<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I know it's late notice, but I thought the members at ALE may be interested in this meeting.<br><div apple-content-edited="true"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br></div><div>/ip</div><div><br></div></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div></blockquote><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> </div><div style="text-align: left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">*******************************************************************************************</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>National Information Security Group (NAISG) Atlanta, Ga. Chapter</b></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> *******************************************************************************************</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">In this newsletter:</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> 1. What is NAISG?</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> 2. May Meeting - Errata Security</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">3. Chapter Leadership</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">4. Spread the word</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">5. Looking for Presenters and Sponsors</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">6. Online Resources</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">7. Network with other NAISG members on LinkedIn</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> *******************************************************************************************</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>1. WHAT IS NAISG?</b></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> The National Information Security Group (NAISG) is pleased to announce</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> that it will be launching a chapter for the metropolitan Atlanta area.</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">NAISG is an information security association with members and</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> chapters around the world and which offers security presentations,</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">networking opportunities and other resources. Unlike other security</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">organizations, there are no dues, fees or qualifications associated</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">with membership. Please join us at our chapter's kickoff meeting to</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> learn more about our group and the valuable resources that it can</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">offer you. Oh, and did we mention the free pizza?</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>2. MAY MEETING</b></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Please plan on attending this month and please take a moment and let us know if you will be there so we can have an accurate count for food. Send an email to <a href="mailto:Meetings-Atlanta@naisg.org">Meetings-Atlanta@naisg.org</a> and we will add you to the list.</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">DATE: Wednesday, May 13th</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">TIME: 7pm (Networking, Food & Drinks); 730pm (Presentation)</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">LOCATION: MARTA Bid Room</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">TOPIC:</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Integrating Security into Your QA Cycle</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">In this interactive discussion, Errata Security co-founders Rob Graham and Dave Maynor will share tips on how – and why – to integrate security into your QA cycle. They will engage the audience with a Top 10 list of tweaks and tricks to make sure products ship bug free, and maintain the highest level of security and quality. They also will discuss a list of free tools available to help with this process.</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Robert Graham: Founder & CEO</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Mr. Graham learned hacking as a toddler from his grandfather, a WW-II codebreaker. His first IDS was written more than 10 years ago designed to catch Morris-worm copycats. He is the author of several pending patents in the IDS field. He is the author of well-regarded security-related documents <a href="http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs">http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs</a> and is a frequent speaker at conferences. Prior to founding Errata Security he co-founded, was the CTO, and chief-architect at Network ICE (now owned by ISS).</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">David Maynor: Founder & CTO</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">David Maynor is a founder of Errata Security and serves as the Chief Technical Officer. Mr. Maynor is responsible for day-to-day technical decisions of Errata Security and also employs a strong background in reverse engineering and exploit development to produce Hacker Eye View reports. Mr. Maynor has previously been the Senior Researcher for Secureworks and a research engineer with the ISS Xforce R&D team where his primary responsibilities included reverse engineering high risk applications, researching new evasion techniques for security tools, and researching new threats before they become widespread. Before ISS Maynor spent the 3 years at Georgia Institute of Technology (GaTech), with the last two years as a part of the information security group as an application developer to help make the sheer size and magnitude of security incidents on campus manageable. Before that Maynor contracted with a variety of different companies in a widespread of industries ranging from digital TV development to protection of top 25 websites to security consulting and penetration testing to online banking and ISPs.</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Errata Security: Mission</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Errata Security is a privately held firm started in 2006 by experts in the cybersecurity industry. The mission of Errata Security is to give access to the skills and talent of cutting edge researchers to companies that don’t want to staff their own research team. This mission is accomplished through consulting with clients through professional services, product testing and verification, and the Hacker Eye View service that provides in-depth analysis of events and vulnerabilities that affect today’s IT staff.</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>3. CHAPTER LEADERSHIP</b></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Ian Philpot - Atlanta Chairperson</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Andy Willingham - Advisory Counsel</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Renault Ross - Advisory Counsel</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>4. SPREAD THE WORD</b></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">If you know of individuals who would like to join our chapter or form</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">new ones in their area, please point them to <a href="http://www.naisg.org" style="color: rgb(53, 66, 88);" target="_blank">http://www.naisg.org</a> for</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> signup information.</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>5. LOOKING FOR PRESENTERS AND SPONSORS</b></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">The Atlanta chapter is looking for people interested in presenting to</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">our group. The presentation must be vendor neutral and is not an</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">opportunity to promote one vendor or solution over another. We are</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> also looking for Sponsors willing to provide us a permanent Location</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">to host the meetings. We're expecting this group to grow and attract</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">many of the best security experts in the area and will be great</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">exposure for any company. We anticipate 20-50 people to attend</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> regularly based on other groups performance.</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>6. ONLINE RESOURCES</b></span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">NAISG has just reformatted its Resources page, breaking it down by</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> category such as antivirus, antispam, firewalls, etc. We are</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">soliciting white papers, blog URLs, products to list and more to add</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">as resources to these pages, so please send these our way and we'll</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">add your listing. (And of course, we continue to maintain the</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> Internet bandwidth test utility as one additional tool available to</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">our membership. This tool is hosted on our own server and provides</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">accurate readings of upload and download speeds. Just click the Start</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">button on the page to initiate the test.</span><br> <span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> <a href="http://www.naisg.org/Resources" style="color: rgb(53, 66, 88);" target="_blank">http://www.naisg.org/Resources</a>.</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> </span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><b>7. NETWORK WITH OTHER NAISG MEMBERS ON LINKED-IN</b></span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> Join more than 1,230 other NAISG members on LinkedIn at</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"> <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/43269/7DC2303017E0" style="color: rgb(53, 66, 88);" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/43269/7DC2303017E0</a>.</span><br><span style="border-collapse: collapse; color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">*******************************************************************************************</span><br clear="all"> /ip<br> </div></blockquote></div><br></body></html>