Attend this month’s meeting for presentations and open discussion from AISA members on the following topics:

=> Current state of the entire security industry and where do information security professionals fit within it? (research courtesy of Australian Homeland Security Research Centre) - Matthew Hackling

=> (ISC)2 global information security workforce study- a summary of the results, what keeps CISSPs up at night, how old are they, what education/experience do they have, what are they earning?

=> Certification and education to consider in your professional development (training courses, undergraduate degrees, post graduate education, graduate certificates)

=> Strategies for keeping up to date when you are time poor (podcasts, RSS feeds, e-learning, e-books)

=> Experiences entering the information security profession in the 21st century - Mark Jones

=> Experiences entering the information security profession in the 20th century - Mark Ames

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SANS is bringing Sec 401: SANS Security Essentials to your local community! Beginning on July 15th, SANS Mentor Jonathan Chaitow will be leading this class in Melbourne.

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National E-security Awareness Week runs from 6-13 June, and public events are being held all over Australia to raise awareness of the most common e-security risks and the simple steps people can take to help avoid them. Join Future Melbourne and the Australian Government for a short presentation on “E-security: Is it my problem?” with Rob Forsyth, e-security expert and managing director of Sophos, followed by lunch.

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This month’s OWASP meeting will feature Michael Silk will presenting on the OWASP.NET project, focusing on the SCAN project and the re-org underway by Mark Roxberry.

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The April Melbourne AISA branch meeting will feature Malcolm Crompton, the Managing Director of Information Integrity Solutions best known for his work as Australia’s Privacy Commissioner.

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Microsoft are holding a one day event called “Heroes Happen {2008}” that aims to deliver an in-depth understanding of the much awaited Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 and Visual Studios 2008.

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The first Melbourne AISA chapter meeting of the year will be on the 14th of February at 8am till 9.30am at Karstens Conference Center at Level 11, 123 Queen Street (next to CQ Bar). Microsoft will be presenting and sponsoring.

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This month’s LUV meeting will consist of presentations on Linux News, LCA Round Up, Microsoft and Open Source, and OpenSSH.

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