Capitol of Texas Chapter

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January 2017 Chapter Meeting – Aaron Blackstone

January 17th at 11:30am
Norris Conference Center 2525 West Anderson Lane #365 Austin, TX 78757

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Topic: PKI wishes and Surplus Budget Dreams – Fortune 100 Security on a State Agency Budget

Sharing lessons learned on return on investment for security products and how to cut costs while still delivering top notch security.

arronblackstoneAARON BLACKSTONEdpslogo

Chief Information Security Officer

Texas Department of Public Safety

Aaron Blackstone is the Chief Information Security Officer for the Department and will be standing up the Cyber Unit within the Homeland Security Division. Aaron is currently a Captain in the Air National Guard as a Cyber Operations Officer. He worked for the past two years on active duty in support of the Air Force and prior to that supported the FBI field office in Houston as their Information System Security Officer.

Aaron began his IT security career with the Army research Laboratory in White Sands Missile Range certifying and accrediting military networks. He then took a position securing 5th Army’s network and satellite communications. Aaron received his commission from ROTC at Sam Houston State University as a 2nd Lt branching Military Intelligence.

A native of Huntsville, Aaron has a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Sam Houston State University.

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11:30 – Networking

11:45 – Start of Meeting

11:50 – Sponsor

12:00 – Presentation

12:50 – Q&A

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The CISO Road

ISSA Capitol of Texas Chapter – October 12, 2016 11:30 – 1 PM

Speaker: Shirley Erperp
Chief Information Security Officer
Texas Health and Human Services (HHS)

Abstract: The CISO Road
(ISSA Members: download the presentation)

Preparing for your next steps toward a Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) career requires continuous work starting now.  Thinking about your, interests, skills, values, and needs should be an ongoing process.  No one gets to the top without putting in the effort and doing this will give you a sense of direction and purpose, as well as, measurable progress toward your personal goals.  Even if your goal is not the CISO position, there are skills you should be improving that will help your everyday success.   In this presentation you will learn about the things you should be paying attentions to and how to systematically make progress toward achieving your goals and objectives. This will include making a self-assessment, discovering the gaps, making decisions, and taking action on both short-term goal and long-term goals.   Gain some insight from sources and techniques that can help you along the way.  The presentation will also provide insight into the thoughts of a CISO when planning or executing a security program.

About the Speaker:

Shirley currently serves as the Texas Health and Human Services (HHS) Enterprise Chief Information Security Officer (CISO).  She has over 20 years of Information Security/Cybersecurity experience in the federal, state, corporate, and education sectors.  Shirley holds an M.S. in Information Systems Technology Management from Texas A&M University-Commerce and a B.S. in computer science.   Shirley is also a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), and a Project Management Professional (PMP).