The ALE CENTRAL meeting for Thursday, Oct. 18th,
2012 at 7:30pm in Emory Gambrel Hall room 1C will be a reprise
of last weeks ALE-NW presentation:
Securing a Debian Box to NISPOM Standard
presented by Jonathan Meek
Abstract:
In order for any computer system to hold classified data on a U.S. Government
system, it must be certified by the Defense Security System (DSS) which requires
the computer system to align to the National Industrial Security Program
Operation Manual (NISPOM) standards. By default, Red Hat Linux is the default
Linux operating system of choice by DSS and others are typically not passed. So
what does one do when a system is based on Debian and needs to meet NISPOM
standards? In this presentation, it will be shown the steps needed to meet
NISPOM standards on a Debian system.
Speaker Bio:
Jonathan Meek is a Research Scientist for Georgia Tech Research Institute, doing
work in the Quality Assurance Department of the Electronic Systems Lab. He holds
a bachelors degree in computer science and is currently working on his masters.
He started working with Linux in 2006 at the suggestion of one of his
professors. Previous to his work at Georgia Tech Research, he worked at King &
Spalding LLP on the IT Support team. His hobbies include running, writing, movie
trivia, and teaching the Computer merit badge to Boy Scouts. He holds
memberships with the National Eagle Scout Association, Association of Computer
Machinery and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
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The meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our
usual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:20pm
Directions to Emory Law School can be found at
http://ale.org/?page_id=2
The next ALE-NW@SPSU meeting is being held
Thursday, Oct. 11th, 2012 at 7:30pm in room J-266
of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus.
The feature presentation will be:
Securing a Debian Box to NISPOM Standard
Abstract:
In order for any computer system to hold classified data on a U.S. Government
system, it must be certified by the Defense Security System (DSS) which requires
the computer system to align to the National Industrial Security Program
Operation Manual (NISPOM) standards. By default, Red Hat Linux is the default
Linux operating system of choice by DSS and others are typically not passed. So
what does one do when a system is based on Debian and needs to meet NISPOM
standards? In this presentation, it will be shown the steps needed to meet
NISPOM standards on a Debian system.
Speaker Bio:
Jonathan Meek is a Research Scientist for Georgia Tech Research Institute, doing
work in the Quality Assurance Department of the Electronic Systems Lab. He holds
a bachelors degree in computer science and is currently working on his masters.
He started working with Linux in 2006 at the suggestion of one of his
professors. Previous to his work at Georgia Tech Research, he worked at King &
Spalding LLP on the IT Support team. His hobbies include running, writing, movie
trivia, and teaching the Computer merit badge to Boy Scouts. He holds
memberships with the National Eagle Scout Association, Association of Computer
Machinery and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
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For a campus map and a link to directions please see
http://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm
Parking in non reserved spaces in the P60 deck is best.
building J, the Atrium building, is a short distance east
of the parking deck.
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ALE-NW@SPSU meetings are open events and we hope
you will join us! Also remember that topic suggestions
and presentation offers the meetings can be emailed to
[ jdp (at) algoloma (dot) com]
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The featured presentation for our ALE CENTRAL
meeting on Thursday, Sept. 20th, 2012 at 7:30pm will be
a reprise of Orlando Karam’s excellent presentation from
ALE-NW in August:
Linux on ARM and the Raspberry Pi
Abstract:
— ARM is a family of computer architectures, different from x86,
and characterized for its low cost and low power consumption.
Many cell-phones and tablets run on ARM, and now there are many
low-cost low-power servers running on ARM. We will discuss some
of the available hardware and the status of the software, with a
special focus on the Raspberry-Pi, a $35 computer system designed
with a focus on education, but useful on many domains.
Bio:
— Orlando Karam was born in the US but grew up in Mexico. He got
hooked up on Unix while a grad student at Tulane University, and
has been running Linux on servers and laptops for more than 15 years.
He teaches computer science at Southern Polytechnic State University,
and has been exploring the potentials of his raspberry pi since it was
delivered to him about 10 weeks ago.
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The meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our
usual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:20pm
Directions to Emory Law School can be found at
http://ale.org/?page_id=2
The next ALE-NW@SPSU meeting is being held
Thursday, Aug. 30th, 2012 at 7:30pm in room J-266
of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus.
The feature presentation will be Orlando Karam’s most
excellent presentation:
Linux on ARM and the Raspberry Pi
Abstract:
— ARM is a family of computer architectures, different from x86,
and characterized for its low cost and low power consumption.
Many cell-phones and tablets run on ARM, and now there are many
low-cost low-power servers running on ARM. We will discuss some
of the available hardware and the status of the software, with a
special focus on the Raspberry-Pi, a $35 computer system designed
with a focus on education, but useful on many domains.
Bio:
— Orlando Karam was born in the US but grew up in Mexico. He got
hooked up on Unix while a grad student at Tulane University, and
has been running Linux on servers and laptops for more than 15 years.
He teaches computer science at Southern Poly, and has been playing
with his raspberry pi since he got it 6 weeks ago.
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For a campus map and a link to directions please see
http://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm
or visit the ALE NW wiki page at
http://tomshiro.org/twiki/view/ALE/AleNwOrg
Parking in non reserved spaces in the P60 deck is best.
building J, the Atrium building, is a short distance east
of the parking deck.
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ALE-NW@SPSU meetings are open events and we hope
you will join us! Also remember that topic suggestions
and presentation offers the meetings can be emailed to
[ jdp (at) algoloma ]
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The feature presentation for our ALE Central Meeting
at 7:30pm on Thursday, August 16th, 2012 will be:
Grant but Control,
Trust but Verify
with John E. Kimberly,
SE Region Systems Engineer,
Centrify Corporation
SYNOPSIS:
– The presentation will focus on the use of Active Directory
to seamlessly provide access to non-Windows platforms,
including most versions of UNIX / Linux, MAC’s, iPhones,
iPads and Androids, and then use specific Active Directory
GPO’s to control that access and manage the rights and
elevated privileges on those systems. Once complete,
the administrator can easily validate access to systems,
confirm elevated privileges and audit what users do with
elevated privileges, thereby delivering data and system
security, and regulatory compliance.
BIO:
– John E. Kimberly has a 32 year career in the UNIX and
“open systems” world, in a wide variety of positions at
companies like Dun & Bradstreet, Siemens Information
Systems Worldwide and the Georgia Technology Authority.
He holds certifications in Redhat Linux as an RHCE, Sun
Microsystems as a Hardware, Network and Systems
Engineer, AIX Certified Specialist, VMWare, as well as
experience in system security, threat prevention and
platform hardening from SANS International. For the past
15 years, he has been in the area of Enterprise Architecture
and Disaster Recovery, with additional focus in systems
and data security. Today, he is the Southeastern Region
Sr. System Engineer for Centrify Corporation, which
provides seamless integration for non-Windows platforms
with Active Directory, for access, elevated privilege
management, and license compliance auditing.
ABOUT CENTRIFY:
– Centrify delivers integrated software and cloud-based
solutions that centrally control, secure and audit access to
cross-platform systems, mobile devices and applications
by leveraging the infrastructure organizations already own.
From the data center and into the cloud, more than 4000
organizations, including over 40% of the Fortune 50, rely
on Centrify’s identity consolidation and privilege management
solutions to reduce IT expenses, strengthen security and
meet license compliance requirements. Customers come
to Centrify for a variety of services including:
– IT Security
– MAC Security Management
– IT License Compliance & Auditing
– Mobile Security Management
– UNIX & Linux Identity Management
– SAP & Web Single Sign On
– Windows Server Auditing
– SAMBA and NFSv4 integration
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The meeting will be held at Emory Law School in our
usual Gambrel Hall, room 1C venue.
Our meeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:20pm
Directions to Emory Law School can be found at
http://ale.org/?page_id=2