ISC2 Alamo Chapter

We are proud to announce the ISC2 Alamo Chapter 2025 Leadership Team: Your 2025 Board of Directors President: Victor L. Malloy, C. Vice President: Ricky Espinoza, CISSP Treasurer: Derek S. Secretary: Tanya Wood Membership Chair: Kevin E McDonald, CISSP Communications: David "SPUD" Webb, MSIT, CISSP, CCISO, CAPM, Opinions are MINE Webb Education: Charles Zwies Technical: Enmanuel Msengi Congratulations to each of you and looking forward to working with you to continue moving our ISC2 Chapter forward in 2025!

#fistbump May Brooks-Kempler 💥 🎉

Celebrate 30 years of #CISSP with ISC2 Board Member May Brooks-Kempler 💥 In this interview from #ISC2Congress 2024, May discusses why she pursued the CISSP, its impact on her career, and advice for those preparing for the certification or entering the #cybersecurity field. Watch the full interview here: https://ow.ly/Vvtf50UoAro

It's a wrap - the December Alamo ISC2 Chapter Membership meeting with 36 online attendees and 9 or 10 in person at Tech Port, San Antonio just concluded. The Chapter Leadership (President Victor L. Malloy, C.) welcomed some new attendees as well as covered basic chapter business like total membership (211 (including 11 Students)), the Chapter's financials (which are positive), and some recent Chapter happenings (Jingle Mingle event at Scuzzi's). A huge thank you to our sponsors who've made all of our events possible for 2024 - THANK YOU! We also talked about the Board Membership Nominations / Voting for 2025 - if you're a member of Chapter Member, we need you to vote! We're 13 votes short of a quorum, please do your part for your Chapter. Lastly, we were lucky to have W. Garrett Myler talk to the Chapter about Evil Portal Attacks and gave some incredible examples of why connecting to unknown networks is bad...and why cyber safe mitigation activities like multi-factor authentication are highly encouraged and should be implemented. The follow-on conversation about password security and complexity was very informative and eye opening! Thank you W. Garrett Myler!

😎 Thank you to those who already have voted. If you have not voted please take a moment and do so now so we can meet quorum requirements to announce position winners. Even if you log on and vote "I Abstain", it counts as a vote. See the Link Below: 😎

Colleagues, almost a month ago I announced approval for my PhD Research Survey. My goal is a minimum of 100 reponses; however as of today I'm only at 30%. If you've responded, many thanks! If you're a Cyber / IT Leader or hold a positiop w/in the C-Suite of your organization, I'm respectfully requesting your support with my survey - which is in the first comment below. Additionally, I'd be grateful if you'd share the research survey with those in your network. NOTE: my understanding is that if the the link is pasted w/in this post, the post will not have the reach I'm hoping for. Thanks, Dave

Calling all members of the ISC2 Alamo Chapter ! 📢 It’s time to vote for our new Board of Directors! Your voice matters in shaping the future of our chapter. 🗳️ Check your email for voting details and make sure to cast your vote before the deadline. Let’s continue to build a stronger, more vibrant cybersecurity community together. 💻🔒 #ISC2 #CyberSecurity #Leadership #AlamoChapter" https://lnkd.in/gAkttyTR

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ISC2 Community, many of you know I'm actively engaged in Cyber Leadership Doctoral Program. My efforts are focused on the relationship among (and between) cyber / IT leaders and the impact that formal education and / or certifications and experience have on the leaders' desire or efforts to utilize artificial intelligence capabilities in enterprise cybersecurity systems. Recently, my Doctoral Institutional Review Board submission was approved, and I'm moving to the next phase and humbly request your engagement. If you're a Cyber or IT Leader, I'd be humbled if you'd take 12-15 minutes to complete this voluntary survey which will be instrumental in my research and completing this dynamic study. https://lnkd.in/g_jg73TQ Additionally, if you're interested in engaging in this topic one-on-one, I have approval to conduct on-one-discussions as well…please contact me and I’ll set up a time for a phone call or virtual discussion. I send my appreciation in advance for your support in this endeavor.

Please join your ISC2 Alamo Chapter for our Joint Jingle Mingle Event at Scuzzi's Italian Restaurant on Thursday, December 5th from 4:30-7:30PM. We'll have Food and Drinks and a Toy Drive Donation Box...and an UGLY SWEATER CONTEST! Location: Scuzzi's Italian Restaurant 4035 North Loop 1604 W #102 San Antonio, TX 78257 See you there!