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	The primary goal of the Information Systems Security Association, Inc. (ISSA) is to promote management practices that will ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of organizational information resources. Information systems security is an increasingly critical aspect of information systems design and maintenance. Many organizations do not have dedicated information systems and network security personnel they have generalists many of whom are not familiar with information security practices. The ISSA is dedicated to providing resources to such people and organizations, as well as to generally raising the level of security and data privacy consciousness among information systems personnel in all organizations. The North Texas chapter is a local resource to be used by members and non-members alike. To achieve this goal, members of the Association must reflect the highest standards of ethical conduct and technical competence. Therefore, ISSA has an established Code of Ethics and requires it's observance as a pre-requisite and continuation of membership and affiliation with the Information Systems Security Association. For a copy of the Code of Ethics go to the ISSA web page

Get Ready for TRISC 2010!

	This year the 6th Annual Texas Regional Infrastructure and Security Conference (TRISC) is being held in the DFW area!, conveniently scheduled July 19-20 at the Embassy Suites in Grapevine, TX. Event conference times are 8:00-5:00 on both Monday and Tuesday. General buffet is provided for breakfast and lunch. This year four special events were added: Invitational VIP Breakfast with the Keynote Speakers - Monday 7:30-8:30am Casino Night (ahem.. Risk Management CPE workshop) - Monday Night 6:30-9pm Executive Breakfast Mixer - Tuesday 7:30-8:30am Executive Recognition Awards Ceremony - Tuesday Night 5:15-7:00pm (conference officially closes at 7pm) We hope you can attend. New details will be posted here and on the TRISC website as available.

Education Opportunities

Angelbeat returns for its 11th annual Dallas seminar Thursday January 28. This tightly-focused seminar focuses on security/compliance, virtualization/storage/cloud computing and networks/voip/wireless, with new content on consumer-driven technologies in the enterprise and IT career management. CISSP’s receive 6 CPE credit hours for attending. Meals and parking are provided at no charge at the conveniently located and beautiful Four Seasons. Click here here for more details and to register.

The University of Dallas is hosting 4 IIA CIA Intensive Review Courses spread over the next 4 months, starting January 27. Click here for a PDF describing the details.

IP3's Strategy to Reality Seminar
The University of Dallas is hosting a 2-Day Information Assurance Excutive Seminar February 23 & 24 at the Frisco Campus. Special Discount rate of $150 for ISSA members! Click here for a PDF describing the details.

The University of Dallas is close partner with the ISSA and we have many professors from UD's Information Assurance program as members of our chapter. From time to time the IA department hosts seminars and speakers of interest to our chapter members, such as the listing above. These offering come in monthly newsletters. If you would like to sign up for these newletters, simply fill out a request here:


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Updated IP3 CISSP Certification Classes offered with discounts for ISSA North Texas Chapter members. Information to come soon.

Other News

	Here it is January 2010 and your humble webmaster must admit some negligence. I never posted on this website how this local chapter (i.e. you) in August 2009 made a donation of $1500 to the Habitat for Humanity. With our help, the house at 1109 H Avenue, Plano was built. Because we are a non profit organization, your chapter officers regularly try to make worthwhile donations with any extra money the chapter receives during during the course of the year. Click here to see a history of your chapter's donations.

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	The Information Systems Security Association annual individual membership is $95.00 plus the local chapter dues ($20.00). Student and organizational memberships are also available. For more information and to join, visit the ISSA.org website.

Our Upcoming Meeting

Date:	January 21, 2010
Time	11:30:00 AM - 1:00:00 PM
Location:	Maggianno's Little Italy in Plano
Speaker:	Randy Golly, CISSP, CISM
Program:	GameStop Case Study – Security, Tactical Response & Strategic Initiative
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Security Positions

Information Security Engineer
Senior Product Manager, Security/Software Products
Security Engineer	NeoSpire Managed Hosting
Systems Administrator
Storage / SAN Administrator
RedHat Systems Administrator
Security Engineer	GameStop, Inc.
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Job Seekers

Resumes of ISSA members seeking security related positions.

Membership

The Information Systems Security Association annual membership is $95.00 plus the local chapter dues. Membership information, dues, and forms are available at ISSA web site.

For local chapter information please contact our Membership Corrdinator

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ISSA North Texas Chapter
13901 Midway Rd, Suite 102-178
Dallas, TX 75244-4388

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Get Ready for TRISC 2010!