ISSA E-News: December 1st, 2008

In this Issue

December 9th ISSA Webinar: Building Your Professional Value in Difficult Economic Times
Award Nominations Due by 15 December
Call for Article Submissions to ISSA Journal
Upcoming Live Webcast
On-Demand Webcasts now available at www.issa.org
2009 Media Kit Now Available
ISSA Events
Industry Events

December 9th ISSA Webinar: Building Your Professional Value in Difficult Economic Times

With the economic news of the past several months, many of us are facing uncertainty in our employment futures. This live webinar will highlight some strategies ISSA Members can use to build their professional value and resources available to assist in job searches.

Mark your calendar for: Dec 9th, 2008 at 9am US Pacific /12 noon US Eastern/ 5pm London Time. A link to this webcast will be posted at www.issa.org (member login required).

Award Nominations Due By 15 December

The deadline for submitting nominations for 2008 Award Recognition is quickly approaching. Please take the time to look around your chapter and identify someone that deserves recognition. Nominations need to be submitted by your chapter officers, CPAC representatives or an International Board member, but anyone can nominate. If you will just take the time to identify candidates, the Awards Committee will walk you through the process of writing up the nomination. Nomination guidelines are available for download by members (website account required).

We want to make this Awards process successful and rewarding, but we need your help. Please submit names by December 15th, 2008. We need lots of names. Nominations should be sent to Ron Helsley, Chairperson of the Awards Committee, at 2008_Awards@ISSA.org.

Call for Article Submissions to ISSA Journal

As an ISSA member, you have unique knowledge and expertise to share with your colleagues about issues and trends in the industry. The ISSA Journal staff and volunteers are seeking thoughtful, insightful articles that will pique the interest of our readers – information security professionals including C-level executives – and offer practical and timely solutions. All articles are peer-reviewed by the Editorial Advisory Board.

Articles are typically 1,500-3,000 words and should be directed toward an international audience. The ISSA Journal does not accept articles promoting one company, business or piece of software. Topics must be vendor-neutral – describing technologies and trends – not selling a product. Complete guidelines can be found at http://www.issa.org/Downloads/TheISSAJournalGuidelines.pdf

Themes for 2009 have been established. What can you offer on these subjects?

January	Trusted Computing
February	Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Web 2.0
March	Business Continuity Planning/Disaster Recovery
April	PCI/State of Standards
May	Ethical Hacking, Investigation and Forensics
June	Policy, Ethics and Law
July	How to Succeed with Security
August	End of the Edge
September	Risk Management/Risk Analysis
October	Impact of Security in the Popular Press/History of Information Security
November	Application Security
December	Privacy

Share your knowledge and earn CPEs. Articles should be sent to the editor. For deadlines, refer to http://www.issa.org/Downloads/ISSA_EditorialCalendar09.pdf.

Upcoming Live Webcasts:

eSeminar: The Next Generation of Endpoint Data Protection
Date: Thursday, Dec. 4th, 2008
Time: 11am US Pacific / 2pm US Eastern / 7pm London Time
Sponsored By: GuardianEdge
Details at: http://www.issa.org/Members/Webcasts.html

On-Demand Webcasts now available at www.issa.org

Architecting SOA Securely
Sponsored by: LAYER 7 TECHNOLOGIES

Key Components of a Risk-Based Security Plan: Creating a Plan That Works
Sponsored by: Foundstone Professional Service (a division of McAfee)

2009 Media Kit Now Available

We are very excited to announce that several new programs will be offered in 2009 to further enhance our educational offerings for members including quarterly web conferences, white papers and a buyer’s guide. ISSA relies on non-dues revenue to fund these projects as well as the ISSA Journal, webinars, CISO Forums and eNews.

The new 2009 Media Kit highlights the ways companies can support these important services. Request your copy by contacting vendor@issa.org and share the opportunities with your company’s marketing executives and your favorite vendors.