Northeast Ohio Information Security Forum

—< NORTHEAST OHIO INFORMATION SECURITY FORUM MEETING
—< Wednesday April 17, 2013
—< 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
—< Pizza and social start 6:00 PM
—< Location: Park Center Plaza #1, 6100 Oak Tree Blvd, off Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio
—< Open to everyone and free as always

The Northeast Ohio Information Security Forum will hold our monthly
meeting at the above date and time. It will be held in the lower
level of the Park Center Plaza #1 building (in the large room on lower
level) off of Rockside Road in Independence. Links to maps and
directions included in this email.

Agenda:

Competitive Cyber Security: The Ultimate Training Experience by Tom Kopchak

For an information security professional, knowledge and experience are
essential. These individuals must be able to respond to a wide
variety of risks and threats, while also ensuring that information is
accessible and available for authorized users. Day-to-day operations
provide little room for experimentation on production systems.
Furthermore, the best way to respond to and protect against an attack
is to have firsthand knowledge of the attackers’ processes and the
vulnerabilities that are exploited.

Competitive cyber security events put all of these skills and more to
the test. Although the format of these competitions vary, the
approach is similar: competitors are given an unfamiliar environment
they must either defend or attack. In many cases, points can be
awarded by maintaining system uptime, recovering from and documenting
attacks, or successfully exploiting vulnerabilities.

In this presentation, I will explore the value of these events for
both security professionals and security students alike. Much of the
presentation will be based on my personal experiences in the National
Collegiate Cyber Defense Competition (NCCDC), and other events I
participated in or helped organize.

Security Awareness Training…Meh by Laura Survance

Security Awareness Training is getting a bad rap. And for good reason. As it stands, most users simply do not retain or apply information from training sessions. This presentation will identify the downfalls of current Security Awareness Training and discuss how to transition to more effective Security Awareness Foundations.

Don’t forget to come early, starting at 6:00 PM, for pizza and pop.
Another great meeting from NEO Info Sec Forum – we hope to see you there!

– NEOISF Board –

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[Location]
Park Center Plaza 1
6100 Oak Tree Blvd
Google maps link: short link http://bit.ly/ndIDBZ

[Directions]
1. I-77
2. Rockside Road exit
3. West on Rockside Road
4. 2nd light go South onto Oak Tree Blvd
5. Pull into the 3rd driveway on the right
6. Go to lower level
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Unfortunately, due to a lack of speakers, we need to cancel March’s meeting.

The next meeting will be April 17, 2013. We are still looking for speakers for this meeting. If you would like to speak, please let us know by emailing board at neoisf dot org.

—< NORTHEAST OHIO INFORMATION SECURITY FORUM MEETING
—< Wednesday February 20, 2013
—< 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
—< Pizza and social start 6:00 PM
—< Location: Park Center Plaza #1, 6100 Oak Tree Blvd, off Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio
—< Open to everyone and free as always

The Northeast Ohio Information Security Forum will hold our monthly
meeting at the above date and time. It will be held in the lower
level of the Park Center Plaza #1 building (in the large room on lower
level) off of Rockside Road in Independence. Links to maps and
directions included in this email.

Agenda:

Detecting CSRF and Session Fixation Vulnerabilities by Nathan LaFollette

Attacker Tools and Techniques Using BackTrack (Boot2Root: pWnOS_v2) by Larry Spohn

Don’t forget to come early, starting at 6:00 PM, for pizza and pop.
Another great meeting from NEO Info Sec Forum – we hope to see you there!

– NEOISF Board –

———————————————————————————-
[Location]
Park Center Plaza 1
6100 Oak Tree Blvd
Google maps link: short link http://bit.ly/ndIDBZ

[Directions]
1. I-77
2. Rockside Road exit
3. West on Rockside Road
4. 2nd light go South onto Oak Tree Blvd
5. Pull into the 3rd driveway on the right
6. Go to lower level
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—< NORTHEAST OHIO INFORMATION SECURITY FORUM MEETING
—< Wednesday November 14, 2012
—< 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
—< Pizza and social start 6:00 PM
—< Location:  Park Center Plaza #1, 6100 Oak Tree Blvd, off Rockside Road, Independence, Ohio
—< Open to everyone and free as always

The Northeast Ohio Information Security Forum will hold our monthly
meeting at the above date and time.  It will be held in the lower
level of the Park Center Plaza #1 building (in the large room on lower
level) off of Rockside Road in Independence. Links to maps and
directions included in this email.

Agenda:

It’s locked down, what could go wrong?! – Defeating Applicaton Whitelisting

The talk is the first part in a multi-part series addressing how malware can bypass alternative security technologies. The talk covers Application Whitelisting, includes a live demo where Application Whitelisting is bypassed, and discusses proactive steps organizations can take to mitigate security product vulnerabilities.

Bio: Joe Kovacic graduated from the University of Michigan in 2005. Shortly after he founded itSoftware, a company developing antimalware products for Microsoft Windows. Today he leads development on itSoftware’s real-time anti-malware product. His research focuses on persistence and anti-persistence techniques.

Don’t forget to come early, starting at 6:00 PM, for pizza and pop.
Another great meeting from NEO Info Sec Forum – we hope to see you there!

– NEOISF Board –

———————————————————————————-
[Location]
Park Center Plaza 1
6100 Oak Tree Blvd
Google maps link: short link http://bit.ly/ndIDBZ

[Directions]
1. I-77
2. Rockside Road exit
3. West on Rockside Road
4. 2nd light go South onto Oak Tree Blvd
5. Pull into the 3rd driveway on the right
6. Go to lower level
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