Presentation from the 1/25/2012, the first meeting of the Cloud Security Alliance, Austin Chapter.

1.
Welcome
to
the
Cloud
Security
Alliance
Austin
Chapter
Glen
Roberts
–
President
Mano
Paul
–
VP
of
Education
Paul
Dossey,
VP
of
Membership
Raghu
George,
VP
of
Relations
Jeremy
Pierce,
Treasurer

2. Tonight’s
Sponsor
Special
thanks
to
Apex
Systems
for
sponsoring
the
food
this
evening.

3. Agenda
Wednesday,
January
25,
2012
* Cloud
Security
Alliance
Overview
* Austin
Chapter
* Committees:
* Membership
* Industry
Relations
* Cloud
Research
* Education
–
Interactive
Session
* Upcoming
Events
* Door
Prize

4. Cloud
Security
Alliance
* Not-­‐for-­‐profit
organization
* Founded
in
2008
* Mission:
* Promote
best
practices
for
providing
security
assurance
in
cloud
computing
* Provide
education
on
cloud
computing
to
help
secure
all
other
forms
of
computing
* Several
global
initiatives
(e.g.
GRC
Stack,
Security
Guidance)
* Administers
the
Certificate
of
Cloud
Security
Knowledge
(CCSK)
* Comprised
of
local
chapters

5. Welcome
Aboard,
Austin!
Warm
welcome
from:
Jim
Reavis
Executive
Director
Cloud
Security
Alliance

6. Austin
Chapter
* Primary
focus
areas:
* Cloud
security
research,
education
and
evangelism
* Active
chapter
* Partner
with
other
local
organizations
* ISSA
* OWASP
* ACUG
* ISACA
* Spirit
of
cross-­‐promotion
and
mutual
support

7. Board
of
Directors
* President:
Glen
Roberts
* Vice
President
of
Education:
Mano
Paul
* Vice
President
of
Membership:
Paul
Dossey
* Vice
President
of
Relations:
Raghu
George
* Treasurer:
Jeremy
Pierce

8. Membership
Stats
Security
Recruiter
4%
4%
Other
5%
Management
26%
Sales/Marketing
7%
Austin
Chapter
Members
* 189
Consultant
9%
Employers
Represented
* 142
Systems
Engineer
PM/BA
20%
10%
Developer/
Architect
15%

9. Membership
Benefits
* Benefits:
* Foundation
* Networking
* Visibility
* Gain
experience
* Career
development
* Committees:
* Membership
Committee
* Industry
Relations
Committee
* Cloud
Research
Committee
* Education
Committee

10. Membership
Committee
* Recruit
new
members
* Members
satisfaction
and
value
* Member
orientation
and
retention
* Promote
participation
and
volunteering
* Conduct
surveys
and
polls

11. Industry
Relations
Committee
* Spread
the
word
about
our
mission
* Social
media
strategy
* Quarterly
happy
hour
planning
* Find
sponsors
for
projects,
meeting
locations,
food,
door
prizes,
giveaways,
donations
* Organize
conference
for
2013

12. Sponsorship
Opportunities
* WE
NEED
SPONSORS!
* Meeting
location
* Food
and
beverages
for
meetings
* Happy
hours
* Door
Prizes
* Donations
* Projects
* Whitepapers
* Website
* Newsletter
* Presentations

13. Cloud
Research
Committee
* Projects:
* Brute
Cloud
* Cloud
Fuzzer
* Stego
Cloud
* Cloud
Goat
* Cloud
Security
Lab
* Whitepapers:
* Cloud
computing
career
development
* SSO
&
cloud
security
* Cloud
vendor
competitive
analysis
* Online
publishing:
* Newsletter
* www.austincloud.org
website
* Other
ideas
welcome!

14. Education
Committee
* Certificate
of
Cloud
Security
Knowledge
(CCSK)
* Continuing
Professional
Education
(CPE)
credits
* Presentation
selection
framework
* Calendar
of
events
and
related
news

15. Interactive
Session
* What
do
you
want
to
learn
about?
* What
education
programs
do
you
need?
* What
needs
does
your
company
have?
* Who
would
you
like
to
speak/present?

16. Upcoming
Events
* OWASP
Monthly
Meeting
* Tuesday,
January
31,
11:30am-­‐1pm
@
National
Instruments
* Security
Challenges
in
Cloud
Integration
–
Cloud
Security
Alliance
* Thursday,
February
2,
6pm-­‐8
pm
@
Pervasive
Software
* Austin
Security
Professionals
Happy
Hour
* Thursday,
February
9,
5pm-­‐7pm
@
Sherlock’s
* Threat
Modeling
in
the
Garden
of
Eden
–
Hackformers
* Friday,
February
10,
11:30am-­‐1pm
@
Microsoft
* Security
Intelligence:
An
Optimized
Approach
–
Austin
ISSA
* Thursday,
February
16,
11:30am-­‐1
pm
@
Microsoft
* Puppet
Labs
-­‐
ACUG
* February
21,
6pm-­‐8pm
@
Pervasive
Software

17. Austin
Chapter
Online
* Membership:
www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=4160330
* Meetups:
www.austincloud.org

18. Kindle
Fire
Door
Prize
And
the
winner
is…

19. Questions?
Glen
Roberts
President
Cloud
Security
Alliance,
Austin
Chapter
glenroberts@me.com
(512)
966-­‐3425