The ISSA Chicago Chapter holds meetings on the first Thursday of every month, excluding January. Meetings are commonly from 3-5 pm, and are followed by mixers/networking. The Chicago Chapter strives to bring the information systems industry's leading minds to discuss the latest trends, best practices, and strategies. Recent speakers have included Richard Thieme, Marcus Ranum, and Steve Hunt."

Why join the ISSA? Check out a few reasons at the ISSA Headquarters: Reasons to join.

Upcoming Meeting Information

Annual Holiday Party

Date & Time:
Thursday, December 4th, 2008, 5pm-8pm

Event Location:
Costa's Greek Dining & Bar
340 S. Halsted (Corner of Halsted and Van Buren)
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone 312.263.9700
NOTE: There is complimentary Valet Parking off Van Buren entrance

Event Sign-up

The ISSA Chicago Chapter is pleased to announce the annual Holiday Party to be hosted at Costa's in Greektown on Thursday, December 4th. We will be serving appetizers and cocktails starting at 5pm, proceeding to a dinner seating around 6:30pm. The cost is $10 for ISSA members and $25 for non-members and guests. Appetizers, drinks, dinner and desert are included. Note, there is complimentary Valet Parking off of the Van Buren entrance to the restaurant.

Please RSVP in advance no later than December 1 by accessing the sign-up link in this notification. Upon sign-up, you will be be automatically invoiced via email by PayPal for the proper amount (either Member of Non-Member). We welcome you to invite a guest. If registering a guest, please do so by additionally registering with their name and proper email address for PayPal invoicing. If you do not use PayPal, we will also accept payment at the door.

We hope you can join us for this festive social and networking event. Throughout the evening we will be awarding several door prize gifts via raffle. Please email communications@issa-chicago.org with any questions.

Recently Held Meetings

October, 2008
Making Sense of the Information Security Employment Market
Presented by Lee Kushner

September 6, 2007 Moving Management of Information Risk out of IT and into the Business; Challenges and Successes at HSBC
Presented by Peter Hill

August 2, 2007 Competitive Intelligence & Corporate Espionage
Presented by Danny Harris

June 7, 2007 Security Advantages & differences of Windows Vista vs. Windows XP
Presented by Microsoft Corporation

May 3, 2007 What to Expect During a Security Audit?
Presented by Jason Claycomb

April 5, 2007 Enterprise Threat Management (ETM): Bringing Security Together Through Intelligence
Presented by David J. Thomason

March 1, 2007
A Case Study of RBAC and Automated Provisioning Design and Implementation
Presented by Jim Huddleston

February 1, 2007 Implementing an Incident Response Process
Presented by Derek Milroy