Welcome to the Pittsburgh Chapter of ISSA

A local chapter of an independent, professional organization committed to improving the effectiveness of Information Security through awareness, education and networking with fellow Security professionals.

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Chapter Meeting

The next meeting of the Pittsburgh Chapter of ISSA will be on Tuesday December 7th at our new meeting location will be The Koppers Building. 436 Seventh Ave in the Lower Level. Registration is at 10:30 am and the meeting starts at 11:00 am. Lunch will be server before noon.

Our first presenter, Dan Morgan, Senior Solutions Engineer for BeyondTrust, will present, 'The Path to Zero Trust, A Security Paradigm Shift’.

The more the traditional perimeter continues to blur, the more zero trust comes into focus. The seismic shift to remote working and shift to the cloud have also accelerated the demise of the traditional perimeter and is driving an increased focus on Zero Trust. NIST’s guidelines provide a clear playbook for organizations seeking guidance on how to adopt Zero Trust principles. This approach reduces the threat surface and also minimizes the threat windows during which attackers can inflict damage, helping to protect against everything from simple malware to advanced persistent threats.

Many organizations have begun to embrace Zero Trust frameworks and are building these into their security strategies. Understanding your barriers to zero trust will also help you forge the best path to optimally securing your environment, including upgrading from legacy applications and architectures to ones that support zero trust.'

In the session, Dan Morgan, Senior Solutions Engineer, will explore: