Category Archives: Past Presentations

When: Thursday, April 13th, 2023 – 11:30AM – 1:00PM Where: This will be an in-person event. A virtual attendance option will be provided. The Standard building 900 SW 5th Ave, Portland, OR 97204 Lunch is included at the event. CPE … Continue reading →

With an enormous and growing gap between the number of unfilled cybersecurity roles and the number of trained specialists produced by our education system, the need for professionals to contribute within Oregon has never been greater. Fortunately, Federal, State, EDU, … Continue reading →

What Does Cloud Security Even Mean? A survey of what cloud security should entail in 2023. Based on real-world events, we will compare and contrast cloud security and more traditional on-premise requirements and practices. When: Thursday, February 9th, 2022 – … Continue reading →

Securing a connected resources and a the different pieces of a distributed network can be challenging.  Explore advantages of using SASE and a  ZTNA architecture to provide secure access application based access over traditional VPN access most enterprises use today. … Continue reading →

Due to popular demand, ISSA Portland’s November meeting will focus on cyber insurance. The program will include presentations covering, the insurance application, what you should know about the attestation survey, types of coverage, and services that are often included as … Continue reading →

ISO 27001:2022 standard update is to be release in October. Find out about ISO 27001 and what is changing. Managing information security is a combination technical capabilities and a trained work force, both paired with management processes intended to assure … Continue reading →

What is a framework? Why do I follow a framework? Which one is best? How many do I need? Can I build my own? How do compliance requirements fit in and am I mitigating the right risks? There are many … Continue reading →

We are pleased to welcome Theresa Masse, Cyber Security Advisor in Region 10 (Oregon) for the US Department of Homeland Security -Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), for a presentation on CISA and services that it provides. Created in 2018 … Continue reading →

Since the implementation of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), privacy has become a fast evolving regulatory landscape within the developed world. Privacy laws are being adopted by U.S. states at an increasing rate. Will there be a … Continue reading →

Session Name: Are you ready for a ransomware attack? This session will provide a walkthrough of a ransomware event using readily available attack tools and common techniques. Following a technical demonstration, a sample Incident Response Plan will be distributed and … Continue reading →