All posts by ISSA CentralVA

Central-VA-ISSA-Sept-2012-Meeting

Developing a Software Security Assurance Program For decades technology has been an obvious key to competitive advantage across nearly every industry. Whether organizations develop new technology in-house or leverage third-party solutions, software vulnerabilities provide another attack vector for cyber criminals. Organizations are reacting by developing a software security initiative to manage the risks related to […]

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Central-VA-ISSA-July-2012-Meeting

Title: Here to There: Transforming the Qimonda Semiconductor Fabrication Plant to the QTS Enterprise-Class Data Center Location Change: This meeting will occur on-site at the QTS Data Center 6000 Technology Blvd, Richmond Virginia, USA 23150. QTS (Quality Technology Services) is one of the nation’s largest and fastest-growing providers of data center facilities and managed services.  Join David […]

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Central-VA-ISSA-May-2012-Meeting

Title: Mobile Device Risk Assessment With the consumerization of IT, organizations everywhere are feeling the pressure to incorporate a broader spectrum of mobile devices into the corporate environment.  Meanwhile, the threat environment for mobile devices is unique and changing, and security capabilities are lagging behind mobile functionality.  In order to successfully incorporate a broader variety […]

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Central-VA-ISSA-April-2012-Meeting

Title:  Practical Android Security Speaker: Jack Mannino, CEO of nVisium Security   Building secure Android applications can be achieved with a mix of common sense, leveraging platform security features, and following secure development best practices. This presentation will focus on security “quick wins” during development and will cover techniques that can reduce the overall attack […]

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Central VA ISSA-March 2012 Meeting

Title:  GE’s Information Security Technology Center (ISTC) in Glen Allen Speaker: Deneen DeFiore, GE, Site Leader for ISTC Deneen will present an overview of the GE Information Security Technology Center (ITSC) including: GE’s information protection philosophy and drivers The services the ITSC provides GE business units The range of personnel and skills employed Why GE […]

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Central-VA-ISSA-Jan-2012-Meeting

Title: “Transforming Security from an Operational to a Strategic Role” It is a given that the most important requirement of a successful security program is executive support, ideally executive respect.  Koos Lodewijkx, IBM IT Security strategist, will describe how he and his team use a “10 Essential Security Practices” model to create a transformational security […]

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