Category Archives: Past Presentations

Thursday, April 21, 2016 This was an all morning event. Doors opened at 8:00 AM and ended at 1:00PM. Where:   XPO Logistics* 2055 Northwest Savier Street Portland, OR 97209 Session 1: (8:45-9:35) – Securing the SDLC with Automated Code … Continue reading →

Topic: “Challenges and Initiatives” Format: Board leads with questions followed by audience and guest questions and participation. Panel participants: Christopher Paidhrin – Information Security Manager, City of Portland Dave Dyk – Director of Information Security, Simple Finance Chris Apgar – … Continue reading →

Session Title: Carbanak APT: An analysis of the largest financial breach in history ISSA Portland FEB 16 KSP Abstract: The Carbanak advanced persistent threat (APT) compromised several major financial institutions, resulting in the theft of over $1 billion. This massive … Continue reading →

Presentation 1: Cloudy with a Chance of Pain ISSA Cloud Security Symposium – OBS Cloudy with a Chance of Pain Speaker: James Adamson, CISSP, CCSP, CRISC, QSA, Senior Consultant, Online Business Systems Bio: James is an information security professional with … Continue reading →

Targeted Attacks and the Privileged connection_ISSA Presentation:   A common link in today’s most dangerous, targeted attacks and information security breaches: The Exploitation of Privileged Accounts. Such accounts grant extensive control over sensitive data and IT systems. They’re pervasive in every … Continue reading →

As the Director of Education for the Portland Chapter of ISSA, I have worked with the Board to identify educational options for each of you, our members. There are a number of options to enhance knowledge and advance individual careers. … Continue reading →

  Presentation:  Vulnerability Management – Lessons Learned ISSA Chapter Meeting 11-19-2015 – Vuln Mgmt Lessons Learned Abstract: This presentation is about lessons learned by studying what goes on in the real world with Vulnerability Management programs.  More importantly, it discusses … Continue reading →

Session 1: SIEM Maturity and SOC Optimization presented by John Velisaris with IBM IBM – SIEM Security and SOC Optimization John will cover maturation models for SIEM deployment from a people, process, and technology standpoint. He will also delve into … Continue reading →

Topic: Host Card Emulation for NFC Mobile Payment in the Cloud  Mobile Payments Security – Presentation for ISSA Portland Chapter 9-24-2015 Abstract:   Security on HCE NFC Mobile Payment smartphones has been an issue and with the use of tokenization, these … Continue reading →

By: Watchful Software Speaker: Robert Goldsmith When:  Thursday, May 21st, 2015 – Doors open at 11:30AM.  The event will end at 1:00PM.  Lunch will be provided. Location:   Con-Way 2055 Northwest Savier Street Portland, OR 97209 Con-way’s reception desk is … Continue reading →