South Florida Joint Security Event – State Sponsored Hacking

South Florida Joint Security Event – State Sponsored Hacking

It’s one thing when an individual tries to hack into your company but it’s quite another when foreign governments sponsor cyber-crimes and other malicious attacks. You might think that you are defenseless against such an onslaught; but all is not lost…

Join us and a panel of distinguished security experts, Tuesday July 23, 5pm at NSU’s Knight Auditorium for an in-depth look at what these threats mean and how you can apply best practices to stay one step ahead of the criminal spies.

Participating User Groups

CSA – Cloud Security Alliance, South Florida Chapter
ISSA – South Florida Information Systems Security Association
ISACA – Information Systems Audit and Control Association, South Florida Chapter
SFDA – South Florida Digital Alliance
SIM – Society of Information Management, South Florida Chapter
IEEE – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
InfraGard – South Florida Chapter

Mission Critical Systems – Information Security Technology Showcase (ISTS 2013)

Mission Critical Systems – Information Security Technology Showcase (ISTS 2013)

Join Mission Critical Systems and 14 Information Security Experts in a day focused on securing your organization from attacks and vulnerabilities that threaten your business and reputation. Twenty minute technical presentations from each manufacturer will provide you with a detailed understanding of the technical aspects of their solutions.  Manufacturers will have booths set up in the exhibit hall, staffed by engineers, to provide one-on-one product demos and discussions that relate to your specific goals and projects.

Mission Critical Systems Summertime Happy Hour @ Tequila Cowboy

Mission Critical Systems Summertime Happy Hour @ Tequila Cowboy

Mission Critical Systems would like to invite you to attend their IT Security Happy Hour.  This is a fun event with plenty of food, drinks and no obligations. Help lift those summertime blues with good food and cold brews while mingling with others in the industry! They even have bull rides for everyone and a fun drinking game for the manufacturers (before they get on the mechanical bull of course).

The topic of this informal Happy Hour is Advanced Malware Protection, Detection, and Mitigation. There has been a huge uptick in Advanced Persistent Threats (APT’s) that have been hitting small, large, and enterprise corporations through targeted, focused attacks (RSA, Symantec, Google, Microsoft, Adobe, and many more) starting with phishing attacks and ending with machines infected by custom written malware via browser exploits that cannot be detected by normal anti-virus signature based techniques

The manufacturers presented have all partnered to take their individual products which work extremely well individually into more comprehensive complete solutions designed to detect compromised machines and prevent them from stealing data or compromising the rest of the network. It is very cool stuff.

FireEye – Advanced Malware Prevention and Detection: www.fireeye.com

ForeScout – Network Access Control and Visibility: www.forescout.com

Imperva – Database Activity Monitoring and Firewall: www.imperva.com

Gigamon – Network Span Port Replicators and TAPS: www.gigamon.com

We hope you can join us. There is no obligation to our informal happy hour except have a good time and maybe learn about some cool new technologies.

Also, feel free to forward this invitation along to others that you think may like to attend.  Don’t forget to register (for free) by following the link below. We really hope you’ll be there for our Summertime Happy Hour!

Maker Revolution – We Are Your Friends

Maker Revolution – We Are Your Friends

If you haven’t heard yet, 3D printing is changing the way people do business in almost every vertical. Everything from art, clothes, shoes, toys, industrial manufacturing and even medical devices has been revolutionized by 3D printing.  3D printing is changing the way we solve problems and do business, so if you’ve ever wanted to dive in and learn more about this fast pace technology then this event is for you.

Best of all the cost of getting started in 3D printing has dropped to a few hundred dollars…

Imagine, being able to print out that prototype you’ve been mulling over for pennies or better yet, have your kids design and print out there own custom toys!

In this event we’ll discuss the origins of 3D printing but more importantly the future of this industry and how it will effect the processes of almost every business.

GetMyInterns.org is big winner

GetMyInterns.org is big winner

Congratulations to the STEM Advisory Board and Team Miami for winning top honors and $2500 in the “Best Practices” category from the National Academy Foundation for developing GetMyInterns.org. Special thanks to Jonas Stawski and Juan Arango for helping me code this concept into a reality – and helping IT interns find career building summer jobs.

Despite the weather, this year’s ITProCamp was a huge success thanks to all our sponsors and volunteers. Our friends at Keiser University were perfect hosts and their facility proved to be an awesome location for our 3rd annual event. Tag a friend – Checkout our Facebook album of the day’s activities.

On hand with words of support and encouragement at Saturday’s ITProcamp was Stephen Purkiss, Director of sales for sponsor TW Telecom.

Have you organized you 4-ball yet? As communications chair for the iCoast CIO Council, I encourage you to register here for this awesome September 20 event

The ITPalooza organizing committee will meet in person the evening of July 23rd at 7:30pm, after the Joint Security event at NSU Register now

Get your name in lights with a sponsorship package for the South Florida’s Hottest Summer event, the upcoming Tech Night At The Ball Park.

SherlockTech renews its commitment to the South Florida Tech Community

SherlockTech renews its commitment to the South Florida Tech Community

SherlockTech believes that an educated community of technology professionals strengthens our companies, builds our economic region, and enhances all of our lives. That’s why we are active in the South Florida technology community and why we proudly sponsor a wide range of events and user groups. “We have developed a deep relationship with the South Florida IT community over the last 15 years by managing and participating in hundreds of local events and user groups. This gives us unique insights and access to candidates and organizations, enabling us to offer unprecedented candidate matches.” Said Alex Funkhouser CEO of SherlockTech.