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A bi-weekly publication from the ISSA International Board

August 24, 2006

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In this Issue

ISSA Annual Meeting, CISO Forum and Awards

The ISSA will be holding its annual meeting and presenting our annual awards in conjunction with our next CISO Executive Membership Forum on September 21-22 at the W Hotel in San Francisco. The ISSA will be presenting awards for Chapter of the Year and Communications Program of the Year. We will also be presenting individual awards for the Security Professional of the Year, ISSA Honor Roll and ISSA Hall of Fame. The Awards Presentation and Annual Meeting will be conducted on the afternoon of the 22nd after the CISO Forum has been completed. If you have items for business for the ISSA Annual Meeting, please submit them to the Executive Director via email at execdir@issa.org

The CISO Executive Membership Forum in San Francisco will feature world class caliber speakers addressing the theme of Building a Global Information Security Program. Sessions will be held on September 22nd, please go to ciso.issa.org for more details.

Preceding the CISO Forum, on September 21st the first annual Information Security Executive of the Year West Award (ISE West Award) will honor the achievements of today's information security pioneers and will recognize excellence in risk management, data asset protection, regulatory compliance, privacy and/or information/network security in Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, or Wyoming. For more information, please go to infosecaward.com/regional/west/ for more details. If you are based in this region, why not make your boss happy and nominate him or her for this prestigious award? If you are the boss, tell your employees to nominate you or they won't get Saturdays off any longer ;)

Forrester's Security Forum 2006

September 7-8, 2006, Atlanta, Ga

Prepare your company and select the right security governance strategies and technologies to defend against the next generation of threats.

Implementing security practices that address known threats is like eating vegetables: We all know we should do it, but it's often hard to practice what we preach. Find out how to make it easier at Forrester's Security Forum 2006.

Security Forum 2006 is the must-attend for IT and business executives tasked with selecting the right security governance strategies and technologies to defend against the next generation of threats.

Join us as we share ways to minimize time spent wrestling with understood vulnerabilities and risks, and prepare you for the next security challenges your business will face. Click here to download the Event brochure.

Special offer for ISSA members – $400 off the regular conference rate! Please reference VIP Code ISSA. Register by calling: +1 888/343-6786 or +1 617/613-5905

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Upcoming Alliance for Enterprise Security Risk Management (AESRM) Events

The Alliance for Enterprise Security Risk Management (AESRM), a collaboration between ISSA, ISACA and ASIS International, will be sponsoring convergence sessions at two upcoming events. The alliance brings together more than 90,000 global security professionals with broad security backgrounds and skills to address the significant increase and complexity of security-related risks to international commerce from terrorism, cyberattacks, Internet viruses, theft, fraud, extortion and other threats. Please join us at the following events:

ISACA Information Security Management Conference
18-20 September 2006
Las Vegas, NV, USA

ASIS Annual Seminar
25-28 September 2006
San Diego, CA, USA

ISSA Webcasts

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Industry news to note

In case you have not been paying attention, here are a few recent items to note: