July 25th 2017 - Southfield Michigan

Yesterday we met at Southfield's Bacco Ristorante "the buzzy Italian eatery".   I think I can speak for the group and say it was not only "buzzy" in that dining hall, but also a great time learning and networking with some of the best people!  We had 30 Michiganders and Ohioans in attendance, with roles ranging from Executives and Vice Presidents, to IT Directors, Managers, and Security Practitioners. The participation from members and speakers alike was superb.

The keynote presentation was delivered by David Cutri, Executive Director and Chief Compliance Officer at University of Toledo.  Dave's presentation was titled Cybersecurity and Corporate Governance, and delved into the 5 guiding principles for the Board of Directors.  It was a totally unique learning experience and I hope Dave will speak for us again in the future.  We are sincerely grateful for Dave's contribution, and cannot thank him enough for sharing his time and experience with our group.

David's presentation is available for download HERE.

Now I'm no photographer, my iPhone doesn't take the best pics, and low lighting in that dining hall doesn't help, but nevertheless I have posted some keepsakes from David's presentation below:

Gib Patt (yours truly) spoke to the group for a few minutes about the top challenges we're seeing at One Identity in the area of Identity & Access Management.

My slides, and the agenda slides for the event, are available HERE.
Don't forget to study up on Gall's Law HERE :)

One of my colleagues captured a couple pics of me at the podium.  Someone said I look like a hacker...is that true?

Next on the agenda was our group's very first round table discussion.  It was a lively exchange moderated by Wayne Smiley, One Identity Solution Architect and CISSP.    Wayne did a great job guiding us through some examples of real life phishing attacks and spurring a related conversation with the group.  The round table will become a staple at our events going forward.

Wayne's Slides are available HERE.

Here are some pics and a video of Wayne moderating the group discussion:

One Identity's Regional Director, Eric Robinson, asked the group some probing questions and helped guide part of the group discussion.  It was great to have Eric's participation.  Here is a short clip of Eric questioning the group:

As a reminder, our group is a CPE submitter for both (ISC)2 and ISACA credential holders.   Anyone who attended should send your membership ID to Cynthia Au, cynthia.au@oneidentity.com .  Cynthia will make sure your account is incremented by 1.5 credits for your attendance.  If you hold credentials from an organization other than (ISC)2 or ISACA and you have a continuing education requirement, please let me know and we'll look into it...maybe we can get you credits too.

Our next group meeting is in Toledo on August 29th, please see below for details.   I'll be sending a formal invitation within the next couple weeks.

Toledo Ohio

• Guest Speaker:  Matthew Haschak, Director of IT Security at Bowling Green University
• Topic:  Multi Factor Authentication.   I've also asked Matt to talk about his approach to "adaptive security" and how it 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.

Thanks again to our speakers, and to all of our attendees.  It was another great meeting, and I hope to see you all again soon.

Sincerely,

Gib Patt

614 209 8516

gib.patt@oneidentity.com

April 2017 - Central Ohio InfoSec Summit

It's already July so this post is way late, but I wanted to recall the great experience we had at the 2017 Central Ohio InfoSec Summit, which had its 10th annual convention in April in downtown Columbus (my hometown).   It was a fantastic event with over 1,000 people attending. The conference halls were packed with the very best speakers in Information Security from all walks of life.  Here's the very cool and unique wooden name badge they gave to attendees....I recently had to wrestle this away from one of my kids:

If you've never attended the Summit, do yourself a favor and get a ticket for the 2018 convention.  My employer paid for my pass, and it was well worth it.  The website for this past summit is still up and running HERE if you want to check out the the 2017 agenda, speakers, and topics.

The highlight of the event for me was the Thursday evening talk given by William Binney, a former high-level National Security Agency intelligence official who, after his 2001 retirement, having served for 30 years, blew the whistle on NSA surveillance programs.   William's talk was titled "The Surveillance State and Big Data" and it was a provocative, controversial yet fascinating discussion about the role and limits of government surveillance capabilities.

Here are a couple pictures from Mr. Binney's keynote:

And I was fortunate enough to meet up with William in the hallway after the keynote.  He agreed to a selfie with me:

That's all for now.  Hope you're all enjoying your summer!

Gib Patt

gib.patt@oneidentity.com

614 209 8516

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