-bryce-galbraith.eventbrite.com/

BSides Augusta 2014 videos posted!

If you missed BSides Augusta this past weekend, you can view the videos on the BSidesAugusta YouTube channel!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY2ZI0IHBv4&list=PLEJJRQNh3v_PM3sGiUXJ3gHUO63Qr7HST

Thanks to all the speakers, sponsors, volunteers, and attendees who made this such a great event!

Securing Your Kids from Cyber Criminals

SANS and FBI will be presenting "Securing the Kids from Cyber Criminals" at the Fort Gordon Signal Theater on 7 Oct 14 from 10AM to 12 noon.

Minutes from 2014Q3 meeting

Business:  meeting was opened by Mark Baggett.  With approximately 20 members present we voted to sponsor Bsides Augusta up to $2000.00 for expenses.

Mr. Baggett announced job opportunities for infosec professionals as well.

Speaker: Alissa Torres
Extracting Credentials Using Windows Memory Forensics

Meeting was closed by Mark Baggett.

2014 Q3 Public Meeting featuring Alissa Torres

Our next ISSA meeting will be Monday July 28 and will feature Alissa Torres!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!  We will also be conducting official chapter business, so if you're an official ISSA member, please make every effort to attend.

About Alissa Torres
Alissa Torres is a certified SANS instructor, specializing in advanced computer forensics and incident response. Her industry experience includes serving in the trenches as part of the Mandiant Computer Incident Response Team (MCIRT) as an incident handler and working on an internal security team as a digital forensic investigator. She has extensive experience in information security, spanning government, academic, and corporate environments and holds a Bachelors degree from University of Virginia and a Masters from University of Maryland in Information Technology. Alissa has taught as an instructor at the Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy (DCITA), delivering incident response and network basics to security professionals entering the forensics community. She has presented at various industry conferences and numerous B-Sides events. In addition to being a GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA), she holds the GCFE, GPEN, CISSP, EnCE, CFCE, MCT and CTT+.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
https://greateraugustaissa20140728.eventbrite.com

2014 Q2 Public Meeting featuring Mark Baggett

Our next ISSA meeting will be Thursday July 3 and will feature our very own Mark Baggett!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues.  We will also be conducting official chapter business, so if you're an official ISSA member, please make every effort to attend.

Bio
Mark Baggett is the owner of Indepth Defense, an independent consulting firm that offers incident response and penetration testing services. He has served in a variety of roles from software developer to Chief Information Security Officer. Mark is the author of SANS Python for Penetration testers course (SEC573) and the pyWars gaming environment. Mark teaches several classes in SANS Penetration Testing curriculum including SEC504 (Incident Handing), SEC560 (Penetration Testing) and his Python course. Mark is very active in the information security community. Mark is the founding president of The Greater Augusta ISSA (Information Systems Security Association) chapter which has been extremely successful in bringing networking and educational opportunities to Augusta Information Technology workers. As part of the Pauldotcom Team, Mark generates blog content for the "pauldotcom.com" podcast . In January 2011, Mark assumed a new role as the Technical Advisor to the DoD for SANS. Today he assists various government branches in the development of information security training programs.

Registration
For more details and to register, please see:
https://greateraugustaissa20140703.eventbrite.com/

CISSP Prep Workshop

We've partnered with the Atlanta ISSA chapter to offer a CISSP Prep Workshop to our members!  Details have been sent to the members mailing list.  If you're not already a member of the Greater Augusta ISSA, you can join today (http://augusta.issa.org/p/membership.html) and request details about the CISSP Prep Workshop.

Meeting in May featuring John Strand

Our next ISSA meeting will be Tuesday May 6 and will feature John Strand!  This free meeting is open to the public, so please share with your friends and security colleagues!

How to Fail at a Pen Test
In this presentation, John will cover some key components that many penetration tests lack, including why it is important to get caught, why it is important to learn from real attackers and how to gain access to organizations without sending a single exploit.   Additionally, John will show you how to bypass "all powerful" white listing applications that are often touted as an impenetrable defense.

Bio
John Strand is a senior instructor with the SANS Institute. He teaches SEC504: Hacker Techniques, Exploits, and Incident Handling; SEC560: Network Penetration Testing and Ethical Hacking; SEC580: Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing; and SEC464: Hacker Guard: Security Baseline Training for IT Administrators and Operations with Continuing Education. John is the course author for SEC464: Hacker Guard: Security Baseline Training for IT Administrators and Operations with Continuing Education and the co-author for SEC580: Metasploit Kung Fu for Enterprise Pen Testing.

When not teaching for SANS, John co-hosts PaulDotCom Security Weekly, the world's largest computer security podcast. He is also the owner of Black Hills Information Security, specializing in penetration testing and security architecture services. He has presented for the FBI, NASA, the NSA, and at DefCon. In his spare time he writes loud rock music and makes various futile attempts at fly-fishing.

Registration

For more details and to register, please see:

http://augustaissa2014may.eventbrite.com

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