Link: http://titssn.net

Good day to you Mr. President,

It is good to see that you are taking a stance in the IT Security issues of today but the most fundamental problem we face is the concept that it is an industry or corporate problem. IT Security is a people problem and until we start seeing it that way our approach to the issues will always fail. The availability of information and resources to mitigate these issues needs to be centrally available and disseminated effectively across the board in an unbiased manner.

No man stands alone in this cyberwarfare, we must unify the effort to strengthen all links/angles as all are affected, no exceptions.

The problems of the technology space exist across all levels in personal, business and professional use. All are impacted by these issues and when a corporation is hacked and the data stolen, in most cases the end users are the ones that suffer because it is their personal info that ends up in the hands of the hackers or thieves.

I love the fact that you are a technology/gadget minded person as you’re aware of what they entail and how vulnerable we can be through them. I’m sure you would like to see these issues by more feature/resource rich securely and so we both share the same goals, security for all and across all levels.

How about helping us create better education and awareness initiatives like our ENGAGED. We need these levels of training, education, awareness and development at the lower school levels as well. Provide the funding needed to expand on the security users’ group communities and driving the availability of information and resources.

Let us work together on these initiatives and get over the power struggle issues.

We look forward to working with you and your administration sir.

Thank you and have a great day,

~Brett A. Scudder~

Link: http://titssn.org

Good day to you,

We have added a new feature that will be very valuable to those who would like to play a more active role in enhancing the values and resources of the groups and functions of it. The Group Sponsor(s) feature will allow people/vendors/organizations to sponsor a group and provide additional values and resources to it. This provides an opportunity for you to promote the appropriate products and services that will compliment the group and its focus.

This is not an opportunity to sell products/services, it is a networking opportunity to build value and relationships with the people who are networking and collaborating within the group(s). Your logo will be added to the main group page.

The last thing we need is people/organizations dumping sales pitches all over the groups that have no value nor benefits to them. This will not be tolerated and will be a part of the terms of service agreement.

We will continue to monitor the use of this feature to ensure that it is being used effectively and that the sponsors are following through on the sponsorship requirements. The sponsorship will also be tied to the point/benefits/incentives system that will be implemented shortly.

Sponsorship requirements:

An annual fee.
Contribute to the groups focus and directives by helping to achieve its goals.
Provide valuable incentives towards the goals of the group e.g. product giveaways, discount offers, coupons, bonuses, points, etc.
Offer(s) must reflect TITSSN’s partnership benefits (applied to TITSSN approved partners only)
Respond to the inquiries of the group as per your sponsorship offerings and abide by them.
Offers cannot be rescinded within 30 days.
No trial offerings, full legal versions/copies only.
Publish a point of contact for the group that will be responsible for maintaining the relationship with its members.

We will continue to monitor and build on this opportunity to ensure that it provides a win win situation for all groups and members.

Please feel free to share your thoughts and input on this feature as we are always willing to listen and learn from our fellow network members.

Our best wishes and thanks to all who will be participating in this opportunity.

http://titssn.org

Thank you and have a great day,

~Brett A. Scudder~

Link: http://titssn.org

Good day to you,

Here is the list of active groups on our social network to-date. Be sure to join in on the discussions and content that is being made available.

After Earth - Documentary by Mr. David Carlos
Application Security - developing secure applications and standards
Breach Notification Laws - country/state laws
Business to Business IT Security "BtBITS" - businesses protecting each other’s interests
Certified IT Security Professionals
Cloud Computing/Security - Issues, concerns, development, education and awareness
Computer Forensics - Data and Network
Cybersecurity - myths, issues, concerns, development, education and awareness
CyberWar - on, about, awareness, information, collaboration
Data Security - securing the data/information
DCITSUG – Washington DC IT Security Users Group
Emergency Security Response Program "ESRP"
Endpoint Security - What are they, why they are vulnerable and how to protect them
Hacking Unleashed - Ethical/Unethical - the world of hacking
I-CON Science and Technology Conference
Identity Theft - prevention, support and solutions
Incident Response - What happens when something goes wrong/bad?
IT/Security things/issues that make you paranoid
IT Security Best Practices – General
IT Security Facts and Myths
IT Security Leaders
IT Security Requests and Support
IT Security Service Providers ~ITSSP~
IT Security Threats Research and Development
IT Security Training and Development – General
IT Security in our educational institutions - curriculum upgrade
Linux Development, Security and Support
Mac OS development, Security and Support
Microsoft Small Business Server Security - Securing the server and components
Mobile Security - securing the mobile users/devices and they data they host
Managed Security Services Providers "MSSP"
NYeWin - New York Enterprise Windows Users Group
NYITSUG - New York IT Security Users Group
NYSBS - New York Small Business Server Users Group
Online Security - Securing your online experience
OWASP - Open Web Application Security Project
PAITSUG - Pennsylvania IT Security Users Group
PC Security at home
Perimeter Security - securing the perimeter
Please educate me and make me more aware, I am here to learn
Phishing / Social Engineering - definition, prevention, protection and the art of the trade
Physical Security - a critical part of your security model
Protecting your Privacy and Intellectual Property
Ready Rockaway - Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
Small Business IT Security - securing the small businesses
SPEAK - Security Professionals Engaged in Advanced Knowledge
Social Networkers United - the future belongs to us
Social Networking - security, trends, myths and best practices
TITSSN’s Adopt an Institution Program - ~AaIP~
TITSSN’s Code of Honor - Advocates for the future of professional Messaging
TITSSN’s Code of Honor - Advocates for the future of IT Security Education and Awareness
TITSSN’s ENGAGED ~ENabling Greater Awareness, Growth and Educational Development~
TITSSN’s General Network Members
TITSSN’s IT Security Community Outreach Program ~COP~
TITSSN’s IT Security Scholarship Program ~ITSSP~
TITSSN’s IT/Technology/Conferencing/Training/IT Security Operation Center
TITSSN’s Secure Medical Protection Program ~SMPP~
TITSSN’s Secure Mobile Professionals Network ~SMPN~
TITSSN’s Secure Minds Initiative
TITSSN’s Small Medium Business IT Security Summit ~SMBITSS~
TITSSN’s Windows 7/Vista SP2/Windows Server 2008 SP2 Testing and Development Group
The Compliance Suite (Regulatory/Non Regulatory)
The Framsyn Initiative
The IT Security Threats Landscape ~TITSTL~
The Parents Suite - a place for parents to collaborate on technology and security in the home/school
The Privacy Suite – it’s all about privacy
Viral Outbreaks - containment, response, prevention
Viral, Spyware, Malware Detection and Removal - the growing trends
Voices of IT Security
Wireless Security
Workplace Safety and Security issues

Government Security Mandates, Protocols, Policies and Response

US - CERT - United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
US - CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
US - DHS - Department of Homeland Security
US - FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
US - NSA – National Security Agency

http://titssn.org

Thank you and have a great day,

~Brett A. Scudder~

Link: http://titssn.net/technologycenter

TITSSN offers a state-of-the-art conference center that provides the needed training, education and awareness services for tomorrow’s personal and business enhancement needs. Our facility maintains the latest technology products, solutions and services that will keep you current and ahead of the technology game. Our friendly staff is always willing to assist in your needs and can provide more information if needed.

Located 15 minutes from the JFK airport and 2 stops on the local subway train, our center is located in the beautiful town of Far Rockaway and its beach front splendor and comfort. A 5 minutes walk to the beach gives access to miles of beach front and boardwalk for your relaxation and comfort before or after your meeting/event.

We are technology leaders with a global presence that allows collaboration and networking for all. No matter what size business or need, we can fulfill it. Feel free to visit our website for more details and feel free to contact us if needed. We are here for you.

Our Center Services

Hosted group/office meetings (on and offline)
Internet access, browsing
Web Hosting (domain, messaging, Microsoft Exchange and more)
Teleconferencing Services (audio and video)
Presentation visual tools - projector and whiteboard
Professional messaging classes - email configuration, ethics, posture and use
Blogging - implementation, config, use and promotion
Mobile device configurations and setup (Smartphone’s, Blackberry’s)
Document scanning and imaging
Internet safety and security classes
Social Networking classes (Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, TITSSN)
IT Security training and awareness classes
Customized computer/technology training and development classes
Internship Programs—schools, colleges, universities
Web infrastructure development (blogs, websites, forums)
Monthly Group Networking meetings
Computer servicing, support, system cleanup and repairs
Business Workcenters—workspace for business operations
Security Threat and Health Assessment
Office/business networking

http://titssn.net/technologycenter

Thank you and we look forward to creating the perfect venue for your event/meeting.

~TITSSN~

Link: http://titssn.org

Good day to you my members, friends, connections, clients, partners, associates, et al,

Today I am very excited to send you a very special invitation to join us in our new home for you to benefit from what is being provided for you, and to help build on the collaboration and networking resources we’re making available for all on and about technology and IT Security. Don’t think of this as “another network”, think of it as a better network with a more targeted focus on two critical areas of our future, IT/technology and securing them. We’ve taken some of the best features of LinkedIn, Facebook and Ning and integrated them into our own with more to come.

We have put a lot of work into it and will continue to do so in order to make it more valuable as we move forward.

I know this will be of great value for us all as we are all affected by the issues and there impacts and so we must build this great place of collaboration and networking about it. Please help to share this new resource and info.

About the network.

Our Technology / IT Security Social Network is a professional place where people come together to create a vibrant, resourceful, strategic and secure social atmosphere of networking, training, education, awareness and collaboration for, on and about technology and securing them.

We invite you to participate in the full functions and features of our network as we build on it to enhance its values and mission for the future. We ask that you share the word with your associates, friends, peers and everyone that is interested in the world of security and being more comfortable and secure in it. This network is specifically geared towards technology, IT Security and everything in and about it.

The focus of this social network is to build greater training, education, awareness and provide the guidance, advise, services and support needed to maintain the secure presence and stability of all infrastructures (homes, businesses (all sizes and types), schools, churches, etc) for all. We look forward to your participation in this effort as a professional, specialist, technologist, leader, contributor, reader, advisor or just a member wanting to learn more.

Please adhere to the policies and rules of the network so that all may find it a common professional place to collaborate in.

Please join us by signing up here http://titssn.org/signup.php

Thank you and have a great day,

~Brett A. Scudder~

Link: http://titssn.org

Good day to you,

TITSSN will be moving most of its online web infrastructure presence into our social network starting immediately to enhance the resources, values and benefits that we have been providing there. We have 24 groups on LinkedIn of which we will move the secondary ones to our network and leave the primary to maintain presence there. We will preserve our presence on Facebook, MySpace, Yahoo and other web service provider sites with references to our network.

We are very excited about our new network and will be working to take full advantage of it immediately so that the benefits of education and awareness son/about technology and IT Security can be available for all.

More details to come so please check in on our social network and we look forward to your support.

Thank you and have a great day,

~Brett A. Scudder~
President/CEO

Link: http://titssn.org

Good day to you,

On May 1st 2009, TITSSN answered the call of providing a converged resource to address the needed online training, education, awareness and resources of the technology and security issues and challenges facing us today for tomorrow. As leaders in this field we understand the challenges being faced in dealing with the day to day management, learning and happenings of these threats and their impacts. While countries, companies and organizations are falling victims to these attacks, industries are suffering through the loss of revenue, privacy and productivity, and people are feeling and seeing the real effects of the real world we live in where the internet brings us together as a global connected network filled with valuable resources and resistance is futile, it is everywhere and is not going away.

We are still not seeing enough being done to educate people across the board and make them aware of these issues and their true impacts and so we’re taking the network to a higher level towards this initiative.

IT Security is a people problem, not an industry one and as such must be addressed effectively and accordingly.

So it is for this reason that we choose to build a social community to address these things together and to provide the training, education and awareness by the people who can speak of and about them at all levels, those who develop them, those who sell and support them, those who are out in the field fighting the good fight to prevent, mitigate and stop the growing rates of infections and compromises and those who want to learn more about being safer and secure together in one place. This is a work in progress and as we grow, so we’ll learn and so we’ll adjust to the need for changes. This is what we do on a daily basis as TITSSN continues to deliver its messages of security education, training and awareness now for a more secure future. We will be moving our operations into the social network immediately to help enhance the collaborative values, resources and functionalities.

The IT Security Suite Network’s Technology / IT Security Social Network is a place where people come together to create a vibrant, resourceful, strategic and secure social atmosphere of networking, training, education, awareness and collaboration for, on and about technology and securing them.

We invite you to participate in the full functions and features of our network as we build on it to enhance its values and mission for the future. We ask that you share the word with your associates, friends, peers and everyone that is interested in the world of security and being more comfortable and secure in it. This network is specifically geared towards technology, IT Security and everything in and about it.

The focus of this social network is to build greater education, awareness and provide the services and support needed to maintain the secure presence and stability of all infrastructures (homes, businesses (all sizes and types), schools, churches, etc) for all. Everyone is affected at all levels and so we must cultivate an open concerted atmosphere to address issues effectively. We look forward to your participation in this effort as a leader, contributor, reader, advisor or just a member wanting to learn more. Please adhere to the policies and rules of the network so that all may find a common group to collaborate in.

The networks address is http://titssn.org.

Features include:

Real-time chats
Blogging
Audio/Video/Text IM
Discussion groups
Polls
Events calendar
Products/Solutions recommendations
Featured products, people, service providers
Our own publications (recommendations, best practices, guides, reports, findings and educational info)
And much more.

Discussions and groups that are up and running:

Application Security - developing secure applications and standards
Breach Notification Laws - country/state laws
Business to Business IT Security "BtBITS" - businesses protecting each other’s interests
Cloud Computing/Security - Issues, concerns, development, education and awareness
Computer Forensics - Data and Network
Cybersecurity - myths, issues, concerns, development, education and awareness
CyberWar - on, about, awareness, information, collaboration
Data Security - securing the data/information
DCITSUG – Washington DC IT Security Users Group
Emergency Security Response Program "ESRP"
Endpoint Security - What are they, why they are vulnerable and how to protect them
Hacking Unleashed - Ethical/Unethical - the world of hacking
I-CON Science and Technology Conference
Identity Theft - prevention, support and solutions
Incident Response - What happens when something goes wrong/bad?
IT/Security things/issues that make you paranoid
IT Security Best Practices – General
IT Security Facts and Myths
IT Security Leaders
IT Security Requests and Support
IT Security Service Providers ~ITSSP~
IT Security Training and Development – General
IT Security in our educational institutions - curriculum upgrade
Microsoft Small Business Server Security - Securing the server and components
Mobile Security - securing the mobile users/devices and they data they host
Managed Security Services Providers "MSSP"
NYeWin - New York Enterprise Windows Users Group
NYITSUG - New York IT Security Users Group
NYSBS - New York Small Business Server Users Group
Online Security - Securing your online experience
OWASP - Open Web Application Security Project
PAITSUG - Pennsylvania IT Security Users Group
PC Security at home
Perimeter Security - securing the perimeter
Physical Security - a critical part of your security model
Ready Rockaway - Disaster/Emergency Preparedness
Small Business IT Security - securing the small businesses
SPEAK - Security Professionals Engaged in Advanced Knowledge
Social Networkers United - the future belongs to us
Social Networking - security, trends, myths and best practices
TITSSN’s Adopt an Institution Program - ~AaIP~
TITSSN’s Code of Honor - Advocates for the future of professional Messaging
TITSSN’s Code of Honor - Advocates for the future of IT Security Education and Awareness
TITSSN’s ENGAGED ~ENabling Greater Awareness, Growth and Educational Development~
TITSSN’s General Network Members
TITSSN’s IT Security Community Outreach Program ~COP~
TITSSN’s IT Security Scholarship Program ~ITSSP~
TITSSN’s Secure Medical Protection Program ~SMPP~
TITSSN’s Secure Mobile Professionals Network ~SMPN~
TITSSN’s Secure Minds Initiative
TITSSN’s Small Medium Business IT Security Summit ~SMBITSS~
TITSSN’s Windows 7/Vista SP2/Windows Server 2008 SP2 Testing and Development Group
The Compliance Suite (Regulatory/Non Regulatory)
The Framsyn Initiative
The IT Security Threats Landscape ~TITSTL~
The Privacy Suite – it’s all about privacy
Viral Outbreaks - containment, response, prevention
Viral, Spyware, Malware Detection and Removal - the growing trends
Voices of IT Security
Wireless Security

Government Security Mandates, Protocols, Policies and Response

US - CERT - United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
US - CIA - Central Intelligence Agency
US - DHS - Department of Homeland Security
US - FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation
US - NSA – National Security Agency

These are just a few of the topics, issues and groups that are available as we start off on this journey together and when you join us, you too can add to what is there if there is something of interest that is missing.

We look forward to your support and we know this will be of great value for you.

Thank you very much and have a great day. We apprecilove your business and support and look forward to serving you more.

~Brett A. Scudder~
The IT Security Attaché

Link: http://titssn.org

Good day to you,

The IT Security Suite Network’s Technology / IT Security Social Network is a place where people come together to create a vibrant, resourceful, strategic and secure social atmosphere of networking and collaboration for and about technology and securing them.

We invite you to participate in the full functions and features of our network as we build on it to enhance its values and mission for the future. We ask that you share the word with your associates, friends, peers and everyone that is interested in the world of security and being more comfortable and secure in it. This network is specifically geared towards technology, IT Security and everything in and about it.

The focus of this social network is to build greater education, awareness and provide the services and support needed to maintain the secure presence and stability of all infrastructures (homes, businesses (all sizes and types), schools, churches, etc) for all. We look forward to your participation in this effort as a leader, contributor or just a member wanting to learn more. Please adhere to the policies and rules of the network so that all may find a common group to collaborate in.

http://titssn.org

Thank you and have a great day.

~TITSSN~

Link: http://titssn.net

Good day to you,

I cannot tell you how upset I was yesterday as my trip didn’t go as it should thus, I didn’t make it in on time for the meeting and my presentation. Amtrak had electrical and signal problems on their lines and 3 trains on the track before us waiting to be released past Metuchen. When they finally let us out of Penn station, we had been sitting there for an hour and then the trip was just slow, stopping every now and then and they even had the nerve to stop and let another train that was behind us go by. I was shocked when they did this but what can I say.

The only thing that made the trip less frustrating was one of the conductors who was professional and courteous enough to keep us posted and apologized for the delays. He kept us in the know and informed as things developed which eased the issues

Our scheduled 3pm train that was supposed to get in at 6:30pm didn’t get in till a little after 8. When I got to the venue it was too late and the meeting had wrapped up. We left Washington DC on the 10pm train and didn’t get to Penn station until 2am, ridiculous.

My apology to the National Information Security Group for missing the meeting and I will be rescheduling my presentation with Mr. Small for another date. I was truly disappointed.

Sincerely,

~Brett A. Scudder~