Thanks to everyone who attended the January chapter meeting and thanks goes out to Dan Clemens with ShadowDragon (Platinum level sponsor) for presenting.

Please join us in February as we hear from Jeremy Conway with MAD Security (Bronze level sponsor) on "Defense Techniques and Strategies That Work!".  Be sure and take a quick moment to register ahead of time as we had a packed house in January.

The Huntsville SOF Network is proud to co-host with Cyber Huntsville a night with Eric O'Neill, FBI spy catcher who took down Robert Hanssen. The event will be held at Campus 805 from 6-8pm on 16 November. Tickets are only $35.

Eric will tell us what really happened behind his extremely dangerous assignment. For those not familiar with the story, Robert Hanssen is one of America's most notorious spies who had been spying for the Russians since 1984 sending intelligence assets to their deaths.

Event details and registration can be found at the following link.  

https://huntsvillesofnetwork.org/-/new-eve-2

Our sister chapter, Metro Atlanta, will hold their annual conference on November 15th.  This years conference is titled " Paradigm of Dependable Security", which features an entire day filled with discussions on emerging trends, security technologies and best practices.  Further conference details and registration can be found at the following link.  http://gaissa.org/gaissa_conference.html

Note: Discounted pricing available for ISSA members.

Thanks to everyone who attended the October chapter meeting and thanks again to Alan Jones with Layer3 Communications for presenting on cloud security.  The presentation has been uploaded to the "Chapter Documents" section of the chapter site. 

Our November chapter meeting will be a joint meeting with the local ISACA chapter.  BitSight will be discussing vendor security risks.  Details and registration will be shared as we approach the meeting date.

The Data Connectors Cybersecurity Conference will be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Birmingham, AL from 8:15 AM - 5:00 PM on November 2nd.  The conference features 40-60 vendor exhibits and 8-12 sessions. Visit the registration site for more information.  https://www.dataconnectors.com/event/birmingham-11-2-17/

We are pleased to announce that our chapter is sponsoring two scholarships for the 2017-2018 academic year. The application deadline is October 31, 2017 and winners will be announced at the CAISSA chapter meeting.

The application is available at:

CAISSA Application 2017.docx

The Raleigh Chapter of ISSA will be hosting their annual security conference again this year on October 27th.  Take a look at the conference site for more information.

http://www.triangleinfosecon.com/

The North Alabama chapter of ISSA will be sponsoring this event.  Looks to be exciting and at an extremely affordable price.  Checkout the site for more details.  http://www.rocketsecure.org

F2F Events will be hosting Interface Alabama at The Birmingham Jefferson Civic Center on October 12th 8:30 AM until 4:45 PM.  Additional information can be found by visiting the conference website at http://interfacetour.com/tour/bhm17/

Thanks to everyone who attended the September chapter meeting and thanks again to Bill Dean from LBMC Information Security for coming down on such short notice and providing a rather entertaining presentation on Forensics.  The presentation will be uploaded shortly and can be accessed under the "Chapter Documents" section of the chapter site. 

Layer3 will be discussing cloud security at our October meeting.  Details will be announced soon.