Iowa InfraGard

Sharing information to prevent and respond to terrorism

InfraGard Minnesota Members Alliance and its public and private partners will conduct a Northern US multi-state Critical Infrastructure exercise with participants from Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota and Nebraska in September of 2010.

The exercise will have three primary goals; 1) better understand the threat and potential impact of terrorism, whether domestic or international, 2) identify gaps and opportunities in information-sharing and emergency response, and 3) identify long-term opportunities to reduce vulnerability, coordinate response, collaborate on preparedness and maximize limited resources.

More information is available

Agenda:

8:00 - 8:30: Kickoff

Meeting opening, collecting of funds for lunch.

8:30 - 12:30: Security for Small Business

Can YOU answer the following questions?

• What happens to my business if my sensitive business information falls into someone else’s possession?
• What would it cost me to be without some or all of my sensitive business information?
• Could I recreate lost sensitive business information and what would be the cost?
• What would be the implications to my business if I could no longer trust the accuracy or completeness of my sensitive business information?

If you can’t answer these questions, then you need this workshop!

The NIST Computer Security Division has developed a workshop to help the small business owner increase information system security.

• Learn how to define information security (IS) for your organization.
• Hear examples of common types of threats and understand how to determine the extent to which your organization should proactively address threats.
• Learn common Best Practices and procedures to operate more securely.
• Hear a basic explanation of current technologies used in reducing IS vulnerabilities and learn of resources freely available to your organization.

12:30 - 12:45: Lunch and presentation by Solutionary

If you chose to request a lunch, it will be available, and Infragard will begin follow-on presentations.

12:45 - 1:30: Infragard - Tom Conley - Physical Security

Tom M. Conley is the President & C.E.O. of The Conley Group, Inc. headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa. The Conley Group, Inc. provides highly qualified uniformed and plainclothes security services, security patrol services, and a full range of investigative services to their clients. He is a former civilian police captain and is a senior-level commissioned officer in the United States Navy (Reserve). In the U. S. Navy, he has served in a number of law enforcement, criminal investigation and information security leadership positions, as well as a commanding officer of a destroyer squadron detachment. He is a certified Master Training Specialist by the U.S. Navy and a certified counter-terrorism instructor by the U.S. Department of Defense.

1:45 - 2:30: Infragard - Barry Von Ahsen - Self-guided compliance and ISO 27000

Barry Von Ahsen, CISSP, is Information Security Manager and lead system administrator for Visionary Services, Inc., a web development company in Des Moines' East Village. When not wrestling servers, he also develops websites in PHP, and manages databases, desktops, phones, and other network-enabled devices.

2:45 - 3:30: Infragard - Dave Nelson - Vendor Management

3:45 - 4:30: Infragard - Josh More - Credit Card Security

4:45 - 5:00: Infragard - Closing Remarks

RSVP: www.sba.gov/ia/desmo

Printed Materials: Flyer

Location:
DMACC, Ankeny
FFA Enrichment Center
Room # 108
1055 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy
Ankeny, IA 50023