Re: INFRAGARD

[Joel Rosenblatt <joel () COLUMBIA EDU>]

When I joined the NY chapter, it was IT oriented, however in the last year or so, the orientation has shifted to 
LE/Disaster/terrorism .. I would recommend
joining, but you may find that some of the meetings can be skipped.

Your mileage may vary.

Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel


--On Monday, July 23, 2007 2:00 PM -0400 "Bradley, Stephen W. Mr." <bradlesw () MUOHIO EDU> wrote:

> I don't see our chapter LE oriented at all.  Granted, it was started in Ohio by LE (FBI) to help interface with 
> industry but we have lots of presenters at
> our meetings that are not LE officials.  WMDs, forensics, network analysis, wireless security and disaster planning are 
> some of the topics we have discussed.
>
> At the last meeting they did point out a couple of interesting stats.  Over 200 investigations have been started from 
> information from the chapter members
> nationwide and over 300 pieces of information were shared to help other investigations.
>
> I recommend joining.
>
>
> http://www.infragard.dayton.oh.us/
>
>
> Stephen W. Bradley GCIH CISSP
> Network Security Specialist
> Miami University
> Information Security Office
> 513-529-8129
> bradlesw () muohio edu<mailto:bradlesw () muohio edu>
>
> "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
>     Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review of Pennsylvania, 1759
> ________________________________
> From: Pace, Guy [mailto:gpace () CIS CTC EDU]
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 1:40 PM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: Re: [SECURITY] INFRAGARD
>
> Infragard is an FBI program, best explained on their web site:
>
> http://www.infragard.net/
>
> One of the missions is community outreach and education. The FBI/Infragard folks are also presenters at least once a 
> year at our Puget Sound ISSA chapter
> meetings.
>
> Very much law enforcement oriented.
>
> Guy L. Pace, CISSP
> Security Administrator
> Center for Information Services (CIS)
> 3101 Northup Way, Suite 100
> Bellevue, WA 98004
> 425-803-9724
>
> gpace () cis ctc edu
>
> ________________________________
> From: Vanderbilt, Teresa [mailto:tvanderb () OZARKS EDU]
> Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:31 AM
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> Subject: [SECURITY] INFRAGARD
>
> Can anyone tell me about Infragard?
>
> Thanks,
> Teresa Vanderbilt
> University of the Ozarks



Joel Rosenblatt, Manager Network & Computer Security
Columbia Information Security Office (CISO)
Columbia University, 612 W 115th Street, NY, NY 10025 / 212 854 3033
http://www.columbia.edu/~joel