For our December meeting we will be partnering with the Roanoke Blacksburg Technology Council for Zero Trust Networks 101. This will be slightly different than other RISE meetings as this will be a paid event with food provided. Please register early as we expect this to be a packed event. See the link below for more details.

Venue	Gill Memorial Building
Address	709 South Jefferson St Roanoke VA 24016, US
Starts	Wed Dec 8 2021, 05:30pm EST
Ends	Wed Dec 8 2021, 07:30pm EST

After a great B-Sides event last month RISE is coming at ya with a great presentation for November.  Rob Garbee will be presenting “Left of Boom”.  Loosely based on the book Left of Bang by Douglas Laux we will be unpacking simple concepts that can assist in understanding what a network defender can know ahead of time to both predict and prevent “Boom” events.  Furthermore, we will look at what happens after the “Boom” and what concepts and tools can be used to minimize damage and recover.  Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Meeting location will be held at R&K Solutions in Roanoke VA.

November 11th @ 5:30 PM

R&K Solutions

2797 Frontage Rd NW Ste 1000

Roanoke, VA 24017

Speaker Bio

Robert Garbee is a Cyber Security Engineer working for the Carilion Clinic Information Security Department located in Roanoke Va.  In this role, Robert is responsible for performing threat analysis, network assessments and compliance auditing for enterprise network systems located in various locations scattered across Virginia.   He has more than 25 years of experience in information technology and during that time has held positions in information security, information technology and industrial security.   His certifications have included Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE), Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) and most recently Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Ethical Hacker(CEH).  Robert is also a graduate of Liberty University and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management Information Security.

Well it’s all over now but man did we have fun. Check out a few pics from our BSidesROA event on Oct 2nd, 2021. Big thanks goes out to all our sponsors and attendees. Looking forward to the next one in the Spring of 2023.

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A breakdown of the complex eco-system of ECrime Actors

Wizard Spider, Carbon Spider, Prophet Spider, no we’re not talking about the next Marvel movie, we’re talking about ECrime Actors.  This month we have brought in Cristian Rodriguez from CrowdStrike to discuss how various ECrime groups operate and how they spread evil to organizations like yours.  Christian will provide an overview of the observed tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) used by various groups and will allow us to see the nasty underbelly of the world of the Spider.

Cristian Rodriguez is a Sr. Sales Engineer with CrowdStrike, working with some of the largest global enterprise clients. His background includes the implementation and consultation of a variety of security tools, such as Endpoint Security, DLP Platforms, Mobile Security, Proxy and IDS/IPS technologies. Before working with CrowdStrike, Cristian worked with the likes of security resellers, NH&A & FishNet Security (now Optiv) and technology vendors such as Forcepoint, & Zimperium.

This will be both a live in person event as well as virtual via Zoom.   

We want to thank ECPI for hosting this event.  Looking forward to seeing you all there.

Meeting info:

Thursday September 9^th, 2021 @ 5:30pm @ ECPI Roanoke

ECPI Roanoke

5234 Airport Rd NW #200

Roanoke, VA 24012

Two new posts are now available on our YouTube site.

Ed Summer’s talk regarding Automation via Ansible and Rob Perry’s discussion regarding Space Weather. If you missed these meetings now is your chance to see the pros in action.

Automation via Ansible

Space Weather

We will not hold a meeting for May – but do not fret! We already have June and July meetings in the works as well as some promising news for the return of in-person events!

RISE is closely watching reports that Virginia may remove gathering restrictions in June pending favorable metrics on vaccinations and infection rates. Keep an eye here on the RISE blog as well as RISE emails as the news develops.

We look forward to seeing you in June and thank you for your continued support!