Greater Augusta ISSA Public Meeting featuring Mark Bristow

The Greater Augusta ISSA invites you to join us for our next meeting February 16, 2017 featuring Mark Bristow!

Mark will discuss his experiences from the field conducting incident response in ICS/SCADA environments. Mark has a unique perspective on some of the recent headline incidents including BlackEnergy, Havex and the Ukrainian Cyber Attack.

About the Speaker

Mark Bristow was born to work in information security as he found his first bug in an ICS system at the age of 10. As a teen he had a passion for technology and spent a lot of time exploring the possibilities on his computer. Once he realized he could make a career out of this passion, he jumped at the opportunity and earned a Computer Engineering degree from Penn State.

Mark loves the ever-changing landscape of security and views it as a puzzle that must be solved. He especially loves the challenges in ICS security as defending the systems where cyber meets physical means there is no greater success than a safe and effective process.

Currently Mark is the Chief of ICS-CERT Incident Response at the Department of Homeland Security where he leverages his expertise in incident response, industrial control systems, network monitoring and defense to support national security interests. In Mark's twelve- year security career he has also worked for SRA and Securicon where he supported a variety of private and public sector clients.

Mark's experience has led him to the path of sharing his knowledge and helping others learn to protect critical infrastructure. He loves teaching not only to help others, but because he learns something from his students in every class. Mark shares his real-world experiences with students so they can relate the information to scenarios in the field.

When Mark isn't defending ICS systems, he enjoys spending time with his family and scuba diving as much as possible.

About the Greater Augusta ISSA

The ISSA is an international organization of Information Systems Security Professionals. Read more about the Global ISSA at http://www.issa.org. The Greater Augusta Chapter of the ISSA meets quarterly. We invite you to attend our meetings to meet with other local security professionals, to network, share ideas, receive technical training, and to have fun while you earn CPE’s.

Members receive exclusive benefits such as discounts on training and social "meet and greet" opportunities with some of the industry's celebrities. The discounts on a single course can pay for your membership for the year! If you're not a member already, please see http://augusta.issa.org/p/membership.html.

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Where

The presentation will be at Augusta University in University Hall room UH170. For a map showing the location of University Hall, please see the parking pass (which you'll need to print and place on your dashboard):

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzQ65xrcMwNEU2ZRUWhSUllfd0E/view?usp=sharing

When

Pizza will be served at 6:30PM and the meeting will start at 7:00PM.

6:30 Pizza and networking
7:00 Opening remarks
7:05 Featured speaker

This is a FREE public meeting, but you must register to reserve your seat.

Thanks to the Augusta University Cyber Institute and Hull College of Business for providing the meeting space!

Thanks to Security Onion Solutions for sponsoring pizza!