Link: http://paitsug.net

Good day to you,

Our PAITSUG monthly meeting is today starting at 6pm and will be taking a security deep dive into the new Windows Server 2008 with Mr. Brian Marranzini.

Brian Marranzini is a Network and security Technology Solutions Professional focusing on Windows Server, infrastructure and security. He joined Microsoft 8 years ago as a TAM and then spent a considerable amount of time helping customers fight almost all of the major virus outbreaks including but not limited to Code Red, Nimbda, SQL Slammer and more. He later worked on the team that developed a Securing Enterprise Platforms workshop that was taught both internally and directly to customers around the world. He has authored various articles for MCP Magazine, delivered webcasts on virus mitigation techniques, Limited user access, and the Windows XP SP2 firewall. Prior to joining Microsoft, Brian worked as a worked for and managed a team of security consultants offering security penetration testing, firewall configuration, security architecture, and core infrastructure consulting.

He will also be covering some additional topics such as:

What’s New
Virtualization Demo
Management Demo
Web Security Demo

All are invited and we ask that you help to disseminate the meeting invite and info to your peers and friends in the area who may find this of
interest.

Please register here http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=131049

Live Meeting info here https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/microsoft/join?id=TKBHM2&role=present&pw=7PXJD3

Audio Conferencing info

Start the Office Live Meeting client, and then in the Voice & Video pane, click Join Conference. The conferencing service will call you at the number you specify. (Recommended)
Dial the conferencing service directly, and enter the participant code shown below:

- Toll-free: 1-8665006738 Participant Code: 351291

~TITSSN~

Link: http://titssn.net/nyitsa-ug-aug-14th-08-meeting.htm

You’re invited to

The IT Security Suite Network’s
NYITSA-UG’s Meeting
on
Thursday August 14th at 6pm

venue

Microsoft Corporation NYC Briefing Center
1290 Avenue of the Americas - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10104

Topic: Welcome and introduction of IronKey and SafeNet into TITSSN

with special guest vendors/partners

Presentation by: Mr. Stewart Fox VP of Sales	Presentation by: Mr. Skip Norton Director Business Development

Special TITSSN members products discount offer from IronKey

To compliment this new partnership and the values of TITSSN, Ironkey is offering a 50% discount on all USB drives for 1 week following the meeting date. This offer entails there 1, 2, 4 and 8GB drives for personal and business. As a new partner/reseller of the IronKey products you can be sure that TITSSN will provide the best pricing possible for you. For more pricing and information please contact our Secure Relations Team. This offer is only available through to the 21st so put your orders in now. We would like to thank IronKey for making this gesture of compliment towards this new partnership initiative and we look forward to a long and fruitful relationship with them.

Food and refreshments will be provided

All are invited to come and share in the knowledge, information and resources that are provided.

Registration is FREE and OPEN

RSVP here or register by clicking on the image below.



-= All attendees MUST register by 12pm on the day of the meeting to gain access to the building/event =-

See you there and please don’t be late.

http://titssn.net

Link: http://dc.naisg.org/meetings

WELCOME FROM THE WASHINGTON, DC CHAPTER OF NAISG

NAISG is a national, information security association that provides presentations, education and networking opportunities at no cost to the general public.  The quality of its meetings and members and its TechTips email list have attained international recognition.  You can visit the main Web site at http://www.naisg.org or the Washington DC chapter site at http://dc.naisg.org.

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National Information Security Group (NAISG) – Washington, DC Chapter
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In this newsletter:
1. July and August meeting topic
2. Meetings count for CISSP recertification credits
3. Network with other NAISG members on LinkedIn
4. Online resources
5. TechTips email list - Post your security questions/answers here
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1. JULY MEETING (7/30, 6:30 PM)

Add the meeting to your calendar!  All meeting notices are available in ICS format so that you can easily add them to your Outlook or other ICS-compliant calendar system.  Access the ICS file at http://dc.naisg.org/meetings.

Presentation: "IT Security Threat Landscape" Brett A. Scudder, President of The IT Security Suite Network, will be presenting a workshop focusing on Information Technology Security.   Mr. Scudder has worked in the security threat landscape for 10 years covering a range of topics from viruses, worms, hacking, denial of service attacks and patching.  He has worked with some the industry’s finest vendors, professionals, executives and consumers which allow him to have a holistic approach to resolution and addressing the IT Security Threat Landscape. 

During the workshop Mr. Scudder will address the current IT Security Threat Landscape, how companies currently secure and protect its users and data, and the types of issues that you should be aware of going forward.  He will also be available for a Q&A session to answer any questions that you may have regarding the IT Security Threats Landscape. 

If you have not yet done so, please send a courtesy e-mail to Meetings-DC@naisg.org indicating that you plan to attend the meeting so that we can orderthe correct quantity of pizza.

AND SPEAKING OF PIZZA…Does your company want to sponsor pizza for an upcoming meeting?  We need organizations to provide the pizza sponsorship.  If interested, please see http://www.naisg.org/Sponsors for costs and benefits and then let us know.

The meeting will be on Wednesday, July 30, at 6:30 PM. It will be held at the CSIS headquarters. [Directions are on our Web site at http://dc.naisg.org.] The meeting will start with a general introduction to the group, followed by an open Q&A period and then the presentation.

THERE WILL BE NO AUGUST MEETING - SEE YOU IN SEPTEMBER

2. MEETINGS COUNT TOWARD YOUR CISSP RECERTIFICATION

During the three year recertification period, each CISSP must earn 120 continuing professional education (CPE) credits.  Your attendance at NAISG meetings is valid toward these credits.  If you are a CISSP, please print a copy of the form at http://dc.naisg.org/Meetings and bring it to the meeting.  Give it to the meeting moderator to sign, after which you can submit it to (ISC)2 as needed.  Details on the recertification requirements are at https://www.isc2.org/cgi-bin/content.cgi?category=24.

3. NETWORK WITH OTHER NAISG MEMBERS ON LINKEDIN

Feel free to join more than 650 other NAISG members on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/43269/7DC2303017E0.

4. ONLINE RESOURCES

NAISG maintains an increasingly-popular Resources page that includes an Internet bandwidth test utility as one additional tool available to our membership. This tool is hosted on our own server and provides accurate readings of upload and download speeds. Just click the Start button on the page to initiate the test. Bookmark this page and tell your friends about. http://www.naisg.org/Resources.

5. "TechTips" E-Mail List

NAISG maintains an email list server for subscribers to post their security-related questions and answers as well as occasional special interest announcements. This is a great forum for members to get quick answers for their day-to-day or out-of-the-blue questions, and includes individuals from all over the world. If not already subscribed, you can do so at http://www.naisg.org/Lists.

Link: http://paitsug.net

Attention: The PAITSUG’s July 2nd group meeting is cancelled due to the 4th of July
holiday.

Our next meeting will be on Wednesday August 6th and will be an evening spent looking at the Botnets.

For more information please visit the meeting page here.

Thank you for your understanding and support.

~TITSSN~

Link: http://titssn.net/nyitsa-ug-june-17th-08-workshop.htm

You’re invited to

The IT Security Suite Network’s
NYITSA-UG’s Training and Development Workshop
on
Tuesday, June 17th at 1pm

venue

Microsoft Corporation NYC Briefing Center
1290 Avenue of the Americas - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10104

Topic: Clash of the Viritans - Pt. 1
An in-depth look at AV solutions and its implementation, configuration and management Part 1.

Products to be tested: Symantec Anti-Virus Corporate Edition, McAfee ePO v.3.6 and VirusScan v.8.5, Sophos Anti Virus, Kaspersky Enterprise Edition, NOD32 Enterprise Edition, Microsoft Forefront Client Security

Workshop notice: All participants are asked to bring their laptops to participate in the training.
We will have limited systems available for this so the more the better the training will be.

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Food and refreshments will be provided

All are invited to come and share in the knowledge, information and resources that are provided.

Registration is FREE and OPEN

RSVP here or register by clicking on the image below.



-= All attendees MUST register by 9am on the day of the workshop to gain access to the building/event =-

See you there and please don’t be late.

Link: http://titssn.net/nyitsa-ug-june-12th-08-meeting.htm

You’re invited to

The IT Security Suite Network’s
NYITSA-UG’s Meeting
on
Thursday, June 12th at 6pm

venue

Microsoft Corporation NYC Briefing Center
1290 Avenue of the Americas - 6th Floor
New York, NY 10104

Topic: Managing the complexities of regulatory compliance
PCI DSS, FISMA, GLBA, SOX, HIPPA, DISA

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Food and refreshments will be provided

All are invited to come and share in the knowledge, information and resources that are provided.

Registration is FREE and OPEN

RSVP here or register by clicking on the image below.



-= All attendees MUST register by 12pm on the day of the meeting to gain access to the building/event =-

See you there and please don’t be late.

http://titssn.net

Link: http://titssn.net/paitsug-june-4th-08-meeting.htm

Hi all,

It’s finally here, the day has come and there’s no running away from it. The launch of another chapter of the network and we’re very proud and excited about it. I can’t say enough thanks and respect to Mr. Harold Stonebraker who will be the local chairman and holding down the helm there, thank you Sir.

To Mr. Brian Marranzini, our local Microsoft sponsor, thank you Sir for accepting the challenge of being our local support representative.

TITSSN would like to say special thanks to:

Mr. Harold Wong of the Microsoft’s TechNet Across America Team for his assistance in making
this happen and finding the resources within the local office for us.
Mr. Paul Gross of Culminis for his assistance in making this happen and finding the resources within Microsoft to work with us down to the local office
Mr. Brian Fielder, Mr. Yung Chou and Mr. John Weston of Microsoft for their contributions towards this initiative.

We’re looking forward to great things from this another arm of the network in PA.

http://titssn.net/paitsug-june-4th-08-meeting.htm

So it’s launch time and we hope that we can get a good turnout for the value and information to be had.

Thank you and have a great day. We apprecilove your business and support.

~Brett A. Scudder~
President/Chairman/Founder/Security Architect
The IT Security Suite Network ~TITSSN~

Link: http://titssn.net/nyitsa-ug-apr-10th-08-meeting.htm

You’re invited to The IT Security Suite Network’s NYITSA-UG Meeting on Thursday, April 10th at 6pm venue Microsoft Corporation NYC Briefing Center 1290 Avenue of the Americas - 6th Floor New York, NY 10104 Topic: The benefits and values of penetration testing and why it is important to today’s infrastructure with new TITSSN vendor partner www.razorpoint.com Presented by: Mr. Donald A. Yellen Vice President Sales and Marketing Razorpoint Security Technologies About Razorpoint Security Technologies Razorpoint Security Technologies specializes in comprehensive security assessments that provide business leaders and corporate clients the certainty and stability required for survival in today’s business climate. Seemingly every day another security breach is reported. Bank accounts, identities, corporate data and intellectual property are just some of the valuable assets targeted by attackers. The danger and risk posed to corporate environments grows daily. No longer are security breaches mere pranks, cybercrime is now an active multi-million dollar business. And, the reality is most victims notice only after the crime has been committed – regardless of any technology-based solutions in place. Razorpoint’s exceptional expertise in research and analysis, attack/penetration testing and identifying real world vulnerabilities enables clients to avoid disastrous exposure before a compromise. We are regularly called upon as security subject matter experts, particularly to demonstrate real world attacks. Razorpoint’s technology facilities enable the creation of nearly any network environment for investigating potentially disastrous security vulnerabilities. Our real world examples (and not technical jargon and buzzwords) demonstrate how malicious attackers compromise networks to steal data and identities, take control of computer systems, launch attacks against other sites, or deface or destroy web sites and databases. Razorpoint also enjoys regular appearances regarding network security with major media outlets such as CNBC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox5-NY, CW11-NY, The New York Times Magazine, Forbes, ABC/CourtTV, Entrepreneur Magazine, Crain’s NY Business, CSO (Chief Security Officer) Magazine, and Wired News. Razorpoint Security Technologies Services includes: EXTERNAL SECURITY ASSESSMENTS Razorpoint’s comprehensive security assessments (attack/penetration tests) look at your network through the eyes of those looking to do you harm. Our methodologies and best practices produce a detailed assessment of your operating environment, and provide us with an "attacker’s eye view." * TCP/IP Port Analysis * Vulnerability Analysis * Mail Server Analysis * Public Data Gathering Analysis * Dial-up / Modem Access Analysis INTERNAL SECURITY ASSESSMENTS Razorpoint’s exhaustive internal security assessments provide a detailed analysis of your internal network infrastructure. These assessments demonstrate the effects of an "inside job", a disgruntled employee, as well as zero-day attacks. * TCP/IP Port Analysis * Vulnerability Analysis * Internal Router & Switch Analysis * Firewall Rulebase Analysis * Voice over IP (VoIP) Security Analysis * Password Policy & Strength Analysis WEB & APPLICATION SECURITY ASSESSMENTS Web and application attacks are among the fastest growing and most lucrative for attackers. Razorpoint analyzes your web, e-commerce, and other application services identifying possibly disasterous vulnerabilities. * Web-based Application Analysis (e-commerce, owa, custom applications) * Blackberry Server Analysis * Database/Application Server Analysis * Software Architecture & Source Code Review * Active Directory / LDAP Server Analysis * Financial / Accounting / Legal Server Analysis WIRELESS SECURITY ASSESSMENTS Wireless technology is everywhere. Inexpensive and easy to deploy, businesses have widely adopted wireless technologies. Unfortunately, wireless technology is easy for everyone; including cyber criminals. Razorpoint can review your wireless environments and configurations to help ensure your business is not at risk. * Wireless Topology Analysis * Wireless Infrastructure Configuration Analysis SECURITY CONSULTING Whether it’s firewalls, virtual private networks (VPN), or intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS), security should always be a top concern. Razorpoint can help you configure, deploy and troubleshoot your technology to eliminate security vulnerabilities that go undetected. * Security Remediation * Incident Response * Security Design Review * Security Technology Consulting ========================================================================= Also Topic: Email ethics, posture and etiquette - an extension of one’s personality, presentation and style The use of digital IDs for validation, authentication and security for messaging on desktops and handhelds. Presented by Mr. Brett A. Scudder President/Chairman The IT Security Suite Network ~TITSSN~ Features: With email being the most prominent method of communications today, we will look at the ways in which emails are written and looked on for posture, the ethics of its use and how it speaks of you and personality. When and who to CC vs. BCC What to write or not write in an email - an email sent today may haunt and hurt you tomorrow What are the legal implications on message retention and how it is being used effectively in legal issues Applying S/MIME (digital IDs) to your messaging clients and handhelds - live demo and use The never ending life and trails of an email from the "send" to dissemination. Proper email configuration and use - personal vs. professional. —————————————————————————————————————– Food and refreshments will be provided All are invited to come and share in the knowledge, information and resources that are provided. Registration is FREE and OPEN RSVP here or register by clicking on the image below. -= All attendees MUST register by 12pm on the day of the meeting to gain access to the building/event =- See you there and please don’t be late. http://titssn.net

Link: http://titssn.net/nyitsa-ug-mar-13th-08-meeting.htm

You’re invited to The IT Security Suite Network’s NYITSA-UG Meeting on Thursday, March 13th at 6pm venue Microsoft Corporation NYC Briefing Center 1290 Avenue of the Americas - 6th Floor New York, NY 10104 Topic: Is someone else controlling your system(s) An in-depth look at the Botnet problems of today and how to mitigate them with new TITSSN vendor partner www.fireeye.com Presented by: Mr. Harold Stonebraker, CISSP Eastern Region Sales Engineer About FireEye See and Protect Against Botnets and Targeted Malware FireEye provides the only global, anti-botnet protection system to combat botnets and targeted malware. FireEye protects customers against botnets to prevent data and intellectual property and company resources from being compromised, stolen, or accidentally leaked as a result of unauthorized remote control of PCs and servers. Our solutions bring advanced network security together with state-of-the-art virtualization technology to combat targeted malware as well as its criminal attack vector of choice—botnets. FireEye works with law enforcement agencies, enterprises, services providers, and research institutions, to foster and enhance the sharing of advanced botnet intelligence to strengthen pre-emptive and proactive botnet defenses against unknown, stealthy attack. FireEye is based in Menlo Park, CA and backed by Sequoia Capital, Norwest Venture Partners, and JAFCO Ventures. —————————————————————————————————————– Food and refreshments will be provided All are invited to come and share in the knowledge, information and resources that are provided. Registration is FREE and OPEN RSVP here or register by clicking on the image below. -= All attendees MUST register to gain access to the building/event =- See you there and please don’t be late. http://titssn.net

Link: http://titssn.net/nyitsa-ug-feb-14th-08-meeting.htm

You’re invited to The IT Security Suite Network’s NYITSA-UG Meeting on Thursday, February 14th at 6pm venue Microsoft Corporation NYC Briefing Center 1290 Avenue of the Americas - 6th Floor New York, NY 10104 with new TITSSN partner vendor www.fortinet.com Topic: A Multi-Layered Security Approach to Protecting Against Today’s Blended Threats Live demos of Fortinet’s devices Presented by Mr. Rick Basile Director of Systems Engineering for the Americas FORTINET ————————————————————————————————————————— Food and refreshments will be provided All are invited to come and share in the knowledge, information and resources that are provided. Registration in OPEN RSVP here or register by clicking on the image below. -= All attendees MUST register to gain access to the building/event =- See you there and please don’t be late. http://titssn.net