Please spread the word and support the security community with your attendance at our next "OPEN" General Membership meeting and bring a friend.

Please register for the chapter meeting ONLINE at Acteva!!!

Registration fee for meeting:

    $10 – ISSA Members
    $20 – Non-ISSA Members

NEW MEETING LOCATION:  Admiral Baker Clubhouse

Presenter:

Faizel Lakhani, Vice President of Products and Marketing
Reconnex

Subject:

Data Loss Prevention: Best Practices

Presentation Abstract:

Data loss has garnered headlines with very public breaches recently. These are the breaches that organizations have been forced to disclose; imagine all the leaks occurring that go undetected.  This session will provide industry best practices for the processes around data loss prevention and a methodology for identifying and protecting sensitive data that can be applied at any organization.

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Take Fairs road east until Santo Road, take a left and very soon veer right onto the Admiral Baker Clubhouse.  Then stay left and follow the road around to the clubhouse.  No base sticker or government badge is needed.

You’re going to love the setting, ambiance, and history of the place!

Driving Directions from Highway 15:

1) Take Friars Road exit East. Pass through the first stoplight (Rancho Mission).
2) Turn left at the second light (Santo Road).
3) Make an immediate right turn onto Admiral Baker Road.
4) Follow the road to its end at the golf course clubhouse.

Scholarship to be presented at the Hoover High School’s Academy Awards

San Diego, CA – May 8, 2008 – The San Diego Chapter of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) announced that they will present a $1,500 scholarship at this year’s Hoover High School Academy Awards on Thursday, May 15, 2008. The scholarship will be awarded to a student belonging to the Academy of Information Technology (AOIT), an organization emphasizing the importance of technology and integrating its uses in a variety of subjects.

“By supporting organizations in our community such as the AOIT we can help ensure that information technology continues to be an area of continued educational growth, the earlier students are exposed to the capabilities of technology the better prepared they will be for college and the work force”, says Peter Bybee, President of the San Diego ISSA chapter, “if we want to continue to see advances in the world of technology, we have to invest in its future – these students are the future”.

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• Did you attend last month’s meeting and wish you had gotten a copy of the PowerPoint presentation?
• Are you looking to network with other local security professionals and peers?
• Are you looking to improve your own career opportunities or are trying to fill a security position within your department?
• Do you want to get a discount at the next annual security conference?
• Would you like a forum to discuss with your peers the latest trends in technology, Information Assurance, governance, and risk management?  

These are all reasons why you should consider joining the San Diego Chapter of the ISSA.  There are of course lots more benefits, so what we’ve listed here only scratches the surface.  Once you become a member, you can receive a logon access to the secure portion of our chapter website where you can have full access to all of the resources described in the questions above.  Click here to get more information about becoming a member.

Are you a Subject Matter Expert (SME)?  Would you like to assist the chapter answering questions on your subject of expertise?  From time-to-time SD ISSA receives calls from local media, schools, and businesses for our opinion, judgment, discernment on various information security topics.  If you would like to be included on our SME Listing please contact Peter Bybee.  Peter will follow up with you on your SME nomination.  We need you're expertise to service our community.