Thursday, June 29, 2017

June 28th 2017: Columbus

We held our Executive Forum on The Cyber Risks That Matter to Corporate Boards last night in Columbus Ohio.  It was another fine evening, with lots of great real-world experiences being shared by our speakers, a round-table discussion with our attendees, and plenty of networking with our great Columbus-area executives.  Of course, we had some fine food from Mitchell's Ocean Club, which never disappoints, and the waiting staff was top notch!

Here are a couple group pictures of us enjoying the food and networking:




Our First Speaker was the CEO and Member of the Board for Cyber Risk Management LLC, Yong-Gon Chon.  Yong-Gon is responsible for the growth and execution for one of the largest pure-play cyber services companies.  Yong-Gon's talk was titled "Building a Cyber Balance Sheet For Your Board".   This was a fascinating talk on how cyber experts can begin to bridge the communication gap that exists between executive management and the board of directors.

Material's for Mr. Chon's presentation:




Mr. Chon can be seen in the video and pictures below, delivering his presentation:





Our meetings are funded by One Identity, and sometimes co-funded by consulting partners like Focal Point, and yet we only spend very little time talking about our brands, products, and services.  We use our marketing dollars to focus on what's really important to our attendees:  bringing together like-minded people for knowledge sharing and round-table discussion on topics that matter most to them. That is the mission of our group.  With that said, Bill Evans talked for a mere 5 minutes about One Identity, and here are some pics and videos from his brief talk:








Perhaps the most impactful presentation of the evening came from Robert Kemp, Director of Technology at Travel Centers of America, an incredibly successful company based out of Westlake Ohio, near Cleveland.  Robert is a highly successful and very talented IT & Security executive with 25 years of experience leading large IT organizations to business success.  Robert's presentation shared his lessons learned, successes, and challenges that he has experienced throughout his career.   Robert's presentation was titled "Talk The Talk!" and his slides can be downloaded below.  Enjoy the pictures and videos from Robert's presentation:







Our next two events are in the works.  Here are the details:

Southfield Michigan (our very first meetup in Michigan):
  • Guest Speaker:  David Cutri, Executive Director and Chief Compliance Officer, University of Toledo.
  • Topic: Cybersecurity From The Perspective of The Board of Directors
  • Date and Time:  July 25th 2017, 11am - 1pm
  • Location:  Bacco Ristorante
  • Address:  29410 Northwestern Hwy Southfield, MI 
  • Landing Page and Registration HERE

Toledo Ohio
  • Guest Speaker:  Matthew Haschak, Director of IT Security at Bowling Green University
  • Topic:  Still being finalized but I believe it will be on the business value of multi factor authentication, and I've asked matt to talk about his approach to "adaptive security" and how that improves security, and user experience.
  • Date and Time:  August 29th 2017, 11am - 1pm
  • Location: Maumee Bay Brewing Co. (Inside the historical Oliver House)
  • Address:  27 Broadway Street, Toledo, OH
  • Landing Page and Registration HERE.

Lastly, everyone should now know that our group is officially an (ISC)² CPE Submitter!  We're really excited about this.  All of our group attendees who are (ISC)² credential holders must earn continuing professional education (CPE) credits throughout the life of their certification.   They can now earn 1.5 credits for each of our meetings they attend.  Look for the "CPE Submitter" logo on our landing pages above.  We are also pursuing a CPE status for ISACA credential holders, so stay tuned. 

Sincerely,

Gib Patt
614 209 8516
gib.patt@oneidentity.com

Thursday, June 15, 2017

February 15th 2017: Columbus

Melissa Bowhers, Sr Compliance Analyst with Commercial Vehicle Group, based in New Albany Ohio, walked us through a fantastic presentation and overview which summarized the business challenges they faced, and the drivers that lead to the creation of a new IT User Access Audit Program within the company.   The meeting was at Brio at the Polaris Mall just north of Columbus, and we had about 25 to 30 of you joining us that day.

This is a great story with many lessons learned.  We had lots of Q&A during and after Melissa's presentation.  I only wish we would have captured some photos and videos for this blog!

Melissa was kind enough to make her presentation available to our group, and so you can view or download her slides HERE.

George is the Sr Security Adviser and Principal Solution Architect for One Identity.  George presented our second topic.  His presentation focused on Digital Transformation, how our world is rapidly changing, as well as some of the challenges and corresponding solutions for governing cloud based identity assets, such as SaaS applications.

George's slides are also available HERE.

Sincerely,

Gib Patt
614 209 8516
gib.patt@oneidentity.com
www.oneidentity.com

Sunday, June 11, 2017

May 9th 2017: Cincinnati


The group met in Cincinnati on May 9th at The Original Montgomery Inn.  Our keynote guest speaker was Don Stoller, Sr. Security Engineer at Vantiv.  Don's presentation was titled "Fostering Organizational Adoption of a Privileged Account Governance Program".  We all got a lot out of Don's talk, and we really appreciate Don making time to share his expertise and experiences with the community here in Cincinnati.

Don's Powerpoint slides can be downloaded HERE

Here are a couple pictures and short video clip from Don's presentation:

Don Stoller, Sr Security Engineer

Don Stoller, Sr. Security Engineer


Next we had Bill Evans, Sr. Director of Product Marketing for One Identity, give a short introduction of the company.  Thank you for participating Bill, and also for funding our meetups!  Without your sponsorship our user group meetups would not be possible.  We hope you will continue to join our meetups in the future.

Bill's slides on One Identity are available HERE.

Here is a picture and video from Bill's portion:

Bill Evans introducing the group to One Identity


And last but far from least we had our presentation by George Cerbone, who is One Identity's Sr. Security Advisor and Principal Solution Architect.  George had a great segment titled "How to Avoid Enterprise Disaster - Why Identity Projects Fail".  Note the masterful graphics George chooses for his presentations!

George's slides are available for download HERE

...And here are some pictures and a short video from George's presentation:

George Cerbone - Sr. Security Adviser and Principal Architect


George Cerbone - Sr. Security Adviser and Principal Architect





Thanks again to our presenters and to all who attended.

June 2017 Meetup:


  • Where:  Mitchell's Ocean Club Columbus Ohio
  • Address: 4002 Easton Station, Columbus, OH 43219 
  • When:  Wednesday June 28th from 6pm - 9pm.  
  • This is a special meeting with a focus on executive communications on Cyber Risk.  We have two executive speakers who will be expounding on the theme " Cyber Risks that Matter to Corporate Boards".  You can read about the speakers and register for the event on the Landing Page.


July 2017 Meetup:

  • Where:  Bacco Ristorante in Southfield Michigan
  • Address: 29410 Northwestern Hwy Southfield, MI
  • When:  Tuesday July 25th from 11am - 1pm  
  • We are still confirming our speakers for Southfield, More details to follow shortly but you are welcomed to register on the Landing Page now and we hope to see you there.

Gib Patt
One Identity
gib.patt@oneidentity.com
614 209 8516