Unless otherwise noted, all meetings and training events are held at the Edmonds Community College main campus, Snohomish Hall room 110, the third Friday of each month from 10AM - Noon. Attendees can park in any space not marked as STAFF ONLY or otherwise posted as being reserved. If the particular meeting is not going to be in Snohomish Hall room 110, the alternate location will be listed for the particular meeting on the schedule below.

Meetings and training events are open to HTCIA members in good standing from any HTCIA chapter, unless otherwise noted in the meeting or training event description(s). If you are a member of another HTCIA chapter and wish to attend a training event, please contact the Chapter President to reserve a seat. All training events will consist of hands-on labs and exercises. All members are welcome and encouraged to participate in giving presentations - Contact the Chapter President with your ideas and suggestions!

Please be aware that dates, topics, and instructors are subject to change based on instructor availability and the needs of Edmonds Community College. Changes and new information will be reflected on this page as well as passed via the member listserve.

A reminder to all of our members. HTCIA is a private organization that draws its membership from many different business sectors. All meetings are private and should only be attended if you are a current member, member of the law enforcement community, or have received pre-approval to sit-in on a meeting from an HTCIA officer. If you are not a member of the law enforcement community or have not yet been approved for membership by HTCIA, you will need to get approval before attending our meetings. Due to the nature of the topics we discuss, members are reminded that no unauthorized recording of any type is permitted. If you have questions or need further clarification, please contact one of the HTCIA Officers.

Washington State HTCIA Meeting Schedule
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April 16 2010
10AM - NOON

Regular WA HTCIA Meeting
Topic: Visualizing APT: Analyzing the Zeus attack against government and military
The flood of raw data generated by intrusion detection systems (IDS) is often overwhelming for security specialists, and telltale signs of intrusion are sometimes overlooked in all the noise. Security visualization provides an easy, intuitive means for sorting through the dizzying data and spotting patterns that might indicate intrusion. The methods described lend to identifying malicious actors in advanced persistent threat (APT) scenarios; we'll focus on specificA tools and methodology to aid you in establishing security data visualization practices in your environment.


Instructor/Speaker: Russ McRee is a senior security analyst, researcher, and founder of holisticinfosec.org, where he advocates a holistic approach to the practice of information assurance. His predominant focuses are incident response and web application security; he does both as team leader of Microsoft Online Service’s Security Incident Management team.
Russ speaks and writes frequently regarding infosec topics, including toolsmith, a monthly column for the ISSA Journal. IBM's ISS X-Force cited him as the 6th ranked Top Vulnerability Discoverers of 2009.

June 18 2010
10AM - NOON

Regular WA HTCIA Meeting
Topic: TBD
Instructor/Speaker: TBD

Aug 20 2010
10AM - NOON

Regular WA HTCIA Meeting
Topic: TBD
Instructor/Speaker: TBD

Oct 15 2010
10AM - NOON

Regular WA HTCIA Meeting
Topic: TBD
Instructor/Speaker: TBD

Dec 17 2010
10AM - NOON

Regular WA HTCIA Meeting
Topic: TBD
Instructor/Speaker: TBD

 

Washington State HTCIA Training Schedule
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