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Special thanks to our hosts for the July RISE meeting – ABS Technology – who provided the venue, great food, and presentation. Attendees enjoyed their fill of hot dogs and hamburgers and were then treated to an excellent technical presentation by Lee Berdick.
Rob photo-bombs the grill
RISE is excited to announce our July meeting – a cook-out hosted by ABS Technology! We are asking for RSVPs for this event so please read below if you plan to attend.
Our next meeting on Thursday, July 12, will be held at ABS Technology’s office in downtown Roanoke. Join us at 5:30pm for some great food in the view of Roanoke’s Downtown Historic District. Don’t worry about that summer heat as there will be plenty of ISE…Cisco Identity Services Engine. Speaker Lee Berdick will introduce ISE and discuss how it provides secure network access to users and devices.
Date: Thursday, July 12, 5:30pm
Address: ABS Technology, 109 Norfolk Ave, 2nd Floor, Roanoke, VA
RSVP REQUESTED! Please respond to roanokeinfosec@gmail.com if you will be there so we may estimate attendance. Free parking information will be provided to those who RSVP in advance. We don’t normally ask for this and appreciate your understanding so we can help our hosts plan for this special event.
Topic: Cisco ISE
Cisco ISE allows you to provide highly secure network access to users and devices. It helps you gain visibility into what is happening in your network, such as who is connected, which applications are installed and running, and much more. It also shares vital contextual data, such as user and device identities, threats, and vulnerabilities with integrated solutions from Cisco technology partners, so you can identify, contain, and remediate threats faster.
Speaker Bio: Lee Berdick
Lee joined ABS Technology in 2017 as a Senior Solutions Consultant. He graduated from Florida State University with a degree in Information Studies and a Graduate Certificate in Library Information Science.
Lee has been passionate about the IT field since he was 17 years old. It has been a central focus and interest in his life that led him to his career path. He holds several certifications including Certified Cisco Network Associate, Certified Cisco Design Associate, ITILv3, Palo Alto Networks Accredited Configuration Engineer, Splunk – SE I.
Outside of IT, Lee produces and DJ’s electronic dance music and has an extensive vinyl record collection with over 3,500 pieces.
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Thanks to Nate Sykes and R&K Solutions for hosting our April ‘Intro to KALI’ meeting! Rob Garbee reviewed some of the popular tools included in the KALI Linux distribution. Rob’s presentation can be downloaded using the link below.
We’re lining up events for the coming months. If you have a topic or idea of interest to the group, please drop us a line at roanokeinfosec@gmail.com.
After multiple attempts to get this one in we’re really gonna do it this time.
Our next meeting will be on April 12th at R&K Solutions in Roanoke, VA. at 5:30pm. Our subject will be an Intro to KALI Linux. If you don’t know what KALI Linux is or if you do but want to know a little more have we got a meeting for you! This operating system is the defacto standard for Pen Testing. We will be going through some of the more popular tools such as Metasploit, SPARTA, NMAP and OpenVAS as well as Offensive Security cert paths.
Please come out and join us.
Address: R&K Solutions, 2797 Frontage Rd NW, Roanoke, VA 24017
More info about KALI below:
Kali Linux is a Debian-based Linux distribution aimed at advanced Penetration Testing and Security Auditing. Kali contains several hundred tools which are geared towards various information security tasks, such as Penetration Testing, Security research, Computer Forensics and Reverse Engineering. Kali Linux is developed, funded and maintained by Offensive Security, a leading information security training company.
Hope everyone had a great holiday break! Our next RISE meeting will be this coming Thursday the 11th at 5:30 pm R&K Solutions. We will be trying our hand at the SANS 2017 Holiday Hack. Please see the link below to setup your account and then bring your laptop on the 11th. While we won’t be getting through the entire thing we will have a chance to hang out and share ideas. This is an excellent opportunity to learn some new chops and to show off the ones you have. Come on out, you don’t want to miss out on this year’s event.
https://holidayhackchallenge.com/2017
R&K Solutions
2797 Frontage Rd NW
Roanoke, VA 24017
Thanks to Grant for a great presentation and to ECPI for providing an excellent venue. It was an awesome meeting. To see the presentation via YouTube please click the link below.
Victor Garcia will be sharing what vulnerabilities he sees most often when performing Pen Tests and how to fix them.
The meeting will be at 5:30pm on 9/14 at R&K Solutions, 2797 Frontage Rd NW, STE 1000, Roanoke, VA 24017. Google Maps.
Victor Garcia is a Security Consultant, Penetration Tester for Sword & Shield Enterprise Security. His primary role consists of conducting network vulnerability assessments, penetration tests, and web application assessments. He also performs social engineering assessments such as phishing campaigns, telephone pre-texting, and malicious USB drops. He has more than 8 years of experience in the technical field in roles such as help desk, network and system administration, auditing, and information security. Additionally, Victor holds a Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Engineering and has also obtained several Offensive Security certifications.
The last presenter we had from Sword & Shield, Russel Van Tuyl, hit it out of the park. Definitely looking forward to Victor’s presentation. Guessing that while low hanging fruit are great for pen testing, they might be so good for the rest of us 🙂
Hello all, this month’s RISE meeting will be a little different, in fact it’s going to be a lot different. This month we are doubling up with the RBTC. The RBTC will be hosting a Cyber Security Forum highlighting Web Service Security Best Practices on Tuesday August 8th from 5:30pm – 7:30pm at Virginia Western Community College. The speaker will be Adam Memisyazici from Virginia Tech.
Not only will this provide a great opportunity to learn more about Web Security but this also provides a great opportunity to rub elbows with likeminded technologist from the Valley. Please keep in mind that unlike our meetings the RBTC actually needs to you register for this event. Click on the link provided and register quickly. Also there is a minor cost to attend but they probably have better snacks and drinks than we do so it’s probably worth it. In any case, if you can make it I encourage you to attend.
Lastly, I want everyone to understand that that this will not be the norm for us but I do feel that it is a good fit for us this month. If this works perhaps we will do again sometime in the future, if it doesn’t, well we gave it a shot. I have provided additional details below. Please check them out.
Link to register for the RBTC event and location info.
https://rbtc.tech/2017/07/cyber-security-forum-august-8/
Well not so much really but here is a link to the slides from Randy’s presentation to help us get there. Thanks again to Randy to coming out and thanks you all of you for being there. Looking forward to seeing you all at the next one.
The link ->20CriticalControls-RISE2017<- The link
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