[ale] [ANNC] ALE CENTRAL MTG. for TONIGHT (Thurs., August 16th, 2012)

[arxaaron]

 > On Aug 17, 2012 8:42 AM, "Lightner, Jeff" <JLightner at water.com>  
wrote:
 >> So do that many ALErs normally turn up at Melton's afterwards
 >> or was last night and abberation due to the offer of free first
 >> round of appetizers?

On 2012/08/17, at 08:56 , Jim Kinney wrote:
> That's the largest in a long time.
>

... though we regularly have 6 to 12.  We often need to take
over that set of four tables on the riser by the window.

in peace
aaron



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of  
> Aaron Ruscetta
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 12:48 PM
> To: ALE
> Subject: [ale] [ANNC] ALE CENTRAL MTG. for TONIGHT (Thurs., August  
> 16th, 2012)
>
> A quick reminder of TONIGHT'S ALE CENTRAL MTG.
>
> The topic should be of wide interest, so please wrangle some  
> colleagues and herd some cats to join us!
> Please also share this invite (or our web link) with any and all  
> appropriate IT organizations & professionals.
> =========================================
>
> The feature presentation for our ALE Central Meeting at 7:30pm on  
> Thursday, August 16th, 2012 will be:
>
> "GRANT BUT CONTROL, TRUST BUT VERIFY"
>   with John E. Kimberly,
>   SE Region Systems Engineer,
>   Centrify Corporation
>
> SYNOPSIS:
> - The presentation will focus on the use of Active Directory to  
> seamlessly provide access to non-Windows platforms, including most  
> versions of UNIX / Linux, MAC's, iPhones, iPads and Androids, and  
> then use specific Active Directory GPO's to control that access and  
> manage the rights and elevated privileges on those systems.  Once  
> complete, the administrator can easily validate access to systems,  
> confirm elevated privileges and audit what users do with elevated  
> privileges, thereby delivering data and system security, and  
> regulatory compliance.
>
> BIO:
> - John E. Kimberly has a 32 year career in the UNIX and "open  
> systems" world, in a wide variety of positions at companies like Dun  
> & Bradstreet, Siemens Information Systems Worldwide and the Georgia  
> Technology Authority.
> He holds certifications in Redhat Linux as an RHCE, Sun Microsystems  
> as a Hardware, Network and Systems Engineer, AIX Certified  
> Specialist, VMWare, as well as experience in system security, threat  
> prevention and platform hardening from SANS International.  For the  
> past
> 15 years, he has been in the area of Enterprise Architecture and  
> Disaster Recovery, with additional focus in systems and data  
> security.  Today, he is the Southeastern Region Sr. System Engineer  
> for Centrify Corporation, which provides seamless integration for  
> non-Windows platforms with Active Directory, for access, elevated  
> privilege management, and license compliance auditing.
>
> ABOUT CENTRIFY:  <http://www.centrify.com/>
> - Centrify delivers integrated software and cloud-based solutions  
> that centrally control, secure and audit access to cross-platform  
> systems, mobile devices and applications by leveraging the  
> infrastructure organizations already own.
> >From the data center and into the cloud, more than 4000
> organizations, including over 40% of the Fortune 50, rely on  
> Centrify's identity consolidation and privilege management solutions  
> to reduce IT expenses, strengthen security and meet license  
> compliance requirements. Customers come to Centrify for a variety of  
> services including:
> - IT Security
> - MAC Security Management
> - IT License Compliance & Auditing
> - Mobile Security Management
> - UNIX & Linux Identity Management
> - SAP & Web Single Sign On
> - Windows Server Auditing
> - SAMBA and NFSv4 integration
>
> =============
> The meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our usual Gambrel  
> Hall, room 1C venue.
> Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:20pm Directions to Emory Law  
> School can be found at <http://ale.org/?page_id=2>
>
> As always, this announcement information is available on our web  
> site:  <http://ale.org>
>
> --
> in peace
> Aaron Ruscetta
> ALE Events Coordinator (etc)
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