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January 8th ISSA Meeting

ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter Tuesday, January 8, 2019 Join the ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter at ECPI, 5555 Greenwich Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 For a presentation By Matthew Harvey 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Networking and Pizza 6:00 PM – 6:30 PM – Business Meeting 6:30 PM – 7:30 …

ISSA-HR September 5, 2017 Meeting

ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter Tuesday, September 5, 2017 Join the ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter at ECPI, 5555 Greenwich Road Virginia Beach, VA 23462 For a presentation of: DSS in Transition: The changing face of procedural compliance By Dustin Sievers, Defense Security Service Mr. Dustin Sievers is a Special Agent and Information System …

Meeting – June 6, 2017

Join the ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter at Booz Allen Hamilton 5800 Lake Wright Drive, Suite 450/451 Norfolk VA 23502   For a presentation of: “Cyber-Extortion and Bitcoins” “What not to watch”  “E-Waste” By: Tom Paulk of Snelling  John Bos of Cyberex Allen Jenik of Securis 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM …

MEETING – May 2, 2017

ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 Join the ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter at Booz Allen Hamilton 5800 Lake Wright Drive, Suite 450/451 Norfolk VA 23502 For a presentation of: “Cyber Security” By Marshall Ward | FBI Marshall Ward has a Bachelors of Science in Electrical Engineering and worked …

April Meeting – April 4, 2017

ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter Tuesday, April 4th 2017 2 05:30 PM Join the ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter at Booz Allen Hamilton 5800 Lake Wright Drive, Suite 450/451 Norfolk VA 23502 Flyer for meeting For a presentation of: “Wireless Security and the Internet of Radios” By Mike Young | Bastille Mike …

January and February Meetings and Speakers

We are happy to announce our speakers for the upcoming meetings on January 3rd, 2017 and February 7th, 2017! Join the ISSA Hampton Roads Chapter at Booz Allen Hamilton 5800 Lake Wright Drive, suite 450/451 Norfolk VA 23502 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Networking and Pizza 6:00 PM – …

Board Election Results

We are happy to announce the results of the 2016 Information Systems Security Association of Hampton Roads election! The new board members are as follows:   President: Katherine Escobar Vice President: Adrian Francis Treasurer: James Campbell Secretary: Eric Burrows Membership & Communications: Thomas Armstrong

CISSP Winter 2017 Study Group

Registration for the  Winter 2017 CISSP Study Group is now open. Click on the provided link for the registration and more information Registration form can be downloaded here Winter 2017 CISSP Study Group Registration Form First Session Start Date:  Thursday January 19th, occurring each Thursday for 13 weeks Time: 5:30 – 8:00pm Location:  …

Android Firmware Transmissions to China

Kryptowire, a mobile security research firm, has announced the discovery of firmware in select android phones that transmits data, including PII to third-party servers. According to Kryptowire: “These devices actively transmitted user and device information including the full-body of text messages, contact lists, call history with full telephone numbers, unique …

Microsoft Introduces New features to Windows 10 & Windows Defender

https://blogs.windows.com/business/2016/11/11/defending-against-ransomware-with-windows-10-anniversary-update/#zUlujDAxJIg4FloF.97 Microsoft has introduced a slew of new features in a recent patch to their Windows 10 product. The major push appears to be defending against Ransomware attacks, an attack that generally involves a take-over of the victim’s machine and encrypting the contents of the hard drive, locking the victim …