[ale] Greetings Linux Enthusiasts (new to the area)

Wed Sep 8 08:40:34 EDT 2010

Derek,

Welcome to Atlanta and the ALE list. There is also a LUG at Georgia Tech.

The Linux Users Group at Georgia Tech
http://lugatgt.org/

Here are some local InfoSec resources you might find useful.

There is going to be a conference similar to Outerzone for one day, in honor of Matthew Shoemaker who did the InfoSec Daily Podcast and recently passed away. It will be Sept 18th (the same day as DC404) and in the same location as Outerz0ne hotel.

http://www.shoecon.org/
http://www.facebook.com/?sk=events#!/event.php?eid=140586859309721

The 2010 GTISC Security Summit - "Evolving Nature of Cyber Security Threats"
Thursday, October 7, 2010
Ferst Center for the Arts at Georgia Tech
349 Ferst Dr NW
Atlanta, GA 30332
http://www.gtiscsecuritysummit.com/

GAISSA - The Atlanta chapter of the ISSA has monthly meetings. This is the mainstream professional corporate InfoSec types. I used to go to the meetings but my ISSA membership has expired. Once I get my CISSP I will probably start going again to get in my CE credits.
http://www.gaissa.org/

OWASP - Atlanta Chapter has monthly meetings - their focus is web application security. A fair number of the meetings have been hosted by Georgia Tech. The last few have been hosted at SecureWorks.
http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Atlanta_Georgia

InfraGard - Mission: To provide a public-private partnership and platform for the confidential exchange of Internet and Information Systems related security information among members to enable business and infrastructure protection. Vision: To operate as the highly-regarded, definitive source of information dedicated to the protection of critical national infrastructures.
http://infragardatlanta.org/

DC404 - Atlanta Defcon chapter has monthly meetings. DC404 has more speakers at Decon every year than any other chapter. They test out most if not all the talks at the DC404 meetings. There are a lot of InfoSec professionals at the meetings. The content is less corporate and more hacker oriented. I go to these meetings.
http://dc404.kaos.to/
http://www.defcon.org/

GTISC security seminars
http://www.gtisc.gatech.edu/seminars.html

Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) - Mission: Founded in 1969, ISACA sponsors international conferences, publishes the Information Systems Control Journal, develops international information systems auditing and control standards, and administers the globally respected Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) designation earned by more than 35,000 professionals since inception, and the Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) designation, a groundbreaking credential earned by 5,000 professionals in its first two years.
http://www.isaca-atlanta.org

Georgia Electronic Commerce Association (GECA) - The goal of the group is to gather fragmented on information security practices and extend them where necessary around a process that assists in defining the context under which they should be applied. This final document will be more than a listing of practices and procedures; it will also aid readers in defining what a proportional security and business continuity response means for their enterprise and how to apply these practices and procedures in their environment. This is a working group on Information Security.
http://www.ciclt.com/geca/wg/security.asp

Atlanta HTCIA - Atlanta High Technology Crime Investigation Association - promoting the sharing of experience, ideas and knowledge relating to investigations and security in advanced technologies.
http://www.atlhtcia.org/

Atlanta IISFA Chapter (International Information Systems Forensics Association) - the premier information technology forensics association in the United States. The IISFA is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the discipline of Information Forensics. The IISFA is tailored for corporations and the private sector to better understand the value, process and capabilities of Information Forensics in business operations.
http://www.atlanta-iisfa.org/

Atlanta NAISG Chapter (National Information Security Group)- Has monthly meetings. Provides and coordinates security-focused meetings, demonstrations and seminars; as well as an online communications forum with a global audience.

Atlanta SE2600 - they meet monthly. I haven't been to a meeting in a while. The ones I went to were sparsely attended.
http://404.se2600.org/

ISSA International Conference
http://www.issa.org/conf/

SecureWorld Expo
http://secureworldexpo.com

SummerCon moves around. I have no idea when it will be back in Atlanta http://www.summercon.org/

Outerz0ne - Similar to SummerCon but more organized. Some of the talks are also given at BlackHat and Defcon. Not all the talks are about InfoSec. I was on staff for the last one.
http://www.outerz0ne.org/

Electronic Frontiers Forums at DragonCon - I'm on staff for this too. A series of lectures and panels given at the DragonCon Science Fiction Convention each year on Labor Day weekend in downtown Atlanta, Georgia. Originally inspired by the Computers, Freedom, and Privacy Conference, Electronic Frontiers Forums has taken on a life of its own by bringing some of the best technical and legal minds together to hash out the future and have a little fun along the way.

Worried about freedom of speech, privacy, and your rights on line?  So are we!  Now in its eleventh year, Electronic Frontiers Forums covers your rights on the Internet and the latest trends in online media.  Topics include online privacy, security, freedom of expression, intellectual property, online activism, social networking, online publishing, and multi-player gaming.

http://www.efforums.net/
http://www.dragoncon.org/

Computer security conferences
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_security_conference

keith

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Keith R. Watson                        Georgia Institute of Technology
Systems Support Specialist IV          College of Computing
keith.watson at cc.gatech.edu             801 Atlantic Drive NW
(404) 385-7401                         Atlanta, GA 30332-0280

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Derek
> Atkins
> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2010 16:23
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] Greetings Linux Enthusiasts (new to the area)
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I (relatively recently) moved into the general Atlanta area from the
> Northeast.  While I'm new to Atlanta, I'm certainly not new to Linux and
> F/OSS.  In Boston I've been an online member of the BLU for nearly a
> decade (possibly more, but my mail archives of the list only seem to go
> back to 2002).  Being new to the area I'd like to introduce myself, give
> you a little history about me, and hopefully get the chance to learn
> about you all and meet some of you eventually.
> 
> I've been a Linux user since 1992 (the first computer I owned that ran
> Linux used Slackware with kernel version 0.99pl15) and did some major
> Kernel Development back in 1994.  Over the years I've been significantly
> involved in some open source projects like (MIT) PGP, ipsec-tools,
> OpenAFS, and GnuCash, and minorly involved in others, like MythTV.
> 
> In real life I'm a Security Software Engineer, where I get to take cool
> algorithms like RSA, AES, and SHA-256 and apply them to interesting uses
> like authentication systems, encrypted email, and encrypted hard disks.
> 
> Like I said, I'm new to the area so I hope to learn more about the local
> traditions and ins-and-outs of local High Tech community.
> 
> *waves*
> 
> -derek
> --
>        Derek Atkins, SB '93 MIT EE, SM '95 MIT Media Laboratory
>        Member, MIT Student Information Processing Board  (SIPB)
>        URL: http://web.mit.edu/warlord/    PP-ASEL-IA     N1NWH
>        warlord at MIT.EDU                        PGP key available
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