Editor-in-Chief: Tran Cheung
Notes from Newsletter Committee
Welcome to the (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter's January 2022 issue!
Our goal is to provide the cybersecurity community with monthly New Jersey Chapter news, upcoming events and initiatives, and timely and relevant articles from our dedicated member volunteers.
We invite you to send any comments or suggestions to communications@isc2chapternj.org.
Newsletter Committee
Tran Cheung, Andrew Haratine, Andrew Wong, and Derek Allen
Ken's Korner
Message from the President
Our chapter is really taking off this year with 250 members in 14 states as well as Canada, India and England! We picked up 40 new members in just the last month, mostly from word of mouth! Thank you everyone for spreading the word about our community.
Special thanks to Gio Mercado for his outstanding recruiting efforts!
January has been a very busy month for us as we had our our first joint event with the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP) NJ KnowledgeNet and we also just launched our first CISSP bootcamp with a class of 90 members!
This year, we are planning to have more in-person events, such as a Community Service Day, our upcoming SECON Conference at Kean University, picnics, a holiday dinner and maybe more!
The future for our community is very bright, with new initiatives for the year already emerging, such as our Rookie Academy!
As our momentum continues to grow at this rapid pace, we are always looking for volunteers in all areas. See below for some specific opportunities or reach out to me at president@isc2chapternj.org, if you are interested in volunteering.
Ken Fishkin
Welcome Aboard!
New Chapter Members!
Dakarmu Ricks, Suman Kalia, Jacob Cioffi, Jonathan Cioffi, John Hirsh, Michael Jennings, Adam Keepart, Tristan Skaggs, Dominick Macaluso, Jeffery Round, Pavlo Popov, Matthew Cain, Nicholas Dodd, Laura Lombardo, Chung Yau, Thomas Ryan, Christopher Neve, Tom Scancearella, Jack Quinn, Rahul Bhardwaj, Vishal Narula, Kavita Prabhakar, Paula Diaz, Babukannan Panchapakesan, Charles Indelicato, Avadhesh Mishra, John Gilbert, Angel Cortez, Rajita Nair, Mark Orletsky, Jose Padilla, Daytona Gransback, Kim Petrillo, Stephon Yin, Jonathan Contreras and Indu Subramanian.
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Upcoming Events
February 2022 - Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM
Presenter:
Dr. Baljeet Malhotra - Founder and CEO of Teejlab
Workshop topic: API Risk Assessment through Software Composition Analysis
APIs are transforming our digital worlds by connecting data, processes and people. API Risk assessment is important for enterprises as part of their overall application security posture. Software Composition Analysis (SCA) is used by enterprises to identify dependencies or components of applications, which may have been built using Open Source and/or proprietary libraries. SCA is essentially a form of Application Security Testing (AST) to find the underlying licensing issues or/and security vulnerabilities in applications. Unfortunately, APIs pose unique licensing and security risks that existing SCA/AST tools do not address. In this session, we'll revisit Software Composition Analysis as a way to discover and manage API risks.
Click here to register for the event!
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March 2022 - Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Presenters:
ISC2 NJ ChapterScott Zimmerman – Optiv – The art and science of network forensics
Mark Musone – CTO at DataSure24 - A deep dive into the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
April 2022 - Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022
Panel: Members Tom Hunt, Déja Santana,Morris Nessim and Mark Schleisner will be sharing their success stories about how they landed their first cybersecurity job and the challenges they are currently facing.
ISC2 NJ Chapter
Community Service Day!
Date: Satuday, April 30, 2022
Time: 9am - 11am
Place: Community FoodBank of New Jersey
Location: 31 Evans Terminal Road #1, Hillside, NJ 07205
Click here to join in on the fun and support our local community!
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Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Positions and Opportunities
We have the following volunteer positions and opportunities available:
Virtual Conference - Click here to become a virtual conference volunteer. We need a few members to help facilitate our SECON 2022 virtual conference.
Rookie Academy Committee - Click here to be part of a committee that will build a roadmap for our members that are new to the cybersecurity profession.
Not sure what you can offer but want help?
Please reach out to Ken Fishkin at president@isc2chapternj.org.
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Member Bios
Member Spotlight
Congratulations to Pavel Lekhanov and Frank Gladysz for passing the Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP) exam after participating in Priyanka's study group! Pavel also received his official CISSP certification.
Take a look at Pavel's funny mug shot!
Congratulations to Angel Cortez for his published article on Understanding Web Fuzzing for Ethical Hacking. Click here to read the article on Medium.com.
If you have an achievement that you would like us to share, please let us know. It can be a promotion, a new job, a new certification or a new baby. All milestones are welcome.
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Did You Know?
Fun Facts About our Chapter
Did you know that we have two members that are married?
Say hello to Nishtha Devgan and Arvin Bansal!
Did you know that we have a father/son team as members?
Please welcome Jacob and his father, Jonathan Cioffi to our chapter!
Did you know that we went international this month?
ISC2 NJ ChapterFrom India, welcome Kavitha Prabhakar!
From Canada, welcome Hadi Dehais and Mark Hodges!
From England, welcome Avadhesh Mishra!
Current Initiatives
JuMPstart Mentorship Program (JuMP)
The JuMPstart Mentorship Program's goal is to help our chapter members build professional relationships that are mutually fulfilling.
We are rolling out a new JuMP cohort with over 50 participants, our largest to date!
For more information about the JuMP program, click here.
If you are interested in participating in our mentorship program as a mentor or mentee, you can sign up to our JuMP waitlist here. We will start new cohorts on a rolling basis.
If you have any questions or want to know more information about the JuMP program, please reach out to the Mentoring Committee at mentoring@isc2chapternj.org. To make sure you are not missing any emails from the program, please also add mentoring@isc2chapternj.org to your contact list to allow our communications to make it through your inbox filters.
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NYU and (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter
The (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter and the New York University Tandon School of Engineering have formed a partnership to further educational and credentialing opportunities for students and the cybersecurity community.
In addition to participating in NYU Tandon events, lectures, career fairs, and other professional development activities, (ISC)² will offer students a full membership completely free giving them access to a network of local industry leaders. As part of the agreement, (ISC)² members can sign up for The NYU Center for Cybersecurity (CCS) mailing list to stay current with research and events featuring leading faculty and industry partners at www.cyber.nyu.edu.
In collaboration with industry partners on the NYU Tandon Advisory Council, NYU Tandon School of Engineering will offer an astounding scholarship to (ISC)² members regardless of their country of residence.
The NYU Cyber Fellowship program is an elite, highly-technical Cybersecurity Master's Degree extends qualifying students with a scholarship that covers 75% of their tuition for the 10-course, part-time program. Additionally, the partnership will present a 15% off tuition to other online or on-campus graduate degree programs. As member-students will also be able to access networking and mentorship events with the (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter.
NYU Tandon has open enrollment for members looking to apply to NYU Cyber Fellows for the Fall or Spring semesters. There is NO GRE required (graduate admission guidelines apply) and they have also streamlined the application process which only takes 15 minutes with a decision in 15 days. Simply:
- Gather a Resume, a Statement of Purpose (250 words), an unofficial Transcripts, name two References
- Start application
- Enter application fee waiver code (worth $90) NYUTO21
- Choose MS in Cybersecurity, part-time program, and answer YES to the question about 'applying for Cyber Fellows’
- Review and Finalize - “SUBMIT”
To learn more about enrollment or if you have any questions, please contact tandon.online@nyu.edu. You can also call (646) 997-3623.
NYU and (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter
iQ4 Volunteer Mentoring Program
Introducing our new college/high school mentoring opportunity with iQ4! You do not need previous mentoring experience to sign up. Currently, students are taking courses on topics such as insider threat, ethical hacking and cloud security.
Click here if you are interested in being part of this fun and rewarding program. CPE credits will be given as well!
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Upcoming Presenters
Baljeet Malhotra
Founder & CEO at TeejLab Inc. Previously, Research Director at SAP; Vice President of Research at Black Duck Software and Founder of Black Duck Software Canada, an R&D division of Black Duck. Concurrently holding Adjunct Professor positions at UBC Sauder School of Business, University of Victoria, and University of Northern British Columbia.
Computer scientist with 15+ years of research & innovation experience working with various public and private sector organizations and customers like SAP, Synopsys, HSBC, IBM, HP, etc. Lead several industry projects in the areas of Open Source security and compliance, governance, IoT, database management, analytics, and networks. Constantly evaluate Open Source trends and related security/compliance issues, research/industry problems to plan growth opportunities for various industries. Specialization in managing projects from the idea/need identification phase through to completion and go-to-market strategies. Implement strategic plans and high performing teams for research/startup-up projects by building relationships with academia, industries, and across organizations and teams.
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Recordings and Slides From Prior Meeting
January Monthly Meeting
Materials from our joint January 12, 2022 Meeting with IAPP:
How Will You Respond During A Ransomware Attack? - part 1
and part 2
Recordings from our January 27, 2022 Meeting:
Thomas Ryan
Rafal Los
Click here to access previous meeting recordings.
ISC2 NJ Chapter
Board of Directors
(ISC)² New Jersey Chapter 2022 Board of Directors
President:
Ken Fishkin
President@isc2chapternj.org
Secretary:
Mallik Prasad
Secretary@isc2chapternj.org
Treasurer:
Priyanka De Abrew
Treasurer@isc2chapternj.org
Education Director:
Jose Lagdameo
Director@isc2chapternj.org
Membership Chair:
John Manley
membership@isc2chapternj.org
Communications Chair:
Tran Cheung
Communications@isc2chapternj.org