North Alabama Chapter - Information Systems Security Association (NAC-ISSA)

BSides is back! BSides Huntsville presented by NAC-ISSA and hosted at Calhoun Community College, Huntsville Campus provides a realistic and safe platform where individuals and organizations can practice responding to cyber threats, conducting security exercises, and honing their cybersecurity capabilities without risking real-world systems or data. When: March 7 & 8, 2025 Where: Calhoun Community College, 102 Wynn Dr. SW, Huntsville If you would like to present at BSides, please submit your application here: https://buff.ly/3Z9yFjU Registration will be opening soon.

NAC-ISSA members can register for the annual Christmas Party which will be held on December 10 at Signals: Museum of Information Explosion. It will begin at 5:30PM. This is our one members only event of the year. As space is limited at Signals, we request members bring only one guest. Register early as registration will be cut off at 120. Register at

You only have a few days left to register for next week’s chapter lunch with sponsor Abnormal Security. Abnormal AI keeps your email protected. Get comprehensive email protection against attacks that exploit human behavior, including phishing, social engineering, and account takeovers, with a platform that deeply understands human behavior. The lunch is 11:30 – 12:30 at the Auburn Innovation and Research Center. No charge to attend but please register to help with the catering from Walton’s Southern table. This month’s door prize is an HP Chromebook 14. Register at: https://buff.ly/3NAsD4U

Please check it out and register for the November Chapter lunch with Abnormal Security. Today's email and cloud account breaches are rooted in tactics that exploit human behavior. Abnormal Security’s mission is to protect humans with AI. How do they do it? Abnormal deeply understands human behavior to provide unprecedented protection against tactics that exploit it, such as phishing attacks, socially engineered threats, and cloud account takeovers. The lunch is at the Auburn Innovation and Research Center on Tuesday, November 19 from 11:30 to 12:30. Lunch is from Walton’s Southern Table and the door prize is an HP Chromebook. If you registered under the previous site, we have your registration. If you don’t recall, register again and we’ll remove duplicates. Registration is free. https://buff.ly/3NAsD4U

Save the date! The chapter Christmas party is coming up December 10 at Signals – Museum of Information Explosion. This is our one event that is members only. A registration link will be posted soon.

The NAC-ISSA website has undergone a major update and the new version can be accessed at https://nac-issa.org. The updated website was launched on Thursday, Oct 17, and we are still tweaking some aspects. Certain sections like the members' zone and CPEs are yet to be perfected. However, we have made sure to preserve all the CPEs from the old webpage and they will be accessible on the renewed site shortly.

Thank you to Palo Alto Networks and Brad Bledsoe for a terrific chapter lunch on October 15th! Congratulations to Alex Kranh for winning the door prize!

Join NAC-ISSA as Abnormal Security sponsors our November 19th chapter lunch. Today's breaches exploit the inherent trust humans place in digital communications—primarily email, the most extensive and vulnerable communications channel. Targeted email attacks on employees pose the highest cybersecurity risk and can lead to data breaches or significant financial losses. Get comprehensive email protection against attacks that exploit human behavior, including phishing, social engineering, and account takeovers, with a platform that deeply understands human behavior. Be sure to sign up and save the date! Need one more push? How about a tp-link AX5000 superior mesh wi-fi as a door prize for one lucky attendee? To register, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e9KT-b-D

NAC-ISSA hosted Beers for Engineers at Innerspace Brewing Company on October 3rd. It was a special occasion as we gathered to celebrate Marc Sachs's birthday. The event was filled with laughter, good company, and of course, delicious food and beers. It was a memorable evening that brought together colleagues and friends to toast to Marc's special day.

What a great luncheon this week! Thanks to Steve Fiorelli with Barracuda for sponsoring this month's lunch meeting! #cybersecurity #professionaldevelopment #networking