When: Thursday, October 23th, 2025
Where: Vincent's Italian Cuisine - 4411 Chastant Street Metairie, LA 70006
Time: 11:30am-12:00pm - Networking, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Lunch and Learn
Topic: Privacy
Topic Summary: Our privacy is being constantly eroded at a rapid pace, and that seems to be accelerating in recent years. Ben Malisow asks the question: what if we didn’t approach this as a threat, but instead saw it as an opportunity? Riffing on themes from his book “Exposed,” Ben will discuss how transparency might be uncomfortable but might lead to better security outcomes, and how legislation/regulation is probably the wrong way to achieve our collective goals. If we lose the C of the Triad, can we enhance the I?
Presenter: Ben Malisow - WannaBeA
Presenter Bio: Ben Malisow is the creator and lead instructor for the WannaBeA brand of certification preparation material (wannabeacissp.com) and the WannaPractice app (wannapractice.com), and has worked in the fields of education/training, communication, information technology, and security, and/or some combination of these industries, for over twenty-five years. Mr. Malisow has provided information security consulting services and training to a diverse host of clients, including the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), the Department of Homeland Security (at TSA), and the FBI. He has also served as an Air Force officer, after graduating from the Air Force Academy.
An experienced trainer, Mr. Malisow has been an adjunct professor of English at the College of Southern Nevada, a computer teacher for troubled junior/senior high school students in Las Vegas, been a senior instructor for the University of Texas - San Antonio, and taught computer security certification prep classes for Carnegie-Mellon University’s CERT/SEI. He was an official ISC2 instructor for six years, delivering CISSP, CCSP, and SSCP courses, and creating much of the source material.
Mr. Malisow has published widely in many fields. His latest books include, “Exposed: How Revealing Your Data and Eliminating Privacy Increases Trust and Liberates Humanity,” the CCSP (ISC)2 Official Study Guide and the CCSP (ISC)2 Practice Tests, and “How to Pass Your INFOSEC Exam” from Amazon Direct. Updates to his work and his podcast, “The Sensuous Sounds of INFOSEC,” can be found at securityzed.com. His certification-preparation courses can be found at wannabeacissp.com, and his practice question app is: www.wannapractice.com.
Lunch will be served and will include the following:
- Entree choice of: Lasagna, Chicken Carbonara, Catfish Almondine, Vegetarian Option (Eggplant Parm)
- White Chocolate Bread Pudding
