Re: Information Security Training and Conferences

["Stephen C. Gay" <sgay () KENNESAW EDU>]

Matthew,

Lots of great suggestions here. From my personal experience, if you are interested in learning what other institutions 
are doing in regards to InfoSec, Educause Security Professionals Conference (SPC) is where you want to be. There are 
sessions covering all aspects of a comprehensive program and there is no other conference in which the challenges 
unique to Higher Education are better represented. As Ken mentioned, REN-ISAC also holds their annual meeting at the 
end of SPC which further adds to the value of the conference (for members).

I would add that you should add a couple more conferences to your list - Shmoocon and Derbycon. I've been attending 
Derbycon since the beginning and wouldn't miss it. Much like BlackHat and DEFCON, the topics are technical and the 
attendees are "family". Leave the suit at home, come to learn, and there is no better conference. 

Good luck and hope to see you around,

Stephen C Gay CISSP CISA 
UITS Executive Director & KSU Information Security Officer 
Information Security Office 
University Information Technology Services (UITS) 
Kennesaw State University 
Technology Services Bldg, Room 031 
1075 Canton Pl, MB #3503 
Kennesaw, GA 30144 
Phone: (470) 578-6620 
Fax: (470) 578-9050 
sgay () kennesaw edu 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Matt Hall" <matthew.hall () CHEMEKETA EDU>
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:32:31 PM
Subject: [SECURITY] Information Security Training and Conferences


Security Listserv, 


Our college is a little new to designated Information Security employees. Because of this, we are not fluent on what 
trainings and conferences that Information Security employees should be attending. So, my question is, what kind of 
trainings and conferences do other Information Security employees attend? What are your favorite trainings/conferences? 
Would you not recommend certain ones? 


We have done some trainings and conferences in the past. Some examples are: 


    * Educause Annual Conference 
    * Educause Security Professionals Conference 
    * Ellucian Live 
    * SANS Training 
    * Local Security BSides 



I am also looking into: 


    * ISC2 Security Congress 
    * Black Hat/Defcon 



Thank you for other information that you can offer. 









Matthew Hall 

Information Security - Team Lead 
Chemeketa Community College 
Phone : (503) 584-7586 
Email: Matthew.Hall () chemeketa edu 



Thank you for your help in making Chemeketa Safe and Secure!