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TOPIC: Computer Security for Small Businesses

 

SPEAKER:  Richard Kissel, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

in conjunction with the FBI, the Small Business Administration (SBA), Infragard, ISACA and the Louisiana Technology Council (LTC). 

FLYER: PLease send, post and distribute this flyer to anyone who may be interested. http://isaca-nola.org/files/nistflyer.pdf  

 

 

SUMMARY:  In the last two years the FBI has been tracking a huge upswing in incidents involving computer theives using malicious software (malware) to steal from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars from small businesses throughout the United States. The crooks target commercial accounts with $20,000 and up and have victimized churches, school districts, a variety of small businesses, city governments and more. Losses total in the hundreds of millions of dollars and jeopardize the very existence of the some of the organizations who were unprepared and unable to recover from the theft from their bank accounts.  Commercial accounts have only 24 hours from the time an ACH transaction is posted to notifiy a bank to stop the transaction and many either do not know that or did not check their accounts daily to see the unauthorized transactions before they were completed.  Once completed,  banks will not reimburse the accounts.  Two Baton Rouge business have been victimized by this fraud scheme.  This and other PREVENTABLE computer security issues are the subject of this workshop presented around the country by NIST.  Any organization with less than 500 people would benefit from sending the person who does their books and/or manages their computers. This link has a history of incidents and stoies of  on ACH fraud all the way back to June of 2009 http://krebsonsecurity.com/category/smallbizvictims

TWO DATES and TIMES: Wednesday Evening August 11, 6pm to 10pm at ITT-Tech 

                                   Thursday Morning, August 12, 8:30am to 12:30pm at Tulane Elmwood Campus

                                     

CPE: 4 CPE/CEU

 

COST: No charge, free and open to the public – please distribute information widely, this course is presented as a community service to all members of the Greater New Orleans area.

 

RSVP: by Monday August 9, 2010 

 

LOCATIONS:

August 11, 6pm at ITT Technical Institute,

Address: 140 James Dr. East, St Rose (going west on Airline Drive right after the Airport)  ITTTech will provide snacks for those who register by COB August 1, 2010. 

August 12, 8:30am at Tulane School of Continuing Studies in Elmwood (towards the river on Clearview -- E Commerce is the first right after Mounes St)

Address: 800 E Commerce Rd, Elmwood  

 

 

SEPTEMBER 8 MEETING

 

 

TOPIC:  Identity Theft

 

SPEAKER:  SSA Will Hatcher, FBI 

 

SUMMARY: Identity Theft is growing at a rate of about 10% annually, altering the lives of one out of every 20 Americans.  The odds go up if you are a young adult or a business owner.  Identity theft happens when crooks steal names, addresses, social security numbers, bank account information from individuals and use the information to set up credit histories and open accounts with another's name.

 

TIME: 12:00 -1:15pm

 

RSVP: by COB Tuesday, September 6, 2010 

 

COST: no charge; free to the public, guests welcomed

 

LOCATION: East Jefferson Regional Library,  4747 W. Napoleon Ave, Metarie 70001

Announcements

 

 Tuesday-after-the-meeting Social: We meet for a dinner social the Tuesday following the regular meeting.  

 

Annual Survey

   We have received 29 completed from members. Reminder: those who have yet to pick up their paperweights must fill out a survey to get a paperweight. Please fill one out electronically and send to president@isaca-nola.org

 

Cybersecurity Month Planning:  FIRST MEETING 6/15/10 6:00pm at Le Madeleine on Severn/17th

To plan events for October Cybersecurity Month 2010.  One table at Le Madeleine will be for those wishing to participate in planning the October Cybersecurity Month activities.

 

October 14 Monthly Meeting:

   Cybersecurity for families and small businesses

 

November 11 Monthly Meeting:

 

 

Past GNO ISACA Meeting Topics:  http://www.isaca-nola.org/DataCenter/meeting_presentations.htm

 

     
   
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