Announcement: Meeting of ISSA - Portland Oregon Chapter

From: Goldschmidt, Bob (bobg@private)
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 13:57:04 PDT

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    ISSA - Portland Oregon Chapter
    Program & General Meeting 
    
    Date:       Thursday, October 11, 2001
    Time:       3:00 - 5:00 pm
    Location: NW Natural Gas
                  One Pacific Square
                  220 NW Second Ave, 4th Floor, Portland, OR.
    
    Registration: 
    Please register at www.issa.org/portland/ to secure a seat and confirm your
    attendance. Due to the nature of the program topic, there will be no cost to
    current paying ISSA members, trial members and guests. All are welcome.
    
    Agenda:
    3:00 - 3:20 pm Registration and Networking. 
    
    3:20 - 3:50 pm Welcome, Announcements, and Call to Order, General Business
    Items. 
    
    3:50 - 4:50 pm Round Table Discussion - Incident Response - Are You Ready? 
    
    4:50 - 5:00 pm Final Announcements 
    
    5:00 pm Adjournment 
    
    Overview: 
    The concerns for ensuring the safety of our employees and maintaining
    business operations have become significant in the wake of last month's
    terrorist attacks. Today's topic will explore how security professionals are
    handling Incident Response, Business Continuance and Computer Emergency
    Response. The ISSA October meeting will be a roundtable discussion, allowing
    for more interaction and collaboration. Come with your ideas; check lists,
    experiences, and practical knowledge to share with the attendees. 
    
    Discussion Facilitator:
    Tim Sandage, Information Assurance Manager, Department of Defense and ISSA
    Portland Chapter Secretary Portland Chapter Secretary. Tim Sandage will kick
    off the discussion with sharing his experience in Computer Security and
    disaster recovery for the Department of Defense. Tim's experience with
    government computer systems and computer security/disaster preparedness can
    be easily applied to today's business environment. 
    
    Tim Sandage has been employed with the Department of Defense and the Air
    Force for 15 years. Tim specializes in computer security, disaster
    preparedness and anti-terrorism force protection. Tim has also worked as a
    police officer in both the military and the civilian sector. In his current
    position he is responsible for all computer security related issues for a 10
    western state region for the Department of Defense. He has written computers
    security policies, Certification and Accreditation (Risk Analysis) packages,
    emergency response plans, disaster planning and recovery plans and security
    awareness training policies and procedures for classified and unclassified
    computer systems within the federal government. Tim is a certified boundary
    protection, vulnerability, and intrusion protection specialist as well as
    certified TEMPEST/COMPUSEC security manager for the Department of Defense.
    Tim is the currently involved with the SANS institute writing computer
    security awareness and training material for use within the SANS training
    program. 
    
    ISSA Purpose:
    The primary goal of the Information Systems Security Association, Inc.
    (ISSA) is to promote management practices that will ensure the
    confidentiality, integrity, and availability of organizational Information
    Resources. To achieve this goal, members of the Association must reflect the
    highest standards of ethical conduct and technical competence. For more
    information on the ISSA Association's Code of Ethics, visit their website at
    www.issa.org. 
    
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    Robert Goldschmidt, PhD-CISSP-CISA
    Director of Communications, ISSA-Portland OR
    Senior Security Consultant
    Christenson Technology Services
    bobg@private   (w) 503-968-8325   (c) 503-260-4046
    



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