Charlotte Metro ISSA

Hello Everyone! Charlotte ISSA Cyber March Madness is here again! We have an amazing program being held on March 26th with 2 book signings by industry icons Jack Jones and Richard Bird! Don't miss your chance to attend, the agenda and registration link is listed below! Cheers, Brent Bigelow President Charlotte ISSA Agenda: 7:30 – 8:00 AM: Check-in, Networking, & Breakfast! 8:00 - 8:30AM: Human Security - Shane Quintard, Human Security - "The Rise of The Bot" 8:45 - 9:30AM: Sandfly Security - Frank Fitus - What do you mean by Linux? 9:30 - 10:15AM: Jack Jones - TBA 10:30 - 11:15 AM: Richard Bird - Fear, Uncertainty and AI: Why Is Operationalizing So Scary? 11:15AM: Book Signing, "Famous with 12 People" written by Richard Bird and "Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach" written by Jack Jones"! **We will be giving away copies to the first 10 attendees that sign up!**?You must be present to receive a copy! These books are also available on Amazon! Meeting Location:?Microsoft Offices Charlotte, NC https://lnkd.in/eqVnZGCe

Hello Everyone! Charlotte ISSA Cyber March Madness is here again! We have an amazing program being held on March 26th with 2 book signings by industry icons Jack Jones and Richard Bird! Don't miss your chance to attend, the agenda and registration link is listed below! Cheers, Brent Bigelow President Charlotte ISSA Agenda: 7:30 – 8:00 AM: Check-in, Networking, & Breakfast! 8:00 - 8:30AM: Human Security - Shane Quintard, Human Security - "The Rise of The Bot" 8:45 - 9:30AM: Sandfly Security - Frank Fitus - What do you mean by Linux? 9:30 - 10:15AM: Jack Jones - TBA 10:30 - 11:15 AM: Richard Bird - Fear, Uncertainty and AI: Why Is Operationalizing So Scary? 11:15AM: Book Signing, "Famous with 12 People" written by Richard Bird and "Measuring and Managing Information Risk: A FAIR Approach" written by Jack Jones"! **We will be giving away copies to the first 10 attendees that sign up!**?You must be present to receive a copy! These books are also available on Amazon! Meeting Location:?Microsoft Offices Charlotte, NC https://lnkd.in/eqVnZGCe

** Final Call for Registrations** Charlotte ISSA will Feature "The Cruise Director" Rick Doten and Risk Aficionado Dr. Jack Freund! This is a high powered event with 2 dynamic folks on the agenda that will not disappoint! We also have an additiona offering with Randy Rodden from Defy Security! We will be at our new Microsoft location here in Charlotte! Registration can be completed on the link below, registration is required since the physical security team will be providing access name tags! We hope to see you there, also checkout our upcoming Cyber March Madness meeting speakers for March 26th! Cheers, Brent Bigelow President Charlotte ISSA https://lnkd.in/euX5ZA-c

Today's meeting is getting off to a wonderful start! Thank you to the speakers and attendees for your flexibility with rescheduling. photos in comments

Happy Friday! Charlotte ISSA events for January through March are going to be awesome! We have great speakers in the line up and also a new venue that we will be hosting from! Upcoming events are listed below! Charlotte ISSA Monthly Meeting Rescheduled to January 30th! Agenda: 7:30AM – 8:00 AM: Check-in, Networking, & Breakfast! 8:00AM - 8:45 AM: Mike Brannon, Embracing AI at Work! 9:00AM - 11:30AM: Dr. Brian Lambert, The AI Imperative: Working session of the award winning book and book signing! Meeting Location:? Microsoft Offices, Charlotte, NC Registration: https://lnkd.in/eBKjQ5uP Join Charlotte ISSA for our February 26th Monthly Meeting! Featuring : Dr. Jack Freund - The Cyber Risk Governance Lifecycle! Rick Doten - Leveraging AI for Automated Security Remediation! Human Security - TBA Registration: https://lnkd.in/es2zwE6x Charlotte ISSA Cyber March Madness Meeting, March 26th! Featuring: Richard Bird - Richard William Bird is known worldwide for his tattoos, bow ties, and expert insights on API security, zero trust, data privacy, and digital identity. He is also the author of "Famous With 12 People - A Career Guide On How To Be An Internationally Recognized Expert In Something Nobody Cares About". https://lnkd.in/eqszrSZz Jack Jones - Widely considered a thought leader in risk management and information security, Jack has been employed in information security and risk management for over thirty five years. During this time he has garnered a decade of experience as a CISO, including five years for a Fortune 100 financial services company. His work has also been recognized by his peers and the industry, earning him the 2006 ISSA Excellence in the Field of Security Practices award, and the 2012 CSO Compass Award for Leadership in Risk Management. https://lnkd.in/eeGUtfaQ Cheers, Brent President Charlotte ISSA

Hi Everyone and Happy New Year! Many changes as we begin a new year and Charlotte ISSA is no exception! What’s New? We will be holding our events at the Microsoft Offices, details are in the meeting invite, please let me know if there are any questions! January 22nd Event details include great speakers and working session to walk through the book led by Dr. Brian Lambert! You may remember him from our November meeting! He has already received a Pinnacle award for his book and we will have copies available to buy and a book signing at the end of the working session! Agenda: 7:30 – 8:00 AM: Check-in, Networking, & Breakfast! 8:00 - 8:45 AM: Andrew Houchin, The presentation will be 2024 Ransomware Review and 2025 outlook! 9:00 - 9:45 AM:John Thounhurst, Context Matters: How to Build a Threat-Centric Vulnerability Management Program! 10:00 - 12:00 AM: Dr. Brian Lambert, The AI Imperative: Working session of the award winning book and book signing! Meeting Location:?Microsoft Building 2, Charlotte, NC Registration Link:?https://lnkd.in/eQ4PNg5u Cheers, ? Brent Bigelow President | Charlotte ISSA 614.271.6789 |?[email protected] “Helping Cyber Professionals, One CPE at a Time” Checkout CLTISSA upcoming events:?https://charlotteissa.org

Register Now! December 12th Cyber Talks Presented by Charlotte BSIDES, Charlotte ISSA and Phish Club! Hi Everyone! I am hoping that you are rested up from the Thanksgiving Holiday and ready for the December sprint! There are so many events taking place over the next 2 weeks that it is truly greta to see this much activity as we finish out the year! I wanted to revisit an upcoming event that is being held on December 12th and will be a series of lightning round talks! This is a really cool format and challenges the speakers, but also makes sure attendees get a lot of information from the full day event! Tickets are available and restoration is available at the link below! The event is hosted by the Charlotte BSIDES, Charlotte ISSA and Phish Club! It is going to be a fun event, join us if you can! https://lnkd.in/g-xbmEtD Cheers, Brent President Charlotte ISSA

Charlotte ISSA November 13th Monthly Meeting, Last Call! The year is passing by quickly and we are squeezing in a November meeting with incredible speakers! We also have a speaker that has a new book coming out and is providing pre-order information for interested readers! Please see the agenda and registration information listed below! Agenda: 7:30 – 8:00 AM: Check-in, Networking, & Breakfast! 8:00 - 8:45 AM: Andrew Houchin, 2024 Ransomware Impact, Protection, and Recovery! 9:00 - 9:45 AM: Mona Shah, Mitigating Risk using AI\ML! 10:00 - 10:45 AM: Dr. Brian Lambert, The AI Imperative: Protecting Data and Enabling Growth in a Digital-First Organization! **Attendees will receive pre-order information The AI Lead - Comes out on Jan 15, 2025 https://lnkd.in/ewXxe2Rm ** 10:45 - 11:00AM: Closing comments and networking! Registration: https://lnkd.in/eyjMzEpf Meeting Location:?EKOS Software 2520 N. Brevard St. Charlotte, NC

Registration is open for our November 13th chapter meeting! https://lnkd.in/eyjMzEpf

Our September meeting was awesome, not just the content, but the speakers! We kept it transparent to attendees, but had a speaker that had an emergency and could not speak! I reached out to Fletus Poston III and Chris Horner the day before and they showed up with great presentations! I never forget things like this and wanted to thank them! Special thanks to our sponsors Tevora and Tenable!