ISSA E-News

A bi-weekly publication from the ISSA International Board

May 17, 2007

In this Issue

Full-day web seminar on Emerging Threats & Response (June 14)
Member Poll
RSA Conference Europe - registration now open; early birds save! (Oct 22-24)
Election nominations
Be ready to vote: update your email address
June Journal available for download
Additional upcoming events (June - September)

Full-day web seminar on Emerging Threats & Response (June 14)

The highly successful ISSA e-Symposium series (the quarterly full-day online conference for ISSA members) continues with a programme of influential experts on Emerging Threats & Response, who will be speaking, presenting and debating live and online on the 14th June. Don’t miss the opportunity to listen to and interact with these experts from the convenience of your desk – register free of charge by visiting www.issa.e-symposium.com/etr. All you need to participate in this live webcast event is a soundcard and a connected PC.

For a list of speakers and an overview of the topics, please visit http://www.issa.e-symposium.com/etr/programme.php.

We look forward to welcoming you online.

Yours sincerely,
Howard Schmidt
International President
ISSA®

Member Poll

ISSA is taking closer look some recently publicized issues on IT security. One needs to look no further then the local newspaper to see stories that highlight the importance of information security. These news stories are a wake-up call, not only to information security managers, but to entire organization to protect themselves from these liability.

What is your organization doing to prepare for the inevitable lost laptop?

Take this quick (anonymous) poll on the www.issa.org home page and let us know what you are doing to protect your organization from the consequences of the inevitable lost laptop.

Poll Sponsored by: The Cyber Angel (www.thecyberangel.com)

RSA Conference Europe - registration now open; early birds save!

ISSA members save even more – book by July 27th

Information security. It's essential to your organisation’s success and survival. With an estimated two billion security incidents reported to date, it’s critical that you stay ahead of information security threats and informed about the latest solutions, products and trends.

London Calling

For the first time, RSA Conference Europe is being held in London (Oct.22-24): Europe’s largest financial centre and the European headquarters of 33% of the Fortune Global 500. The ExCeL London campus, near Canary Wharf, has six onsite hotels to suit all budgets, great road and public transport links plus London City Airport is just 10 minutes away by car or taxi.

www.rsaconference.com/2007/europe

This 3-day experience is unparalleled in scope, in quality, in reputation. Join the community, and become part of the future of information security.

RSA® Conference Europe delivers extraordinary opportunities to expand your knowledge and enhance your skills. Combining 100 tutorials, keynotes, class-track sessions and special interest groups with an Exhibition showcasing the very latest security innovations, this intensive 3-day event gives you the opportunity to:

Gain fresh insights into the latest security best practices and trends
Listen to keynote sessions delivered by the industry’s most respected leaders and innovators, including Bruce Schneier, internationally renowned Security Technologist and CTO of BT Counterpane
Attend sessions across 10 tracks including Authentication, Hackers and Threats, Developing with Security, and Wireless
Visit the RSA Conference Exhibition to discover the latest products, services and solutions
Network with your peers and join the RSA Conference community

Register NOW and Save

If you register for a Full Conference pass by 27th July you can take advantage of the Early Bird discounted registration rate. In addition, ISSA members receive a further £75 discount. To claim this discount, quote registration code ISSA07 when registering at www.rsaconference.com/2007/europe

Election nominations

NOTE: Due to an email configuration problem, if you have previously submitted a nomination by email and have not received confirmation of its receipt, please resend. We apologize for the inconvenience, and thank you for your cooperation.

The close of nominations is fast approaching (June 15). If you haven't done so already, please take this opportunity to support individuals from your chapter or from among your colleagues who are good candidates to serve their peers in the capacity of a member of the international board.

The following positions are up for election this year:

Vice President
Secretary/Director of Operations
Treasurer
Director – Four (4) positions

For details about submitting a nomination (as a chapter or by petition), please review "Candidate requirements" on the elections announcement page.

Be ready to vote: update your email address

Because this year's elections will be done electronically, it is critical that any member wishing to vote have a current email address on file with International. Keeping your account up-to-date is simple using the Your Profile page on the International website. If you know you'll be changing email addresses soon, please take a moment now to be sure you have an active website account with a password you remember. If you do not, an option is available at the login form to reset your password. If you've lost both your password and your email address, please contact member support for assistance.

June Journal available for download

This month's issue features a look at risk management by Luther Martin and offers a timely and relevant selection of articles and regular features written by security professionals for security professionals. Articles include:

Windows Vista Security: Part two (Edward Ray and E. Eugene Schultz); A Day in the Life of a CISO (Barry Kouns); Vulnerability Management (Park Foreman); Virtual Private Networks: How best to achieve secure remote access (Angelo Ortiz); Crimeware: Malware's murky future (Larry Bridwell); Honeypots: Intrusion deception (Arash Barfar and Shahriar Mohammadi); Knowledge-Based Authentication (Chris Rickborn); Effective IT Risk and Compliance Management (Pravin Kothari); Realtime Database Auditing: Visibility and compliance (Matthew Toczek); President's Letter (Howard A. Schmidt); Ethics and Privacy (Betty Pierce and Joe Malec); Risk Radar (Ken Dunham); toolsmith (Russ McRee); Career Corner (Joyce Brocaglia)

The journal is available online to ISSA members; if you are not yet a member, read the feature article for free, then join ISSA!

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