Showing posts with label InfraGard. Show all posts
Showing posts with label InfraGard. Show all posts

Friday, September 17

Albany, Buffalo, and Rochester InfraGard Alliances to Hold CyberSecurity Conference in Syracuse, New York

SYRACUSE, NY: On September 24 at Syracuse University, a cyber security briefing jointly produced by the Albany, Buffalo, and Rochester InfraGard Membership Alliances and the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be held on campus. Visit: http://NYStateInfraGardConference.com.
The conference is hosted by the Institute for National Security and Counterterrorism (INSCT) at Syracuse University, and co-sponsors also include SRC, formerly Syracuse Research Corporation, and the Center for Advanced Systems and Engineering (CASE). Additional support for the conference comes from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA), and it will be held in cooperation with regional authorities including the Syracuse Police Department. Presentations by sought-after authorities and experts will be followed by an opportunity for dialogue and questions. Featured speakers include:

Thad W. Odderstol, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, National Cyber Security Division,  Critical Infrastructure Protection Cyber Security Program, National Cyber Security Division will deliver the keynote address on “DHS Cyber Security: Strategic and Operational Initiatives”
Yalkin Demirkaya, Cyber Forensics Investigator and President of Cyber Diligence, Inc., will present “Investigating Insider Abuse of IT Resources”
Jim Gagliano, Supervisory Special Agent with the FBI, will present “Cyber Investigations of Gang Activity”
Greg Metzler, Principle Security Engineer & Cyber Intelligence Analyst with SRC, “Crime: The Next Driver of Internet Innovation”
Daniel Alfin, Special Agent with the FBI, will present “Cyber Crime: Computer Intrusions, Pedophiles, Drugs, and Gangs”
Tony Martino, Sergeant, Utica Police Department – “Emerging Trends and Cyber Exploits”
William Snyder, Syracuse University College of Law Visiting Professor, will discuss “When a Hacker’s Rights to Your Computer Exceed Your Own: The Wiretap Act and Computer Trespassers”
Albert Stenson, Protective Security Advisor, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, will discuss “NIPP – National Infrastructure Protection Plan”

This joint conference represents an unparalleled gathering of public safety, law enforcement & intelligence authorities alongside private sector subject matter experts to provide a briefing on cyber security. The conference will educate attendees on the capabilities of the Syracuse University Forensic Cyber Center as well as on current tools, technologies, and trends in computer forensic investigations.
The complete program can be viewed at http://NYStateInfraGardConference.com. Future programs with similar presentation content are being planned through the InfraGard organization.

About InfraGard
InfraGard is a public-private volunteer organization that serves as the critical link that forms a tightly-knit working relationship across all levels. Each InfraGard chapter is geographically linked with an FBI Field Office, providing all stakeholders immediate access to experts from law enforcement, industry, academic institutions and other federal, state and local government agencies. By utilizing the talents and expertise of the InfraGard network, information is shared to mitigate threats to our nation’s critical infrastructures and key resources. Collaboration and communication are the keys to protection.

InfraGard Chapter Leadership
 Albany: Brett Lewis, InfraGard Albany Chapter President
 Buffalo: Timothy Lukasiewicz, InfraGard Buffalo Chapter President
 Rochester: Michael Miller, InfraGard Rochester Chapter President
 Syracuse (Satellite Chapter to Albany): Laurie Venditti , National Board Committee Chair - Community Outreach & Regional Communications

Friday, March 19

Jobs and population: controlling population

Editor's Note: This article continues our series excerpted from AC360°'s contributor David Gewirtz's book, How To Save Jobs, which is available now. AC360° viewers can download it for free at HowToSaveJobs.org. To learn more about the book, follow David on Twitter @DavidGewirtz.

David Gewirtz | BIO
AC360° Contributor
Director, U.S. Strategic Perspective Institute

There’s no doubt that as we move through the next few decades, the planet simply won’t be able to support as many people as will be born. In America alone, we need to create 2 million more jobs every year, simply to keep up with the population.

The problem of supporting a growing population becomes doubly true of hugely populous countries like China and India, which are pursuing goals to move the bulk of their population into the middle-class. China and India alone will need to consume more than 50% more energy than actually exists in the entire world.

Like issues relating to climate, population is really a world-wide issue and somehow needs to be addressed across national boundaries.

There are a variety of approaches that can be taken. These include scientific advances in generating new sources of fuel and renewable energy so our growing population doesn’t run out of power.

But, without a doubt, the planet needs to produce less people. No one likes the idea of government-imposed population control, and yet this is what China has been attempting since the late 1970s, with less than positive results.

In 1979, China instituted the jìhuà shengyù zhèngcè, unofficially known as the one-child policy. The policy restricts the number of children couples can give birth to and raise. While China claims that the program, in its first 30 years, has prevented as many births as there are people in the United States, the program is not without its serious problems.

Chinese parents who ignore the one-child policy are subject to enormous fines and heavy-handed government prosecution. As you might imagine, the rate of abortion and infanticide is off-the-charts, in part because prospective parents are often faced with no other choice than to terminate the pregnancy.

Parents who do actually go through with giving birth are often required to “dispose” of the newly born baby, according to testimony by Gao Xiao Duan (a former Chinese population control administrator) to what was then the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on International Relations human rights subcommittee in 1998.

A disturbing culture of kidnapping and black-market selling has grown out of the one-child policy. Gender roles are still strong through much of Chinese culture and some families value having a boy far more than having a girl.

This has resulted in a reduction in female children and, as Nobel Prize–winning economist Amartya Sen described, more than 100 million women are “missing” from what would have been a normal population – through abortion, infanticide, or starvation as a result of poor nutrition.

Depending on how coldly you measure it, China’s one-child policy has either been a measured success or a horrible, gruesome failure. In a country overwhelmed by population, preventing hundreds of millions of births may well have helped China manage scarce resources with more effectiveness.

But, the cost in terms of simply life itself is hard to ignore. Children being kidnapped, never to be seen again by their parents, infants being put to death, families forced to starve in order to pay the fines required to keep a beloved child - all of these are chilling effects that no one wants to see in a civilized world.

Follow David on Twitter at @DavidGewirtz.

Editor’s note: David Gewirtz is Director of the U.S. Strategic Perspective Institute and Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines. He is a leading Presidential scholar specializing in White House email. He is a member of FBI InfraGard, the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals, a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and has been a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. He is a faculty member at the University of California, Berkeley extension, a recipient of the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering and was a candidate for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters.

Saturday, March 28

The InfraGard National Members Alliance and the Center for Information Security Awareness Launch FREE Information Security Awareness Course

New Awareness Program Will Provide Free Online Awareness Training For Individuals And Small Businesses Nationwide.

March 27, 2009, Fairfax, VA - The InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA) and the Center for Information Security Awareness are pleased to announce the launch of a FREE online information security awareness training program that focuses on the workplace as the foundation for better security education and training.

A growing number of studies have identified employees and other insiders as the cause of the majority of data and security breaches and better security awareness and training is central to reducing these incidents.

The web-based course, created by The Center for Information Security Awareness, is professionally narrated throughout and consists of 14 separate lessons covering key information security issues that can impact the workplace. These include cyber threats to the workplace and the nation, understanding how employee behavior is exploited, the importance of regulatory compliance, better workplace security, effective password practices, understanding social engineering, improved email practices, safer web surfing practices, protection of sensitive data, as well as laptop, PDA, and mobile security.

Participants can also elect to obtain their personalized Certificate in Information Security Awareness in the Workplace. The examination consists of a 100 randomly-generated questions based upon the material covered in the course materials and an individual may take the exam as many times as necessary to achieve a passing score.

The free course and additional information may be found at www.InfraGardAwareness.com.

This interactive and engaging training targets issues central to Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) and dovetails seamlessly with InfraGard National Members Alliances priorities. Were pleased to make this important training available to anyone for free and also encourage people to earn this certification. Each opportunity to gain additional professional development contributes to enhancing the capabilities and contributions of our extensive membership to homeland and national security, said Dr. Kathleen Kiernan, InfraGard National Members Alliances Chairman of the Board.

We at the Center for Information Security Awareness are excited to partner with InfraGard in this important initiative. By working together in offering this free awareness training, well make meaningful progress in improving awareness of computer and information security best practices. Our goal is to reduce the frequency of data security breaches in America, said Jon McDowall, director of education and co-founder of the Center for Information Security Awareness.

About the InfraGard National Members Alliance

InfraGard is a collaborative effort between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and private sector experts in the areas of cyber and physical security. Originally initiated in the FBIs Cleveland Office, InfraGard was designed to harness private sector expertise for investigative efforts in the cyber and physical security arenas.

InfraGard quickly expanded to FBI Headquarters in Washington DC with local program responsibility held within each of the FBIs 56 field offices. In 2003, the private sector members of InfraGard formed the InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA), which currently has over 23,000 members.

More information about the InfraGard National Members Alliance may be found at http://www.infragardmembers.org/

About the Center for Information Security Awareness

The Center for Information Security Awareness (www.GetSecurityAware.com) was formed in 2007 by a group of leading security experts and academics to explore more effective ways to increase security awareness among a number of audiences including consumers, employees, small business owners, and law enforcement.

The Centers Board of Advisors includes Michael Levin, retired U.S. Secret Service and former Deputy Director of the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security, Jon McDowall, CFE, CII, CEO of Fraud Resource Group, Neal OFarrell, renowned authority on end-user security awareness and education, Andy Purdy, former Cyber Security Czar and Acting Director of the National Cyber Security Division/US-CERT of the Department of Homeland Security and Dyann Bradbury, CISSP, CSOX-FT, Associate Director of Compliance for DR globalDirect, Inc., a Digital River company.

More information about the Center for Information Security Awareness may be found at www.GetSecurityAware.com.

Wednesday, January 21

Pipeline Manager Identified as a Salesperson's "Must-have" In a Down Economy

Pipeline Manager Identified as a Salesperson's "Must-have" In a Down Economy: "About David Gewirtz
David Gewirtz has written more than 600 articles about technology, competitiveness, and national security policy. He is a member of FBI InfraGard, the Cyberterrorism Advisor for the International Association for Counterterrorism & Security Professionals, a columnist for The Journal of Counterterrorism and Homeland Security, and has been a guest commentator for the Nieman Watchdog of the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.
David is the Editor-in-Chief of the ZATZ magazines and is a member of the instructional faculty at the University of California, Berkeley extension. He is the recipient of the Sigma Xi Research Award in Engineering and was a candidate for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize in Letters."

Friday, January 16

On guard: InfraGard makes strides under new leadership - SC Magazine US

On guard: InfraGard makes strides under new leadership - SC Magazine US: "With federal law enforcement veteran Kathleen Kiernan leading the way, InfraGard is ready for its coming-out party, reports Dan Kaplan.
In one of her first acts as chairwoman of the InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA), Kathleen Kiernan distributed the first-ever “Chairman's Corner” e-newsletter to the organization's 27,000 members."

Friday, January 9

Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency - Huntington News Network

Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency - Huntington News Network: "The CSIS Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency has released its final report, 'Securing Cyberspace for the 44th Presidency.' The Commission’s three major findings are:

1. Cybersecurity is now one of the major national security problems facing the United States;

2. Decisions and actions must respect American values related to privacy and civil liberties; and

3. Only a comprehensive national security strategy that embraces both the domestic and international aspects of cybersecurity will improve the situation."

Thursday, January 8

[Owasp-nynjmetro] MEETING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIC EXPERTS

[Owasp-nynjmetro] MEETING OF LAW ENFORCEMENT, INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIC EXPERTS: "As many of you on the NY/NJ Metro chapter list already understand NYC is a very tight community in INFOSEC. We frequently see our peers at Infragard, ISSA, ISACA, HTCIA, ASIS, NYCBUG, NYCPHP and OWASP meetings. For example, the OWASP APPSEC 2008 event in NYC last month was a DIRECT result of that collaboration with volunteers and attendees from all organizations resulting in over 700 people - Thank you. If you did miss that event you can now
watch ALL of the 50+ presentations online at http://www.owasp.tv"

Friday, November 14

InfraGard National Members Alliance

Laurie Venditti is appointed to the National Board of InfraGard Members Alliance as VP of Regional Communications.

InfraGard began as a collaborative effort 1996 between the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Cleveland Field Office and SMEs from local industry and academia. This effort was designed to harness private sector expertise for investigative efforts in the cyber and physical security arenas. Due to its immediate success, the program quickly expanded to other FBI Field Offices – leading the FBI to assign national program responsibility of InfraGard to FBI Headquarters in Washington DC and local program responsibility to each of the FBI’s 56 field offices. In 2003, the private sector members of InfraGard formed the “InfraGard National Members Alliance” (INMA).

The InfraGard National Members Alliance’s (INMA) mission is to provide a trusted forum for the exchange of knowledge, experience and information related to the protection of our nation’s critical infrastructure from both physical and cyber threats. The INMA is a non-profit Delaware LLC with 501(c)3 status. The INMA LLC is comprised of 86 separate 501(c)3 InfraGard Member Alliances (IMAs) that represent over 26,000 InfraGard Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) nationwide. A Board of Directors comprised of the following Directors and Officers serve as the leadership of the INMA.

InfraGard Members: "Welcome and congratulations for taking the first step to building a safer and more secure Country by joining a tremendous organization with over 26,000 members in 86 chapters, representing all 18 sectors of our Nation’s critical infrastructures. These are selfless men and women who choose to volunteer their time, their knowledge, and their experience to make a difference through collaboration, the sharing of best practices and building relationship based on trust to protect critical infrastructure from physical and cyber threats. If you are already a member, thank you! If not, what are you waiting for?

Dr. Kathleen L. Kiernan
Chairman of the Board
InfraGard National Members Alliance"

InfraGard Members - INFRAGARD NATIONAL MEMBERS ALLIANCE AND iKEEP SAFE ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF A PARENT RESOURCE CD TO HELP ALL PARENTS TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM ONLINE THREATS - Articles

InfraGard Members - INFRAGARD NATIONAL MEMBERS ALLIANCE AND iKEEP SAFE ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF A PARENT RESOURCE CD TO HELP ALL PARENTS TO PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN FROM ONLINE THREATS - Articles: "(Washington, DC) – In recognition of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, the InfraGard National Members Alliance (INMA) and the Internet Keep Safe Coalition (iKSC) announced today the creation of a Parent Resource CD to help parents keep their children safe from the growing threat of Internet predators. The CD will be released by the end of November.

The CD includes a message from the FBI encouraging parents to take action to protect their children on the Internet. A tutorial for parents walks them through the steps to ensure that their children are protected from dangerous sites and that home computers are secured by safety measures such as firewalls."

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