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The following events provide state employees educational opportunities in developing and expanding effective information security and risk management programs for their agencies. Unless otherwise noted, there is no cost to the participant and appropriate staff members are encouraged to attend.

Events

  • 2008 - Monthly AeA Educational Seminars for Information Security Officers
    A monthly series of 1-hour vendor presentations on information security topics of interest.  Seminars are held between 11:00 am to 12:00 noon at AeA offices located at 1415 L Street, Suite 1260, Sacramento CA 95814 on specified dates.
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June 25, 2008 Identity Management (IDM)

Contact Debra Calevro at (916) 443-9059 to confirm event schedule and/or to obtain additional information.

  • Department of Technology Services Training Center offers great opportunities to attend free security seminars, forums and meetings. Watch their Events Calendar for more upcoming security training opportunities.

    DTS Quarterly IT Security Forum
    July 23, 2008 from 9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
    Topic: Go Security! Go Privacy! Go RIM!
    Presented by the Office of Information Security and Privacy Protection
    Open to all government employees. Contact DTS Training Center for details at www.dts.ca.gov

  • Previous Event Materials

    • Meetings

    • Government ISO Meetings - These meetings are held every other month and are sponsored by the Office of Information Security. We discuss security topics and trends, upcoming policy changes, and other activities. These meetings are for designated agency ISOs and backups only.

      Meeting specifics are distributed to ISOs prior to each meeting. If you are a designated ISO or ISO backup for your agency and are not receiving these, please contact us at (916) 445-5239 or by email at Security@oispp.ca.gov

    • Previous ISO Meeting Materials

    Standing Meetings

    • Inter-Agency Security Group – Comprised of state employees whose job duties deal directly or indirectly with information security (e.g., Information Security Officers and information security staff, technical security and network administrators, legal staff, IT auditors, etc.).  The bi-monthly meetings, established in 1996, are a forum to share what other agencies are doing in policy development; information on new or proposed legislation impacting the State’s information assets and how agencies are preparing for it; discussing security and software tools used; and lessons learned, etc.  It is also a valuable forum to get to know other state employees within the information security community.

      2007 Dates: Second Thursday of every EVEN Month (February, April, June, August, October, and December)
      Time:  9:30am – 11:30am
      Location:  CA Dept. of Veteran Affairs, 1227 O Street (12th & O Sts), Sacramento, CA  95814

      Open for State employees only
      For meeting confirmation or more details contact: Stephanie Cervantes with CalPERS at (916) 795-1528 or by email at Stephanie_Cervantes@calpers.ca.gov.

    • Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) - Sacramento Chapter — A non-profit security based organization open to government and public professionals. Chapter meeting are scheduled for the third Thursday of every month.

    Workshops

    To be Announced.

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    Last Updated: Wednesday, June 25, 2008