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A bi-weekly publication from the ISSA International Board

December 15 , 2006

In this Issue

  1. URGENT: 2006 ISSA International Awards - Call for Nominations
    Closing December 31, 2006
  2. ISSA Job Posting: Association Manager - FILLED
  3. Members Only Feature: Print your own Membership Card
  4. ISSA's 2006 Webcasts

2006 ISSA International Awards - Call for Nominations

Closing December 31, 2006

The calendar year 2006 ISSA International Awards Committee is now accepting nominations.  Write up short descriptions of the achievements of those you believe deserve to be recognized and get them in now.  Nominations have begun and all documentation for every nomination must be completed and submitted before December 31, 2006.  Please take the time now to honor the people and chapters that make this organization great. If you don't nominate them, we cannot honor them!

Awards include Hall of Fame, Honor Roll, Security Professional of the Year, Chapter Communications Program and many others.

To get all the details and learn how to place a nomination:

http://www.issa.org/2006awardnom.html

ISSA Job Posting: Association Manager - FILLED

The Information Systems Security Association is seeking an Association Manager to lead its organization. This person will be responsible for managing an initial staff of six persons, which may double within two years. The Association Manager needs to be a dynamic person with the intangible skills of diplomacy, patience, multitasking and leadership. You will be working with both a paid professional staff as well as hundreds of volunteers from different cultures around the world who dedicate much of their own time to the information security profession. If you are interested in taking a leadership role in your association, please go to the website to view the full job description.

Members Only Feature: Print your own Membership Card

In response to member feedback, we have developed a new feature, allowing members to download and print their membership card on demand. Now, if your card gets lost, or you need to show proof of membership for a chapter meeting or any other industry event, your membership card is readily available. Just go online, click, print and laminate. To check out this new feature, go to the members only section using the link below: http://www.issa.org/members/members.html

ISSA Webcasts

Below is a recap of ISSA's 2006 webcasts with clickable links.

Dec 5, 2006

Stopping Data Leakage in a Networked Environment
Sponsored By: Fidelis Security Systems

Nov 16, 2006

Best Practices for Deploying Information Protection Solutions & Managing Risks to Privacy Data & IP Assets
Sponsored By: Reconnex

Oct 26, 2006

ESSO and Strong Authentication for Secure Access
Sponsored By: Imprivata, Inc.

Oct 24, 2006

Outsource Labor, Not Sensitive Data: Best Practices for Securing Your Network while Offshoring and Outsourcing
Sponsored By: Caymas Systems, Inc.

Sep 27, 2006

Best Practices for Building a Security Operations Center: Untangling the Mess Created by Multiple Security Solutions
Sponsored By: CA, Inc.

Sep 13, 2006

The Future of Integrated Threat Management
Sponsored By: CA, Inc.

August 28, 2006

Building an Identity and Access Management Program that Protects Core Business Assets
Sponsored By: CA, Inc.

July 27, 2006

Automating Firewall Audit
Presented By: Jason Yuan, Skybox Security
Sponsored By: Skybox Security

June 22, 2006

No Phishing Allowed - Best practices to safeguard your organization
Presented By: Bethany Mayer - Mirapoint, & Peter Firstbrook, Research Director, Gartner
Sponsored By: Mirapoint

April 20, 2006

The Intelligent Enterprise: Closing the Zero-Hour Gap on Inbound and Outbound Attacks
Presented By: Rami Habal, Proofpoint
Sponsored By: Proofpoint Inc.

April 6, 2006

Controlling the Cost of IT Compliance: Best Practices in Multi-Regulatory Compliance Management
Presented By: Patrick McBride, Vice President of Compliance Solutions, Colleen Murphy, Director of Compliance Solutions Delivery, Scaleable Systems
Sponsored By: Scaleable Systems, LLC

March 9, 2006

Building A Secure LAN
Presented By: Lloyd Hession, BT Radianz & Michelle McLean, ConSentry Networks
Sponsored By: ConSentry Networks

February 16, 2006

Managing Multiple Regulations: Take the Fast Track from Complexity to Compliance
Presented By: David E. Smith, Symantec Corporation
Sponsored By: Symantec Corporation

January 7, 2006

Email Security Strategies - What to Plan for in 2006
Presented By: Arabella Hallawell, Gartner Research & Bethany Mayer, Mirapoint
Sponsored By: Mirapoint