Meeting:
Come hear part two of Michael Gough's series on platform hardening! This is a repeat of last month's presentation since the vast majority were not able to attend due to the nearby airplane crash.

Location:

Microsoft Technology Center
Stonebridge Plaza, Building One
9606 N. Mopac Expressway, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78759

Pizza is provided! Become a member and get a chance to win the book

"The Network Security Bible" by Eric Cole.

Please join the Capital of Texas Chapter of the Association of
Contingency Planners on February 16th at 11:30 for “What Should Be in
Your Pandemic Plan” presented by William Tompkins and Kristina Brady.

Logistics:

Date: February 16, 2010
Time: 11:30 am-2:00 pm
Lunch provided

Members: $15
Nonmembers: $25
Held at the Austin Woman's Club
710 San Antonio Street
Austin, TX 78701

Please RSVP to mailto:acp.register@gmail.com so that we ensure enough
food is available. Please mark your calendars and spread the word for
this exciting event!

Presentation file attached for those who missed the meeting

Here are links to the SearchSecurity.com article and the White House announcement with photos.

Howard Schmidt named cybersecurity coordinator

Introducing the New Cybersecurity Coordinator

UPDATE: CLICK HERE FOR ELECTION RESULTS

Our annual board elections meeting is December 10th. Be sure to fill out an application form (found on the upper left section of the main website) if you desire to run for a board position. Or, just show up to vote for your favorite candidates and enjoy the pizza! The meeting starts at 11:30a.

Meeting is at:
Microsoft Technology Center
Stonebridge Plaza, Building One
9606 N. Mopac Expressway, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: (512) 795-5300

Presentation pdf files now available

Our final regular chapter meeting is to be held November 19th. (December is our special elections meeting).

The Title of the presentation is Platform Hardening, presented by Michael Gough.

Bio:

Michael Gough is a CISSP, CISA and currently a Sr. Information Security
Analyst for the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts. Michael has spent
the better part of the last 20 years as a Consultant in both Information
Technology and the last 15 in Information Security. Before joining CPA,

Cryptography is largely a theoretical concept. You can talk about DES and Diffie-Hellman, but not often do you get to "play" with these concepts or see them well illustrated.

About a month ago, I stumbled across a little application called Cryptool. Created by some very clever German geeks, this little application contains a wealth of examples, animations, demos, etc to help you gain a firmer grasp on cryptographic concepts. I used it during the last class I taught on Cryptography and it seemed to help quite a lot.

The program is free and can be downloaded from

A Discussion on Game Theory and Risk Management @ Microsoft Technology Center

Tim Keanini
Chief Technology Officer, nCircle

Dr. Dave McIntyre is a nationally recognized strategist, analyst and teacher specializing in national and homeland security. For more than 20 years his focus has been why some nations succeed, why some fail, and how to craft national strategies for success.

Don't miss the August 20 ISSA Capitol of Texas Chapter meeting. Our topic will be Computer Forensics, presented by Andrew Rosen, of ASR Data. He is the creator of the forensics software product know known as EnCase, and was the forensics expert for the Enron trial. He has spoken on this topic worldwide and has been in the computer forensics industry for over 16 years.

Microsoft Technology Center
Stonebridge Plaza, Building One
9606 N. Mopac Expressway, Suite 200
Austin, TX 78759
Phone: (512) 795-5300
Map:
See map and/or driving directions