President's Corner

ISSA-COS Members,,

Welcome to the month of May and a more opportunities to connect, engage, and plug-in to our community. This month, our chapter will play host to more chapter meetings, another mini-seminar, and one very special event. But first, a look backward… The month of April provided several CPE/CPU earning opportunities. Our sponsor and guest speaker for our chapter meetings was Trend Micro. They provided an outstanding technical presentation on Securing the Cloud that was regarded by many as one for the record books. It was both informational and technical yet, in an easy-speak kind of way. April also marked the piloting of a new dinner venue – the Harris Corporation Fountain Blvd. campus. Based on attendee feedback and board member observations, a decision was made to adopt the Harris facility as our new permanent dinner meeting location. This facility provides our chapter with three (3) large projector screens, a fully functional A/V system (to include an entire-room microphone system), catering space (with a kitchenette), dinner seating for nearly 90 people and on-site security services…. all for free!! There truly isn’t a bad seat in the house. Our lunch meetings will continue to be hosted at the HP Enterprise facility which provides us with dual-screen projector capabilities, catering space, and lunch seating for nearly 100 people. Our April mini-seminar included a technical presentation by Ms. Darla Lindt, Director of Risk Management, National Cyber Exchange (NCX) who spoke to us about Cyber Insurance. Many described the presentation as both an eye opening and personally informative event. The DIY CET portion include a NMAP hands-on session with cheat sheet reviews. I gotta tell you, the caliber of our guest speakers keeps going up…and up…and up....MORE