ISC2 New Jersey Chapter Newsletter

Editor-in-Chief: Tran Cheung

Notes from Newsletter Committee

Welcome to the (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter's June 2022 issue!

Special shoutout to Andrew Haratine for putting this issue together!

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

Ken's Korner

We hit our 10 year anniversary this month and it made me reflect on all the work that was put into this organization before I got involved. The previous Board members and many, many volunteers had really created something unique for the local cybersecurity community. I am so glad that one of our founding members, Niloufer Tamboly is still active after all of these years.

Looking forward to continuing what she started with our current Board members, Tran Cheung, Priyanka De Abrew, John Manley, Jose Lagdameo Jr. and Mallik Prasad.

We are going to start developing some new programs in the months to come and I hope you can volunteer and be a part of the development process, as we continue to grow and learn from each other.

Welcome Aboard!

New and Returned Chapter Members!

Welcome Ryan Bergamotto, William D'alia, Niloufer Tamboly, Peter Sylvester, William Klisch, Kristian Del Rosario, Devin Valentine, Jack Dixon, and Deja Santana!

Picnic Recap

(ISC)² New Jersey Chapter - June Picnic Recap

Our spring picnic this was a huge success! Luckily, the weather held up and we had a great time catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. This was our biggest turnout so far!

Click here for photos from the event.

We can't wait till our next one!

A big thank you to all the volunteers who made this event so memorable.

Marie Ivanov, Tran Cheung, Sharon Kelley, Mallik Prasad, Katherine Morris, Sanina Shen, Aneta Klepacka, Luisa Cassanello, Nancy E. Jean-Charles, Mohamed Brahim, Giovanni Mercado, Marcelo Ignacio, Yolanda Baker, Adam Shuren and Prabhakar Kori

Upcoming Events

July 2022 - Public Speaking Workshop

Date: Thursday, July 14th, 2022
Time: 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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.

July 2022 - Meeting Agenda

Date: Thursday, July 28th, 2022
Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.
Location: Virtual Event

Presenters:

Richard Dor, Senior GRC Consultant at Pivot Point Security, will be discussing the ISO 27001 Standard and the latest changes to it.

Seth Hammerman, CISSP, CCSP, Senior Sales Engineer at Votiro, will be discussing "Zero Day File Borne Attacks – how do you manage them?"

August 2022 - Meeting Agenda

Date: Thursday, August 25th, 2022

Learn about other local cybersecurity organizations

WiCyS (Women in Cybersecurity)
Meghan Jacquot - WiCyS Mid-Atlantic Affiliate President

Infragard
Dave Christensen - NJ President of Infragard
Jennifer Gold - NY Metro President of Infragard
David Solano - Past NY Metro President of Infragard

September 2022 - Picnic

Picnic is coming back, so save the date!

Date: Saturday, September 24, 2022
Time: TBD
Location: Roosevelt Park, Edison, NJ

September 2022 - Meeting Agenda

Date: Thursday, September 29th, 2022

Presenter:

Arthur Hedge - Co-founder of Castle Ventures

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Positions and Opportunities

We have the following volunteer positions and opportunities available:

September Picnic Committee - Click here become a volunteer for (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter's September Picnic Committee.

Rookie Committee - Click here to become a Rookie Committee volunteer.

Not sure what you can offer but want help?

Please reach out to Ken Fishkin at president@isc2chapternj.org.

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 received wonderful feedback from our JuMP Series 2 program!

Dan Torres, Mentor:

“Thank you for the opportunity, it was great to see young people taking an interest and learning about cybersecurity. It was an honor to share my knowledge and experience with the students and saw their enthusiasm, which is a gift that I will forever be grateful for.”

When asking for the top 3 benefits of the program, our mentees provided the following feedback:

David Garibaldi, Mentee:

“1. Getting diverse perspectives from those within Security. 2. Having someone I can reach out to with issues outside my organization and 3. Growing my network.”

Robinson Grullon, Mentee:

“Be able to learn and create a network with cyber leaders, share and apply lessons learned in the field and how to become a better communicator with co-workers and c-level leadership.”

For more information about the JuMP program, click here.

We will start new JuMP series on a rolling basis and plan to kick off JuMP Series 4 cohorts from September 2022 through January 2023. If you are interested in participating in our mentorship program as a mentor or mentee, you can sign up on 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.

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.

Member Contributions

NYDFS: A Cybersecurity Watchdog - With Bite By Mark Schleisner, CISSP, PMP

NYDFS doesn't have the name recognition enjoyed by NIST, and the acronym doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. However, it represents a tough regulatory agency: The New York State Department of Financial Services.

Among its many mandates is the "NYDFS Cybersecurity Regulation". It requires New York State- regulated financial services to assess their cybersecurity risks and take action to mitigate those

risks. The regulation is designed to protect consumers and financial institutions from potentially costly cyberattacks. It went into effect on March 1, 2017, with implementation to occur within 180 days.

Continue reading here.

Upcoming Presenters

Richard Dor, CISSP, CISM, CCAK, PECB ISO/IEC 27001 Certified Senior Lead Auditor, Information Security & GRC Consultant

Richard Dor is a highly motivated and resourceful Information Security & GRC Consultant with 15 years of experience designing, building, managing, auditing, and certifying secure and resilient information systems and security programs for both on-prem and cloud environments. He currently works as a Sr. GRC Consultant at Pivot Point Security, Inc.

When Richard is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family. Richard also likes reading, traveling, connecting with people, and studying for the next certification exam.

Seth Hammerman, Senior Sales Engineer at Votiro

Seth has worked for many well-known Cybersecurity companies including Cybereason, McAfee, Skyhigh Networks, Cloud Harmonics, Forcepoint, Netskope, Infoblox, and Computer Associates.

Seth has been either a Systems Engineer or SE Manager for most of his IT career, but has also been a Technical Sales Manager, Director of Channel Sales and Business Development Manager. His expertise lies around the acceleration of sales and results for IT security vendors, while also managing projects and people in an ever-growing industry. He’s dedicated to Cybersecurity and is always on the lookout for new threats and vulnerabilities and how to keep people and their data safe from them.

He likes “spreading the word” about Cybersecurity and has spoken at many conferences here in the USA, Latin America and Europe. Seth has volunteered with Cyber “Watchdog” groups such as the AARP Fraud Watch Network and others.