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A bi-weekly publication from the ISSA International Board

September 7, 2006

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ISSA Annual Meeting, CISO Forum and Awards

The ISSA will be holding its annual meeting and presenting our annual awards in conjunction with our next CISO Executive Membership Forum on September 21-22 at the W Hotel in San Francisco. The ISSA will be presenting awards for Chapter of the Year and Communications Program of the Year. We will also be presenting individual awards for the Security Professional of the Year, ISSA Honor Roll and ISSA Hall of Fame. The Awards Presentation and Annual Meeting will be conducted on the afternoon of the 22nd after the CISO Forum has been completed. If you have items for business for the ISSA Annual Meeting, please submit them to the Executive Director via email at execdir@issa.org

The CISO Executive Membership Forum in San Francisco will feature world class caliber speakers addressing the theme of Building a Global Information Security Program. Sessions will be held on September 22nd, please go to ciso.issa.org for more details.

Preceding the CISO Forum, on September 21st the first annual Information Security Executive of the Year West Award (ISE West Award) will honor the achievements of today's information security pioneers and will recognize excellence in risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and/or information/network security in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. For more information, please go to infosecaward.com/regional/west/ for more details.

ISSA Member discounts at upcoming SecureWorld Expo conferences

ISSA is again partnering with the SecureWorld Expo to offer member discounts at their upcoming regional conferences. These events provide outstanding opportunities to earn CPEs at convenient venues. We are organizing convergence panel discussions with our partners in the Alliance for Enterprise Security Risk Management (AESRM).

Detroit SecureWorld Expo
September 19-20
Detroit, MI, USA
ISSA Member Discount Code: ISSA456

Seattle SecureWorld Expo
October 10-11
Seattle, WA, USA
ISSA Member Discount Code: ISSA456

San Francisco SecureWorld Expo
November 1-2
San Francisco, CA, USA
ISSA Member Discount Code: ISSA456

Dallas SecureWorld Expo
December 6-7
Dallas, TX, USA
ISSA Member Discount Code: ISSA456

For more information, go to www.secureworldexpo.com

ISSA Members from KoreLogic win Digital Forensics Research Workshop Contest

ISSA member and KoreLogic Security President Bob Austin reports that employees Klayton Monroe and Jay Smith were key members of the team announced as winners of the 2006 File Carving Challenge at the 6th Annual Digital Forensic Research Workshop (DFRWS). Challenge participants were asked to develop new tools and techniques to extract as many files as possible from a DFRWS-prepared data set while reducing the number of false positives. Data carving techniques are used during digital forensics investigations and existing file carving tools typically produce many false positives.

The tools can be accessed from the KoreLogic website.

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Industry News to Note

In case you have not been paying attention, here are a few recent items to note: