[PLUG] IEEE Cyber Espionage meeting

Keith Lofstrom keithl at kl-ic.com
Mon Feb 7 22:06:58 UTC 2011


An important meeting coming up.  If you can afford to attend
next Thursday, please do.  While the speaker may not cover
the most important material, this is an opportunity to 
gather with managers thinking about security, and that
aspect could have enormous impact on our careers and the
survival of our community.

I just finished reading Richard Clarke's "Cyber War".  The
U.S. is very vulnerable and close to defenseless against
automated attack of interconnected SCADA systems running
the electric grid, oil pipelines, and the net itself.  
While Gary's meeting is focused on corporate espionage, 
the same spying techniques can also be used for sabotage.  

ObLinux - while the book is mostly focused on the political
stuff, Clarke does mention that China, by agreement, has
the Windows source code.  The US government, financial,
and industrial organizations do not.  So while the NSA is
busily analyzing Linux for security problems, contributing
to the patch stream, they aren't doing that for Windows.

ObPLUG - a lot of us are unemployed.  When companies wake
up (hopefully /before/ they are wiped out by logic bombs)
we will be overpaid, overworked, and overstressed.  So 
spend your downtime learning about security and getting
in good physical shape.  Your community will need you!

I don't mention this to be a scaremonger, especially not
if it leads to conflict with China or other countries.
We can be friends and partners.  But the current 
situation - no defense, expensive development of cyber
attack tools by the military - is an invitation to war.
The hot kind, with megadeaths.  Perhaps initiated by one
crazy person, like world war 1.  Proper cyber defense
is a way to protect the world without harming anyone.
Seat belts and defensive driving, not shooting at the
other cars.

Keith


----- Forwarded message from Gary Perman <gary at permantech.com> -----

Is Cyber Espionage Penetrating Your Company?

IEEE Technology Management Chapter presents Guest Speaker Noah Murphy, Senior Systems Engineer
 
Stuxnet? Google and Operation Aurora? CyberSitter and ‘Green Dam?’ 

Have you heard of these industrial espionage cases?
Maybe you should.

Your intelligence is what they want and they are going to great lengths to obtain it.
• Who are “THEY?”…It might surprise you.
• What is the most important data you have?
• Why does your IT need to understand your business? 
• What makes you and your company a target?
• Gain inside information and views from the trenches.
• Learn about layered security--in practice not just in theory.
• Security is not just an IT problem--what Engineering needs to know.

Date: February 16th, 2011
5:30 P.M. Registration table opens
5:30 – 6:00 P.M. Food and networking
6:00 – 7:30 P.M. Presentation and Q & A

Location: Portland State Business Accelerator, SW Corbett & SW Meade, Portland, OR 97201. Mt. Hood Room, 2nd floor. 
Free Parking

Seating is limited. RSVP strongly recommended.   $10 IEEE members. $15 non-members.
IEEE  Sr. Members and IEEE Students- free
Credit card register on-line: http://www.ieee-oregon.org right sidebar under Technology Management Chapter
Register by email (cash/check at door)
Contact: Chris Dennis, Registration Volunteer, 503-803-7627, christopher.dennis at ieee.org
This event is sponsored by the IEEE - Oregon Technology Management Council Chapter
 
About the Speaker:  Noah Murphy, Senior Systems Engineer 
Noah V. Murphy is a top systems engineer (Firewall Architect (SGFWA), IPS Architect (SGIPSA)) with over ten years front line experience in large and small networks and application delivery. Having been in the Financial, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, and Health care industries he has saved companies millions of dollars in lost data, information and intellectual property. He currently works for ClearAccess Telecommunications and was a key systems engineer at US Digital, Nautilus and bank of America. 

For more information about this event or the Technology Management Chapter, contact Gary Perman, chair: 360-835-2205 garyperman at ieee.org  Also visit us on Linked-In http://www.linkedin.com/groups?mostPopular=&gid=2680832

SW Meade and SW Corbett, Portland, OR 97201 (See  http://www.psba.pdx.edu/ for detailed directions.)
NOTE: if using GPS or online mapping: use intersection of SW Corbett Ave and SW Meade St, Portland, OR 97201.

The Technology management Chapter of IEEE is being Hosted by Portland State Business Accelerator. The PSBA is part of Portland State University to promote and incubate start-up technology companies in the Metro area. The PSBA primarily focuses on the industry clusters of Green Tech & Sustainability, IT & Software, and Biotech/Bioscience.  Companies locating at the PSBA gain affordable space for offices and labs and a range of support services to help speed each company's time to market.   http://www.psba.pdx.edu/


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