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2024
April 2024: I Graduate Next Month - What's Next?
Meet Maya Morales and Chaitanya Patel. Each is a Cybersecurity student graduating next month. Over the past 2+ years, the chapter has sponsored their memberships, supported as much as possible, and have excitedly watched them grow into the professionals they are about to become.
Join us as chapter president, Dave Tuckman, sat down with Maya and Chaitanya to discuss their journey, experience in school, experience with the chapter, and overall thoughts on next steps. The conversation is open to anyone attending with questions and/or advice for Maya, Chaitanya, as well as others in a similar state of transition.
Maya Morales - Graduate Student at the University of San Diego
Visit Maya on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maya-morales-155a83199/
Chaitanya Patel - Master of Science Cybersecurity Management @ SDSU Fowler College of Business
Visit Chaitanya on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chaitanyajpatel/
March 2024: The Evolution of Cloud Security What Has Changed and What Has Not
Aaron Wilson is a career security practitioner who jumped into cloud computing as an early adopter in 2013. As an inaugural security consultant at Amazon Web Services, Aaron has had a front-row seat to the emergence and growth of cloud computing in business for the past decade.
Join Aaron to explore the transformation of cloud adoption in business, encompassing shifts in usage patterns, development practices, technological advancements, emerging threats, high-profile security incidents, and the evolving landscape of regulatory compliance. We'll also revisit the principles of security that have stood the test of time, for better or for worse, and dissect how they continue to shape our approach in this ever-changing domain.
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SPEAKER: Aaron Wilson - CTO, Managing Partner, and Co-Founder of ScaleSec
Aaron Wilson is the CTO for ScaleSec, a cloud security consulting firm. His career spans 25 years as a security professional establishing and implementing information security programs for both internal clients, customers, and cloud providers. His most recent focus and passion is adopting emerging technologies to demonstrate the value of security automation to the application development cycle.
In 2015, Aaron co-founded ScaleSec to leverage his experience as a hands-on security architect, practitioner, and leader. He has cultivated a deep understanding of the friction between corporate security and developers through his support of Fortune 500 early adopters.
Under Aaron’s stewardship, ScaleSec has emerged as a leading consulting partner for cloud programs across regulated industries including health tech, financial services, retail, and supplier/distribution companies. Logo companies include Dexcom, Capital One, and Genuine Parts Company.
Before starting ScaleSec, Aaron was a consultant for the inaugural Amazon Web Services professional services security practice. He also served as a security technical advisor for AWS services and products. Prior to AWS, he developed security programs at HP/ArcSight and built managed security services at SAIC.
Aaron holds a master's degree in computer information systems, a bachelor's degree in physics, and several relevant industry certifications. He resides with his family in sunny San Diego, California.
January 2024: Discussion on AI - From A Technical, Ethical and Societal Perspective
January 18th at 12pm: Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been an integral part of our lives whether we have realized it or not. When we book a ticket online, scroll through newsfeeds on social networks, or read the recommendations from an ecommerce site, we are engaging with an AI component in the background (Medium, 2019).
With the rise of services like Bard and ChatGPT, AI is on the verge of taking these capabilities to a new level not yet seen before.
Join us as Oscar Minks (President of FRSecure) walks us through the past, present and possible future this technology holds in store.
Topics include:
Brief historical overview of AI
AI resources available today
Potential technological. economical, and societal implications of AI
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SPEAKER: Oscar Minks - President at FRSecure
Oscar has been working in information security for nearly two decades with experience managing Cyber Security Incident Response programs, Cyber Defense programs, Vulnerability Management programs, working closely with PCI, ISO 27001, SOC 2, and HIPAA controls to ensure compliance. Oscar currently manages FRSecures operations team of pen testers, consultants, Incident Responders, and Forensic investigators with over 75 years of combined experience. While working for large enterprise corporations Oscar managed a team of senior security managers specializing in blue team defense with multi-million dollar annual budgets.