ISSA Central Plains Chapter
April 1^st, 2022

Central Plains Chapter Meeting:

"XDR: What It Is And How It Is Being Used By Customers Today", Scott Emer from Trend Micro

Scott Emer is an experienced IT Engineer with a vast background from LTE wireless deployments, managing SMS Text Messaging networks, on premise migrations to custom private cloud deployments, and finally working as a Cyber Security Sales Engineer. Through these roles he has worked directly on security issues, handled after hours outages and felt the everyday engineering hurdles we go through. The cyber security world has now given him a new ability to help solve customer concerns that he once shared having to secure his own servers, networks, endpoints and anything else in the connected world.

Scott has a Bachelors in Computer Engineering and also an MBA in Technology Management. Outside of working as an IT tech nerd he enjoys mountain biking, traveling, and also running his own Pokemon Trading card business!

Scott will be presenting on Extended Detection and Response (XDR)

According to analyst firm Gartner, Extended Detection and Response (XDR) is “a SaaS-based, vendor-specific, security threat detection and incident response tool that natively integrates multiple security products into a cohesive security operations system that unifies all licensed components.”

Let’s now break down what this means and how it is being used by customers today and where it may fit in your environment!

The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit international organization of information security professionals and practitioners.  It provides education forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members. We hope the ISSA will provide a chance to interface with other IT professionals and further your awareness of security practices and technologies.

This meeting is open to the general public with no expectations of membership.

Date:        Friday, April 1^st , 2022
Location: Zoom Video Conference

Time:       1:00 pm until 3:00 pm