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ISSA E-News

A bi-weekly publication from the ISSA International Board

November 17, 2006

In this Issue

2006 ISSA International Awards - Call for Nominations Closing December 31, 2006

The calendar year 2006 ISSA International Awards Committee is now accepting nominations. Write up short descriptions of the achievements of those you believe deserve to be recognized and get them in now. Nominations have begun and all documentation for every nomination must be completed and submitted before December 31, 2006. Please take the time now to honor the people and chapters that make this organization great. If you don't nominate them, we cannot honor them!

Awards include Hall of Fame, Honor Roll, Security Professional of the Year, Chapter Communications Program and many others.

To get all the details and learn how to Place a nomination:

http:/www.issa.org/2006awardnom.html

Carnegie Mellon's CyLab and the Internet Security Alliance Host Web seminar for IT Sector Contributions to the National Infrastructure Plan

ISSA is proud to announce the latest additions to the ISSA family. Official chapters have been certified in Chile and France. If you are based in these regions, please look into joining these chapters.

There is plenty of room on the globe for more chapters, if you are interested in starting a chapter and making history, please click here.

ISAlliance Survey Helps Measure Value of Online Security Resources

The Internet Security Alliance (the “ISAlliance”), a non-profit association that promotes market-based alternatives to regulating Internet security, is evaluating the potential value to the information security community of developing a subscription-based online resource regarding the international laws, regulations and standards applicable to information security (essentially, a “cyberlaw” research service).

The ISAlliance invites information security professionals, compliance officers, auditors, lawyers and others interested in the national and international laws, regulations and standards applicable to information security to complete this questionnaire. Your answers are entirely confidential and no personal information is collected. The survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete.

Here is a link to the survey. http:/www.eiamultimedia.org/survey/isalliance_survey.html

ISSA Webcasts

Best Practices for Deploying Information Protection Solutions and Managing Risks to Privacy Data and IP Assets

Sponsored By: Reconnex

Protecting information assets, including privacy data and intellectual property (IP) assets, is a critical challenge facing every organization today, including large F1000 enterprises, educational institutions and government agencies.

Industry analyst Gartner estimates that nearly 70% of all security incidents that result in financial loss come from within. And with over 10 million individuals the victims of identity theft each year according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, the consequences of privacy data leaks can be enormous. Furthermore, industry regulations, such as Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act (HIPAA), Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) and Payment Card Industry (PCI), outline specific procedures for the handling of sensitive records which can impose serious financial penalties (or even the risk of jail time) on organizations that fail to be in compliance.

This educational webinar will focus on the growing challenges around protecting critical information assets ranging from privacy data such as Social Security numbers and credit card info to more complex IP assets such a confidential research, secret recipes and engineering designs. With a guest speaker from The George Washington University, this webinar will cover the specific requirements and technical approaches customers are using today, as well as provide recommendations for organizations considering adding information protection solutions to their IT infrastructure in the future.

This On Demand Webcast is available now by clicking the following link: http:/viavid.net/dce.aspx?sid=00003751

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The 2006 SC Magazine Reader Survey is Now Online

What's the toughest part of your job? What threats do you think deserve more attention? Answer those and other questions in the 2006 SC Magazine reader survey, now online.

Here's your chance to influence SC Magazine with this series of questions that will allow us to gain insight into the areas of IT security that have been most worrisome to you, our readers, over the last year and the issues you foresee impacting you during 2007.

To take the survey, follow the link below.http:/www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB225R2XDEFNT