Welcome to the San Diego ISSA (SDISSA) Chapter Website
What is ISSA?
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) is an international organization providing educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skills and professionalism of our members and the information security community at large. The primary goal of ISSA is to promote management practices that will ensure availability, integrity and confidentiality of organizational resources.
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The San Diego area chapter of ISSA is dedicated to building and maintaining a viable, self-sustaining, and responsive professional association that achieves the vocational objectives of its members in accordance with the by laws.
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Joint AITP/ISACA/SDISSA EventSecuring mobile devices for the enterprise: reality or myth?Date: May 29, 2013The explosive growth of mobile devices introduces many challenges for commercial and government organizations, especially as demands ...
Posted May 7, 2013, 11:08 AM by Chris Simpson
May 2013 - General Meeting - BYODPresentation: BYODSpeakers: Jim Matteo CEO, Bird Rock SystemsDate: 23 May 2013Topic: BYOD is the most top of mind security challenge for technology leadership in 2013. BYOD compliance ...
Posted May 7, 2013, 11:01 AM by Chris Simpson
June 2013 - General Meeting - Verizon Data Breach ReportTopic: 2013 Verizon Data Breach ReportSpeaker: Araceli Gomes, Managing Director, Security and Cloud Engineering at Verizon / Terremark and ISSA San Diego Chapter Vice President Date: Thursday June 27, 2013 ...
Posted May 7, 2013, 7:27 PM by Chris Simpson
10th Annual The Security Summit10th annual The Security Summit“San Diego as a Living Test Bed”May 1-2, 2013 in San Diego, CAThe Corky McMillin Event Center, 2875 Dewey Rd., San Diego ...
Posted Apr 26, 2013, 3:37 PM by Chris Simpson
Speaker: Araceli Gomes, Managing Director, Security and Cloud Engineering at Verizon / Terremark and ISSA San Diego Chapter Vice President
Date: Thursday June 27, 2013 from 11:30-1:00PM
Synopsis: The Annual Verizon Data Breach Report provides in depth analysis of data breaches in 2012. By understanding who the attackers are, how they get in and what they are targeting we can better defend our systems. Araceli Gomes will provide an overview of the 2013 report and the attack trends it identifies. She will also discuss how organizations can use the Verizon Enterprise Risk and Incident Sharing (VERIS) framework to collect data on their own security incidents.
Bio: Araceli Gomes is a network and information security professional with broad experience in large carrier, financial, and service provider networks. Her focus is on security technologies and global security process, model, policy, and practice management.