ISC2 New Jersey Chapter Newsletter

Editor-in-Chief: Tran Cheung

Notes from Newsletter Committee

Welcome to the (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter's December 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.

Sending you all our warmest wishes for the new year!
Newsletter Committee

Ken's Korner

Message from the President

We ended this year on a great note, as our 1st International Chapter Conference and Holiday Dinner were huge successes! SECON International will definitely be coming back next year.

I am so looking forward to planning and attending all of next year's events and I hope you will consider joining one of our many event committees in 2023. It is extremely rewarding to help our community grow and a great way to meet your peers on a more personal level.

I hope you enjoy our final issue of our newsletter of 2022, as we now have reached 1400 subscribers!

I wish everyone a happy and healthy new year and I hope to see you at one of our upcoming events!

Welcome Aboard!

Welcome New and Renewed Chapter Members!

Thomas Mazzone, Frank Kianos, Kristi Jardin, Harry Caskey, Randall Palmer, Michael Fernandes, Peter Thermos, Bryan Bethelmy, Andrew Ellsweig, Gary Petrewski, Nicole Thomas and Andrew Griffiths from Jamaica!

Note for all potential members: Click here to watch a special video from our Welcoming Committee. In this video, they discuss why they love being a member of our chapter. Special thanks to Sammi Fishkin for producing this video!

SECON International Conference Recap

SECON International Chapter Conference Recap

On December 1st, we held our first international conference for (ISC)² chapter members and we had a phenomenal turnout.

We started planning this conference way back in July and we met on a weekly basis for almost 6 months. This event could not have been possible without the fellow committee members, who are (ISC)² chapter leaders from Poland, Israel, Greece, Netherlands, Uganda, Belgium and Luxembourg chapters.

We used our fun virtual platform, Gather.Town, with speakers spanning 20 time zones and conference participants spanning 50 countries and states from all over the globe.

We are currently editing the recordings from this event and they will be made available on YouTube very soon.

Holiday Dinner Recap

We had a great turnout this year at The Brown Stone in Metuchen for annual Holiday Party. We even had some magic performed under the big tent by our resident magician, Jay Ferron!

Special thanks to Jim Ambrosini and IGI Security for sponsoring this event!

Click here for pics.

Happy Hour Recap

Trivia Night Recap

We had to throw in one more event this month, since we didn't have our usual monthly meeting. Trivia Night - JEOPARDY! style was a lot of fun. For those that missed it, see how well you would have done by clicking here! We’ll have some more next year, since everyone seemed to enjoy it.

Upcoming Events

CISSP Study Group

The (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter is holding a comprehensive CISSP Study Group for our (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter members on five consecutive Wednesdays, from January 11 to February 8, 2023.

The Study Group schedule will be as follows:

Jan. 11: (7pm-9pm) Exam prep tips and resources + Domain 1

Jan. 18: (7-8pm) Domains 2 and 3

Jan. 25: (7-8pm): Domains 4 and 5

Feb. 1: (7-8pm) Domains 6 and 7

Feb. 8: (7-8pm) Domain 8 + final exam Group Q&A

Mark Schleisner, CISSP and Yolanda Baker, CISSP will be proctoring and guiding Q&A for each domain section. The curriculum will follow the CISSP Official Study Guide, 9th Edition ($47.49 on Amazon).

This Study Group is FREE to all ISC2 NJ Chapter members. Come prepared to share your own favorite resources and tips!

Public Speaking Workshop

Date: Thursday, January 12th, 2023
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 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.

Certified in Cybersecurity Bootcamp with Study Sessions

We are pleased to offer our (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter members a FREE 2-day bootcamp with follow up study sessions. Jay Ferron, our resident certified trainer will be teaching the bootcamp and Samantha Snellen will be facilitating the study sessions.

Click here to learn how to register for the exam for free.

Bootcamp

Dates: Saturdays 1/21 and 2/4
Time: 8:30-5pm ET

Study Group

Dates: Wednesdays 2/8-3/8
Time: 7-8pm ET

Cost: FREE – ONLY TO (ISC)² NEW JERSEY CHAPTER MEMBERS!

January 2023 Monthly Meeting

Date: Thursday, January 26th, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual

Presenters:
Rob Bruder - NJCCIC Chief Operations Officer at State of New Jersey
Narayanan Subramaniam - Senior Manager QA at Uptycs

February 2023 - Meeting Agenda

Date: Thursday, February 23, 2023
Time: 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual

Presenters:
Oliva Rose - Board of Directors at Cyversity
Matthew Wilson - Head of Security Operations & Incident Response at Dun & Bradstreet

Volunteer Opportunities

Volunteer Positions and Opportunities

We have the following volunteer opportunities available:

Click here to volunteer for our planning committee for the SECON 2023 conference (scheduled for June 1, 2023).

Not sure what you can offer but want help?

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

Current Initiatives

Join Our Discord Server!

We now have over 200 members on our Discord Server!

By adding a Discord server to the mix of our communication tools, we now have real-time collaboration between our members 24/7.

For those members that want to communicate on a variety of topics between meetings using Discord, just send Ken an email at president@isc2chapternj.org to get the link.

The members of the Discord Committee are Bryon Singh, Tran Cheung, Giovanni Mercado, John Linkowsky , Krishna Nekkalapudi, Matthew Lang, Michael LeBlanc, Nikunj Shah, Brett Smith and Saurabh Sagdeo.

Jumpstart Mentorship Program (JuMP)

The mission of the (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter's JuMPstart mentorship program is to connect cyber security professionals together to make and establish long lasting professional relationships that are mutually fulfilling. This includes mature cyber security professionals, students, career changers or anyone looking to grow!

For more information about the JuMP program, click here.

We are excited to share we are finishing up our November/December session and starting our January session in the New Year! This is our 4th Series of our mentoring program and it is running October 2022 through February 2023.

Over the coming months our mentors and mentees will be busily scheduling to meet each other and making wonderful connections that contribute to making this chapter what it is.

We have expanded our committee to include Ralph Migliore and we are incorporating him into the operations and planning of the mentorship items. As a committee we have been making sure all the mentorship participants have the information needed to help make meaningful connections. As always we will be requesting feedback to make sure we can implement changes that improve and match our members' needs.

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.

Educational Training

Grand Canyon University and (ISC)² New Jersey Chapter Partnership

We are proud to present to our fellow chapter members a new partnership we formed with Grand Canyon University!

Grand Canyon University’s Educational Alliance Participant (EAP) program provides a no-cost, non-exclusive opportunity to support your valued employees’ growth by helping them earn a degree, certificate or take a single course with scholarship benefits.

EAP partnership benefits:

10% off tuition scholarship on the degree or single course
Attend class 100% online with over 250 programs from which to choose
Ongoing support from a local counselor, plus free online tutoring, technical support and more

If you’re interested in learning more about this program, you can reach out directly to Lara Bogner by email lara.bogner@gcu.edu or call 602-247-4608.

https://www.gcu.edu/counselor/lara.bogner

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.

Upcoming Presenters

Rob Bruder - NJCCIC Chief Operations Officer at State of New Jersey

Robert Bruder works as a Chief Operations Officer for the New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC). NJCCIC is the state’s one-stop shop for cybersecurity information sharing, threat intelligence, and incident reporting. Acting in a cyber fusion center capacity, the NJCCIC is a component organization within the New Jersey Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness. The NJCCIC works to make New Jersey more resilient to cyberattacks by promoting statewide awareness of cyber threats and widespread adoption of best practices.

Narayanan Subramaniam - Senior Manager QA at Uptycs

Narayanan Subramaniam is a seasoned IT Infrastructure & Application Security Assurance professional with 20+ years of experience. He is passionate about Cybersecurity, Cloud Security, Security Auditing, Security Compliance, GNU/Linux and FOSS(Free & Open Source Software).

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

Mentorship Chair:
Matthew Lang
Mentoring@isc2chapternj.org