[ale] Fwd: [:NAISG:] May 13th Meeting - Integrate Security into your QA Cycle

[C. Ian Philpot]

I know it's late notice, but I thought the members at ALE may be  
interested in this meeting.

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> National Information Security Group (NAISG) Atlanta, Ga. Chapter
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> In this newsletter:
> 1. What is NAISG?
> 2. May Meeting - Errata Security
> 3. Chapter Leadership
> 4. Spread the word
> 5. Looking for Presenters and Sponsors
> 6. Online Resources
> 7. 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. MAY MEETING
> 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 Meetings-Atlanta at naisg.org and we will add  
> you to the list.
>
> DATE: Wednesday, May 13th
> TIME: 7pm (Networking, Food & Drinks);  730pm (Presentation)
> LOCATION: MARTA Bid Room
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> TOPIC:
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> Integrating Security into Your QA Cycle
>
> 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.
>
> Robert Graham: Founder & CEO
>
> 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 http://www.robertgraham.com/pubs 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).
>
> David Maynor: Founder & CTO
>
> 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.
>
> Errata Security: Mission
>
> 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.
>
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> 3. CHAPTER LEADERSHIP
> Ian Philpot - Atlanta Chairperson
> Andy Willingham - Advisory Counsel
> Renault Ross - Advisory Counsel
>
> 4. 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.
>
> 5.  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.
>
> 6.  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.
>
> 7. 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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