Editor-in-Chief: Tran Cheung
Notes from Newsletter Committee
Welcome to the (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter's February 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
Ken's Korner
February has been an exceptionally busy month for us, between holding our first CISSP bootcamp, while planning for future programs and events!
We are actively planning our SECON 2022 conference (hybrid), Rookie Academy and we're kicking off another series of our JuMPstart Mentorship Program (JuMP). Since we have such dedicated volunteers, I know that these events and initiatives will be huge successes!
Thank you all for making this organization what it is today!
Ken Fishkin
Welcome Aboard!
New Chapter Members!
Welcome Sofia Kokolis, Kaarthick Subramanian, Adam Levin, Hitesh Savjani, Nelson Lubinda and Sharysse Frasco!
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Upcoming Events
March 2022 - Public Speaking Workshop
Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022
Time: 7pm to 8pm
Location: Virtual Event
Register here.
All (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter members are welcome to join us for this free public speaking program that will be held on a monthly basis.
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March 2022 - Workshop - How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity
Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022
Time: 6pm to 8pm
Location: Virtual Event
Cost: $30 for members / $50 for non-members
Click here to register for the event.
Doug Hubbard, the author of several books on measurements, decision making and risk analysis, and co-author of How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk will review the single biggest risk in cybersecurity - that is, how we assess risk.
In this session, he will review what's wrong with current methods and why we use better quantitative methods.
He will also provide an early look at some new techniques being described in the 2nd edition of How to Measure Anything in Cybersecurity Risk.
This includes methods for aggregating multiple expert estimates of risks in a way which outperforms the best individual expert and additional simple tools for Bayesian updates of risks.
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March 2022 - Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022
Time: 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Presenters:
Scott Zimmerman – Optiv – The art and science of network forensics
Mark Musone – CTO at DataSure24 - A deep dive into the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)
Click here to register for the event!
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April 2022 - Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022
Presenters:
ISC2 NJ ChapterNishant Bhajaria – Director of Privacy Engineering at Uber and author of "Data Privacy: A Runbook for Engineers"
Member Panel – Our members discuss their first job in cybersecurity
April 2022 - 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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May 2022 - SECON 2022 Conference
SECON 2022 is coming, so save the date!
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2022
Time: 9am - 4pm
Location: Physical and Virtual Event
Save the date for our annual security conference!
This year, we are partnering with both ISACA New Jersey Chapter and Kean University!
It will be virtual as well at Gather, for those that can't attend in person!
So far, we have a fantastic lineup of speakers this year and we're not done yet!
➢ Rahul Bhardwaj - CISO APAC at Kroll
➢ Anthony Zissimos - Cybersecurity Advisor for CISA
➢ Gurdeep Kaur - CISO at PSE&G
➢ Sofia Kokolis, CISSP - CISO at Freedom Mortgage Corp.
➢ Sharon Kelley - Director of Information Security and Compliance at Hudson
➢ Robert V. Jones - Founder - PReSafe Technologies
➢ Niloufer Tamboly - Risk Management Specialist at Verizon
➢ Hector Morales - Cyber Architecture Design Manager at the FAA
➢ Michelle Schaap - Attorney at Chiesa Shahinian & Giantomasi
➢ Jose Lagdameo Jr. - ASIA BISO at Prudential Financial
➢ Black Hills Information Security - Backdoors and Breaches Game!
➢ Thomas Ryan - Founder of the Security Mindset Club
➢ Rafal Los - Producer of Down the Security Rabbithole
➢ John Checco - Resident CISO
➢ Brandon Pugh - Cybersecurity & Emerging Threats Policy Counsel at R Street
➢ Kapil Bareja - Global Technical Manager at Saviynt
June 2022 - Picnic
Picnics are coming back, so save the date!
ISC2 NJ ChapterDate: Saturday, June 11, 2022
Time: TBD
Location: Alvin Williams Park, Woodbridge, NJ
June 2022 - Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, June 30, 2022
Presenters:
ISC2 NJ ChapterDavid Spark – Producer/Co-host of CISO Series and Defense in Depth Podcasts
Panel discussion on privacy (topic is TBD)
July 2022 - Meeting Agenda
Date: Thursday, July 28, 2022
Presenters:
ISC2 NJ ChapterMeghan Jacquot - President of the Mid-Atlantic chapter for Women in Cybersecurity (WiCyS)
Richard Dor, Sr. GRC Consultant at Pivot Point Security will be discussing the changes with the updated ISO 27001 Standard.
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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Current Initiatives
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.
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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 Series 3 (March - July 2022) to 50 participants!
For more information about the JuMP program, click here.
We will start new JuMP series on a rolling basis. If you are interested in participating in our mentorship program as a mentor or mentee, you can sign up to our JuMP waitlist here.
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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Member Contributions
Member Contribution - Angel Cortez
Angel Cortez is a Cyber Security and IT Consultant for CyberMutts. In this month's member contribution, Angel talks about how you can use Python to analyze network traffic. You can find his article here.
Python is a popular general-purpose programming language that can be used for a variety of purposes such as: network traffic analysis, data science and web development.
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Upcoming Presenters
Scott Zimmerman
Scott Zimmerman, CISSP, is a Senior Advisor of Threat Management for Optiv, who has over twenty years of professional IT experience. In his spare time, he writes for Digital Forensics Magazine as a featured author.
Optiv is security solutions integrator that delivers end-to-end cybersecurity services globally.
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Mark Musone
Mark Musone is the Chief Technology Officer and co-founder of DataSure24. Some of their services include: V-CISO, Security Operations, 24/7 MDR and Security Awareness Training.
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Recordings and Slides From Prior Meeting
February Monthly Meeting
Dr. Baljeet Malhotra held a talk this month about conducting an API Risk Assessment through Software Composition Analysis
Click here to access previous meeting recordings.
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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