Each year I like to share some of my where-abouts with you, and invite you to come say hello or join me in a session, discussion, debate or even a party. This year, I’m involved with two RSA sessions and some extra-curricular activities with organizations like TCG. Here’s the scoop! (more…)
No CommentsI promised a while ago to let you all in on some of the various projects I’ve been working on over the past few months. One I haven’t shared with you yet is my participation in contributing as a SME to the official (ISC)2 courseware for CISSP certification.
It’s a huge undertaking with 10 domains chock full of every security topic you can imagine, 20 contributing SMEs from all over the worls, a handful of editors and 1 man to bring it all together. Our team leader, Dean Bushmiller has been the Project Manager for both versions 8 and 9 of the CISSP courseware and does an amazing job.
Each of the SMEs and editors have put a lot of thought and time into the materials, in an effort to create the best and most relevant content, topic arrangement and flow possible. You’ve seen how big these books are- that’s a lotta’ stuff to pull together and I admire the group, especially the domain wranglers and Dean, for keeping it all on track.
It’s a strange and exciting project. I can’t say it’s completely foreign to me, many years ago I created content for advanced Microsoft Office courses and developed official Computer Competency Training for K-12s for use in schools here. However, a project with this much mass is definitely unique.
So, that’s another little project I’ve been working on for the past several months… and will be continuing for several more. On those occasions I drop off the face of Blog World, it’s sometimes because I’m using every free moment to try and keep up with these types of projects and deadlines.
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No CommentsJust a quick note to all CISSPs, or other certification-holders from (ISC)2
(ISC)2 is taking a hard stand on CPE submissions and coming down heavy-handed on audits. If you attend an event, even if the event host is an (ISC)2 CPE-Submitter, you need to retain your ‘proof of attendance’ and keep those documents on file. Generally an event host will provide a CPE audit retention sheet at the time of the event, or post-event.
I recently received an audit for my attendance at the RSA Conference in February. While they don’t specify a specific date or time frame you have to respond, I would recommend responding to an audit within 30 days.
Here are some quick tips…
For more information, visit the official (ISC)2 site.
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2 CommentsRSA Conference, San Francisco
Day 1: Tuesday, April 8th
This is my first year at RSA, and I really had no clue just how large it was. The expo floor is massive, and it’s filled with near-Interop-sized booths and hooks. To kick the day off, I caught the morning keynotes in the main hall, then took some time finding our partners and other folks on the expo floor. I attended some peer to peer breakouts, but due to the nature of those sessions, I’m not going to publish any information from those. Aside from that, here’s how Day 1 went… (more…)
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