Background
The Information Systems Security Association is an international professional body for information security personnel. ISSA was established in California in 1984 and since then has expanded across the world, now serving over 13,000 members through 125 chapters in 35 countries.

As a non-profit organisation ISSA relies on volunteers to manage local chapters which provide educational and networking opportunities for members, supported by an international headquarters in Portland, Oregon (website). The Irish chapter of ISSA was formed in 2003 by a group of Irish information security professionals who saw the need for a local support organisation with global connections, allowing the Irish security community to not only share information locally but also access international resources.
Current Board Members
The Irish chapter is managed by a board of elected volunteers. The current board is as follows:

Owen O'Connor (President)
Paul Rochford (Vice-President)
Colm Deehan (Secretary / Treasurer)
Michael Harris
John Sheppard (Academic Liaison)
Mark McDonagh

Board members can be contacted via email using the format "firstname.lastname@issaireland.org".
Getting Involved
Since chapter activity is entirely driven by time donated by our volunteers we are interested in hearing from members who can help, for example by helping to arrange chapter meetings, suggesting topics or speakers, helping with website development, promoting the chapter, etc. We will also occasionally ask for specific assistance via our mailing list, for example around the ISSA / UCD Irish Cybercrime Survey.
ISSA Across Europe
In addition to Ireland there are ISSA chapters in a number of other European countries including:

UK (website)
Belgium (website)
Holland (website)
Switzerland (website)
Spain (website)
Norway
Italy (website)
Poland (website)
Nordic (website)
Romania