cloud security alliance, austin chapter - 2012-01-25 meeting

 Welcome  to  the    

Cloud  Security  Alliance  Austin  Chapter  

Glen  Roberts  –  President  Mano  Paul  –  VP  of  Education  

Paul  Dossey,  VP  of  Membership  Raghu  George,  VP  of  Relations  

Jeremy  Pierce,  Treasurer  

Tonight’s  Sponsor  Special  thanks  to  Apex  Systems  for  sponsoring  the  food  this  evening.    

Wednesday,  January  25,  2012  *  Cloud  Security  Alliance  Overview  *  Austin  Chapter  *  Committees:  *  Membership  *  Industry  Relations  *  Cloud  Research  *  Education  –  Interactive  Session  

*  Upcoming  Events  *  Door  Prize    

Agenda  

*  Not-­‐for-­‐profit  organization  *  Founded  in  2008  *  Mission:    *  Promote  best  practices  for  providing  security  assurance  in  cloud  

computing  *  Provide  education  on  cloud  computing  to  help  secure  all  other  forms  of  

computing  *  Several  global  initiatives  (e.g.  GRC  Stack,  Security  Guidance)  *  Administers  the  Certificate  of  Cloud  Security  Knowledge  (CCSK)  *  Comprised  of  local  chapters  

Cloud  Security  Alliance  

Welcome  Aboard,  Austin!  

Warm  welcome  from:      Jim  Reavis  Executive  Director  Cloud  Security  Alliance  

*  Primary  focus  areas:    *  Cloud  security  research,  education  and  evangelism  

*  Active  chapter    *  Partner  with  other  local  organizations  *  ISSA  *  OWASP  *  ACUG  *  ISACA  

*  Spirit  of  cross-­‐promotion  and  mutual  support  

Austin  Chapter  

*  President:  Glen  Roberts  

*  Vice  President  of  Education:  Mano  Paul  

*  Vice  President  of  Membership:  Paul  Dossey  

*  Vice  President  of  Relations:  Raghu  George  

*  Treasurer:  Jeremy  Pierce  

Board  of  Directors  

Membership  Stats  

Management  26%  

Systems  Engineer  20%  

Developer/Architect  

15%  

PM/BA  10%  

Consultant  9%  

Sales/Marketing  7%  

Other  5%  

Recruiter  4%  

Security  4%  

Austin  Chapter  Members  *  189  Employers  Represented    *  142  

*  Benefits:  *  Foundation  *  Networking  *  Visibility  *  Gain  experience  *  Career  development  

*  Committees:  *  Membership  Committee  *  Industry  Relations  Committee  *  Cloud  Research  Committee  *  Education  Committee  

Membership  Benefits  

*  Recruit  new  members  *  Members  satisfaction  and  value  *  Member  orientation  and  retention  *  Promote  participation  and  volunteering  *  Conduct  surveys  and  polls  

Membership  Committee  

*  Spread  the  word  about  our  mission  *  Social  media  strategy  *  Quarterly  happy  hour  planning  *  Find  sponsors  for  projects,  meeting  locations,  food,  door  prizes,  giveaways,  donations  *  Organize  conference  for  2013  

Industry  Relations  Committee  

*  WE  NEED  SPONSORS!  *  Meeting  location  *  Food  and  beverages  for  meetings  *  Happy  hours  *  Door  Prizes  *  Donations  *  Projects  *  Whitepapers  *  Website  *  Newsletter  *  Presentations  

Sponsorship  Opportunities  

*  Projects:  *  Brute  Cloud  *  Cloud  Fuzzer  *  Stego  Cloud  *  Cloud  Goat  *  Cloud  Security  Lab  

*  Whitepapers:  *  Cloud  computing  career  development  *  SSO  &  cloud  security  *  Cloud  vendor  competitive  analysis  

*  Online  publishing:  *  Newsletter  *  www.austincloud.org  website  

*  Other  ideas  welcome!  

Cloud  Research  Committee  

*  Certificate  of  Cloud  Security  Knowledge  (CCSK)  *  Continuing  Professional  Education  (CPE)  credits  *  Presentation  selection  framework  *  Calendar  of  events  and  related  news  

Education  Committee  

*  What  do  you  want  to  learn  about?  *  What  education  programs  do  you  need?  *  What  needs  does  your  company  have?  *  Who  would  you  like  to  speak/present?  

Interactive  Session  

*  OWASP  Monthly  Meeting  *  Tuesday,  January  31,  11:30am-­‐1pm  @  National  Instruments  

*  Security  Challenges  in  Cloud  Integration  –  Cloud  Security  Alliance  *  Thursday,  February  2,  6pm-­‐8  pm  @  Pervasive  Software  

*  Austin  Security  Professionals  Happy  Hour  *  Thursday,  February  9,  5pm-­‐7pm  @  Sherlock’s  

*  Threat  Modeling  in  the  Garden  of  Eden  –  Hackformers  *  Friday,  February  10,  11:30am-­‐1pm  @  Microsoft  

*  Security  Intelligence:  An  Optimized  Approach  –  Austin  ISSA  *  Thursday,  February  16,  11:30am-­‐1  pm  @  Microsoft  

*  Puppet  Labs  -­‐  ACUG  *  February  21,  6pm-­‐8pm  @  Pervasive  Software  

Upcoming  Events  

*  Membership:  www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4160330    *  Meetups:  www.austincloud.org    

Austin  Chapter  Online  

Kindle  Fire  Door  Prize  

And  the  winner  is…  

Glen  Roberts  President  Cloud  Security  Alliance,  Austin  Chapter    glenroberts@me.com  (512)  966-­‐3425  

Questions?