Next Event
We are currently organising our next chapter event, which is provisionally scheduled for Thursday April 24th.

Before then we will participate in the SANS Community Night which is being held as part of the SANS training event in Dublin. The Community Night will be held on Thursday April 10th at the Red Cow Moran Hotel, beginning at 6PM. The meeting will include presentations from several Irish security professionals as well as SANS faculty and the ISSA contribution will provide an introduction to the association and an update on some of our 2008 projects. Anyone wishing to attend this event should email info@issaireland.org.
Future Events
Our programme of events for the remainder of 2008 is currently being planned and we are interested in suggestions for either topics or speakers of interest. Please take a few moments to consider the issues you are dealing with day-to-day, the larger strategic challenges facing your organisation, or security topics you've found interesting, and send your suggestions to info@issaireland.org.

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Recent Events
Security Breach Reporting and Impact, February 22nd 2008
The topic of our February meeting was security breach reporting and featured 2 visiting speakers discussing the impact of security breaches in the context of mandatory public reporting. This meeting was well attended and featured a lengthy Q&A and discussion period, including discussion of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service announcement earlier in the same week and details of new attacks on disk encryption disclosed on the previous evening.

Our guest speakers were Phil Dunkelberger, CEO of PGP Corporation and long-time supporter of ISSA, and Achim Klabunde, policy officer with the European Commission. Phil is a well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneur and headed the original ?PGP Inc? start-up formed in 1996 to commercialise PGP encryption. Following the purchase and subsequent abandonment of the PGP technology by Network Associates, Phil led a buy-out in 2002 and formed PGP Corporation which has since launched a highly-successful suite of encryption products and grown to over 300 employees. Achim heads the team responsible for privacy and trust within the EC Directorate General for Information Society and Media, where his recent work includes the privacy and security aspects of the EU regulatory framework for electronic communications.

Security Metrics and Measurement, January 31st 2008
Our January chapter meeting focused on information security metrics, a timely topic as many organisations seek to justify security investment or improve information security management systems.

Our guest speaker was Vicente Aceituno, vice-president of ISSA Spain and one of Europe's leading experts on security metrics. Vicente is the author of the Information Security Management Maturity Model (ISM3), a framework for information security management systems which focuses on defining practical and measurable security goals. Vicente has published several articles on security metrics, for example in the ISSA Journal and "ENISA Quarterly". Outside of metrics Vicente has recently published his first book, "Seguridad de la Informacion", and is the organiser of the "FIST" information security conference in Spain.

Note: Attendees and ISSA members can request speaker presentations by emailing info@issaireland.org.