News & Updates

http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Skype-with-care-Microsoft-is-reading-everything-you-write-1862870.html

Interesting article on Skype privacy and security – do those of you who use Skype have risk management strategies that they can recommend?

The push towards moving the healthcare industry conversion to electronic collection and storage of health encounter data has increased concern for the potential impact on patient privacy.  This has generated increased interest by various healthcare stakeholders in providing input to the overall federal efforts on cybersecurity.

http://www.hitechanswers.net/hitrust-offers-new-guidance-for-assessing-cyber-security-preparedness/

CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) which was defeated in a previous attempt at legislation has been restored and is making it’s way through congress for another round.  Today it was passed out of committee without any additional privacy amendments.  What do you think about this new version of the rules?  Does it adequately address privacy protections that caused it to crash and burn in the previous incarnation?  Share your thoughts.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57579012-38/privacy-protections-booted-from-cispa-data-sharing-bill/

Stay competitive and valued in your area of expertise by joining Cisco for a special virtual event called “Take It to the Next Level” on April 17 and 18 from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Visit one or all of our seven sessions and learn about where you could go with Cisco Professional-level certifications in Data Center, Design, Security, Service Provider, Voice, Wireless, or Routing and Switching.

Each hour-long webinar will provide a 30-minute overview of the specific field and what Cisco can offer you in terms of CCNP (or CCDP®) advancement. The overview will be followed by a full 30 minutes of Q&A, so there will be plenty of time to ask questions about what might be in it for you.

Plus, our experts will be available for a special panel session on April 18 to answer all your professional-level certification questions.

Source & to register, please visit the following link:
https://presentations.inxpo.com/Shows/Cisco/NextLevel/index.html?AffiliateKey=13564&AffiliateData=email&mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRoku6nIZKXonjHpfsX57ekpXqGg38431UFwdcjKPmjr1YIIRcV0aPyQAgobGp5I5FENTLTYS6h2t6YPWA%3D%3D#~Overview

Thanks
Mansour

Below is a link to register for a webinar being offered on March 28th at 11AM CDT as a joint community service by Capella University and ISACA.

http://www.isaca.org/Education/Online-Learning/Pages/Webinar-Digital-Forensics-E-Discovery.aspx

Below is a link to a workshop that is being held at Anoka Ramsey College in the evening on April 9th.  For those of you in or near the college this is a free to students or alumni of MnScu and very low cost to those not graduates of that system and is an opportunity to learn more about marketing your skills and to meet IT recruiters from the area.  Check it out and be sure to register if you are able to attend.

ttp://origin.library.constantcontact.com/download/get/file/1101646252297-123/April-ARCC-flyer.pdf

To all that were not able to join us tonight for our Information Assurance and Security Monthly talk and presentation titled: The Accidental Insider with Barry Caplin. Glad to share with you all the recording of the presentation along with some details: 

Here is the link to the presentation recording:

http://connect.capellauniversity.edu/p47272360/

More to follow the speaker:

http://about.me/barrycaplin

http://securityandcoffee.blogspot.com

Where to Learn More…

• CMU CyLab – http://www.cylab.cmu.edu/
• CERT – http://www.cert.org/insider_threat/
• Data Breach Blog – http://breach.scmagazineblogs.com/
• OSF DataLossdb – http://datalossdb.org/
• Dark Reading – http://darkreading.com/insiderthreat/
• http://slideshare.net/bcaplin

Thanks
Mansour

You are cordially invited to the Information Assurance Security monthly talk. For this event, we are pleased to have the Chief Information Security Officer of the MN Dept. of Human Services who is also speaking in different information security events and has been in this field for more than 30 years. Please join us for this exciting event, invite your learners, and forward to anyone who may be interested.

** The purpose of the Capella IAS Speaker Series is to provide education and information important to the IAS community
• Who? — Speakers can be experts in the field, business partners, faculty, students, and current graduates. Students can use this forum as a way to present their research or in an area of their expertise. Experts will be asked to present in an area of their expertise on a timely topic in the IAS field.
• What? — Current events, important IAS topics, and research important to the IAS community.
• When? — Once a month starting in July. All presentations will be recorded and put on the IAS community website.
• How?– Presentations will be an hour in length with a Q&A period, and will be delivered using Adobe Connect. Some presentations could be a panel discussion with questions and answers from the audience.
• Why? — To contribute to Capella’s IAS center of excellence in IA education and the larger IAS community.

**Meeting Details:
Name: Capella IAS Speaker Series
Summary: The Capella IAS Speaker Series
Invited By: Mansour Sharha, MANSOUR.SHARHA@CAPELLA.EDU
Subject: The Accidental Insider
When: 03/18/2013 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Time Zone: (GMT-06:00) Central Time (US and Canada)

Conference Number(s): 1-888-205-5513 (US/CAN) / 1-719-955-0562 (INTL)
Participant Code: 429132

To join the meeting, Please use this link:
http://connect.capellauniversity.edu/isc/

** About the Presenter:
Barry Caplin is currently the Chief Information Security Officer at the MN Dept. of Human Services. Barry has been in the field of IT and Information Security for nearly 30 years. He is a frequent speaker on all kinds of Information Security topics. He particularly likes talking about “home” tech issues in talks like: Internet Safety for Children and Families, Teens 2.0, Identity Theft and What You Can Do About It, How to be a Tech-Smart Parent, and Outsmarting Your Smartphone.

Thanks
Mansour Sharha
Core Faculty, Network Technology & Information Security Assurance
School of Technology
Capella University

There is a fast growing demand, but short supply, of well-trained information security professionals. Join us in our commitment to ensuring the pipeline of today is being filled for the needs of tomorrow. Forward this email to any and all that may benefit from a scholarship opportunity!

The (ISC)² Foundation’s Scholarship programs are open worldwide to bright, dedicated future information security professionals who would benefit from an Undergraduate, Research or Women’s Scholarship while educational professionals are highly encouraged to apply for Faculty Certification Exam Vouchers.

https://www.isc2cares.org/Scholarships/

Application period closes at Midnight on March 31, 2013 EDT.

Interesting article on strategies for ‘hiding’ information in plain site:

http://phys.org/news/2013-03-steganography.html