NASIG January 14th Meeting – End Point Security
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National Information Security Group (NAISG) Atlanta, Ga. Chapter
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In this newsletter:
1. What is NAISG?
2. January Meeting
3. Things to come
4. Chapter Leadership
5. Spread the word
6. Looking for Presenters and Sponsors
7. Online Resources
8. Network with other NAISG members on LinkedIn
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1. WHAT IS NAISG?
The National Information Security Group (NAISG) is pleased to announce that it will be launching a chapter for the metropolitan Atlanta area. NAISG is an information security association with members and chapters around the world and which offers security presentations, networking opportunities and other resources. Unlike other security organizations, there are no dues, fees or qualifications associated with membership. Please join us at our chapter’s kickoff meeting to learn more about our group and the valuable resources that it can offer you. Oh, and did we mention the free pizza?
2. JANUARY MEETING
The Atlanta Chapter of NAISG will hold its kickoff meeting on January 14th at 7:00 PM. Pizza and refreshments will be provided by Symantec.
Presentation Topic: The talk will be given by Renault Ross of Symantec. He will be speaking on End Point Security and NAC.
If you have not yet done so, please send a courtesy e-mail to Meetings-Atlanta@naisg.org indicating that you plan to attend the meeting so that we can order the correct quantity of pizza.
Location:
MARTA Headquarters
2424 Piedmont Rd.
Atlanta, GA 30324
It’s at the intersection of Piedmont Rd. and Morosgo Dr. across from the twin AT&T towers. This is the location of the Lindburgh Station. The meeting will be held in the Bid Room on the first floor. You will have to sign in at the security desk.
3. THINGS TO COME
The members of the Advisory Counsel and I are very excited about some of the future presenters and topics. We are looking forward to having some of the top talent from the Atlanta area come and present on topics ranging from Compliance issues to Encryption.
4. CHAPTER LEADERSHIP
Ian Philpot – Atlanta Chairperson
Andy Willingham – Advisory Counsel
Renault Ross – Advisory Counsel
5. SPREAD THE WORD
If you know of individuals who would like to join our chapter or form new ones in their area, please point them to http://www.naisg.org for signup information.
6. LOOKING FOR PRESENTERS AND SPONSORS
The Atlanta chapter is looking for people interested in presenting to our group. The presentation must be vendor neutral and is not an opportunity to promote one vendor or solution over another. We are also looking for Sponsors willing to provide us a permanent Location to host the meetings. We’re expecting this group to grow and attract many of the best security experts in the area and will be great exposure for any company. We anticipate 20-50 people to attend regularly based on other groups performance.
7. ONLINE RESOURCES
NAISG has just reformatted its Resources page, breaking it down by category such as antivirus, antispam, firewalls, etc. We are soliciting white papers, blog URLs, products to list and more to add as resources to these pages, so please send these our way and we’ll add your listing. (And of course, we continue to maintain the Internet bandwidth test utility as one additional tool available to our membership. This tool is hosted on our own server and provides accurate readings of upload and download speeds. Just click the Start button on the page to initiate the test. http://www.naisg.org/Resources.
8. NETWORK WITH OTHER NAISG MEMBERS ON LINKED-IN
Join more than 1,230 other NAISG members on LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/43269/7DC2303017E0.
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