Northern Ohio Information Technology Roundtable 

 A partnership of business, academia, and government

• February / Winter [21] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)     1. Leadership, Ethics and Commitment and The Legal and Practical Aspects of Identity Theft
                      Speakers:  Mr. Lewis C. Merletti [bio], Cleveland Browns [web site]
                                      AUSA Robert Kern [bio], US Attorney's Office, Northern District of Ohio [web site] 

• May / Summer [20] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)      1. Google.  Meeting focus will be on Google; its mission to organize the world's information and make it   
                         universally accessible and useful.  Discussion will center on the culture and organization in Google and
                         how it is designed to live up to this mission.
                         Speaker: Andrew Moore, PhD (bio), Director, Google Engineering Center, Pittsburgh, PA

• November / Fall-Winter [19] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)        1. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS).
                       Speakers: Mr. Paul Svoboda (bio), National Weather Service, NOAA [web site]
                                       Mr. Gary Garnet (bio), Warning Coordination Meteorologist (WCM), National Weather
                                       Service, NOAA [web site]
   
• June / Summer  [18] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)        1.  Understanding Cyber-Terrorism
                        Speakers: Mr. John R. LoGalbo, Assistant General Counsel (bio), America Online (AOL) LLC [web site]
                                        Dr. Andrew M. Colarik, Ph.D. (bio) [web site]
   
• April / Spring  [17] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)        1.  Insider Threat Study
                        Speakers: Ms. Dawn Cappelli (bio), Carnegie-Mellon University, CERT  [web site]
                                        Ms. Eileen Kowalski (bio), National Threat Assessment Center (NTAC), U.S. Secret Service 
                                        [web site]

• December / Fall-Winter*  [ 16 ] (meeting notice)
  (*Note: due to the United Nations General Assembly, the Fall meeting was combined with the Winter Meeting)
  (Topic)        1.  Information Security in the Medical and HealthCare Industry.
                        Speakers:  Mr. Marek Owca [bio], Chief Flight Nurse, Metro Life Flight [web site]
                                         Mr. Ashoke Talukdar [bio], Information Security Officer, MetroHealth System [web site]
                                         Mr. Michael Bennett [bio], National Sales Director, BlueBridge Networks, LLC [web site]
                                         Mr. Daniel DeSantis [bio], Chief Technology Officer, BlueBridge Networks, LLC [web site]
                                         Mr. Ed Klimas [bio], President, OB Everywhere, Inc. [web site]
   
• June / Summer  [ 15 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)       1. IT Business Development within the City of Cleveland
                       Speaker: Mr. Michael DeAloia (bio), Senior Executive for Technology Development,
                       City of Cleveland (web site)
                   2. "Power of Mobile IP” and INFOSEC research
                        Speaker: Mr. John J. Retterer, Director of Engineering (bio), ICI Networks, LLC. (web site)
                   3. Encryption and Biometrics Authentication
                       Mr. Billa Bhandari,  Founder and Chief Architect (bio), Akoura Biometrics (web site)
   
• March / Spring  [ 14 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)        1. Network Terrorism
                       Speakers: Mr. Jack Christin, Esq. (bio), eBay
                                       Mr. Keith Peer (bio), Central Command, Inc.
                                       Mr. Jake Jacobson (bio), MITRE Corporation

• December / Fall-Winter*  [ 13 ] (meeting notice)
  (*Note: due to the Presidential Campaign, the Fall meeting was combined with the Winter Meeting)
  (Topic)        1.  xTreme Hacking; Defending your Site
                        Speakers: Mr. Ron Nguyen (bio) and Mr. Erik Cabetas, Ernst & Young
   
• June / Summer  [ 12 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)        1. The Patriot Act; Cyber-Security from the Legal Perspective
                        Speaker: the Honorable Gregory A. White  (bio), United States Attorney, Northern District of Ohio
                    2. Homeland Security; What our Adversaries Know
                        Speaker: Andrew Macpherson (bio), Dartmouth College
   
• March / Spring  [ 11 ]  (meeting notice)      
  (Topic)       1. SCADA, Part II | Electric Power SCADA Systems
                       Speakers: Gerald Freese (bio) and Michael J. Assante (bio)
                       American Electric Power
                   2. SCADA, Part II |  Dominion East Ohio SCADA Systems
                       Speakers: James P. Reinmann (bio) and Greg Theirl (bio)
                       Dominion East Ohio
                   3. SCADA, Part II | Water SCADA Systems
                       Speaker: Asst. Commissioner Alex Margevicius (bio)
                       City of Cleveland, Division of Water

• December / Winter "Focus on Business"  [ 10 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)       1. SCADA, Part I | Speaker: Special Agent Jason Berryhill (bio), Electronic Crimes Task Force,
                       Cleveland Field Office, United States Secret Service
                   2. On-line Payment Transactions and eCommerce; Under the Hood | Speakers: Mr. Paul Lyda (bio)
                       and Mr. Robert (Bob) Varnadoe (bio), CheckFree
                   3. IT Security Certification; a Primer | Speaker: Mr. Anthony Hibbs, TechSkills
                  
• October / Fall  [ 9 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)       1.  Public Roll-out of the United States Secret Service, Cleveland Field Office, Electronic Crime Task Force
                       (CECTF).
   
• June / Summer   [ 8 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topics)     1.  Back to the Basics*  Achieving the optimal level of security.  What’s right for your enterprise?
                       This will be an educational, instructional and enlightening roundtable discussion regarding the history,
                       trends and perceptions, architecture / design and the application of all aspects of cyber security.  All
                       participating companies are experts in the field of enterprise-class security, the protection of digital assets,
                       and helping companies identify the optimal solutions for their organizations
  
                  2.  The Secret Service, Cleveland Field Office, Electronic Crimes Special Agent Program (ECSAP) lab will  
                       present a brief overview of its history and activity.
   
• April / Spring  [ 7 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topic)     1.  Who's Reading Your Email?  Presentation and discussion on currently available technologies for protecting
                      email and email systems.  Topics include protecting email gateways, spam prevention, email firewalls, and
                      case studies. | Speakers: Norman J. Beznoska, Jr., (bio) Director, Enterprise Security, Infiniti Systems
                      Group, John Bianco Jr., (bio) Vice-President, Infiniti Systems Group,  Alex Hernandez, (bio) CipherTrust,
                      Glenn Esposito, (bio) CipherTrust, and Michael Dees, (bio), Director of Technical Services, Intellinet

• December / Winter  [ 6 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topics)   1.   IT Initiatives;  City of Cleveland | Speaker: Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart (bio), Chief Technology 
                      Officer (CTO), City of Cleveland. 
                 2.  Microsoft Corporation; Trusted Computing Initiative | Speakers: Mr. Adam Ryncarz (bio), Senior
                      Consultant, Microsoft and  Mr. Wayne Harris (bio), Senior Consultant, Microsoft Corporation.
                 3.  Virus-immune software design utilizing the OSI-7 model | Speaker: Dr. Steve Belovich (bio), Chief
                      Executive Officer (CEO), SmartData, Inc.
   
• October / Fall  [ 5 ]  (meeting notice)
  (Topic)     1.  Wireless Technology; Separating Fact from Myth | Speakers: Mr. Phil Ardire / Western DataComm [bio],
                      Mr. Edward Rose / Computer Associates [bio], Mr. Christopher Bateman / Carnegie Mellon University-CERT
                      [bio], Special Agent Tim Allen, US Secret Service [bio]
   
• June / Summer  [ 4 ] (meeting notice)
  (Topics)   1.  Post 9/11 Recovery | Speaker: DSAIC Robert Weaver (bio), United States Secret Service / NY Electronic
                     Crimes Task Force   
                2.  Steganography - An Introduction to Data Hiding Techniques | Speaker: Mr. Michael Panczenko,
                     Director, E-Crime, The Windermere Group, LLC., Annapolis, MD (for additional info see meeting notice)
   
• April / Spring  [ 3 ]
  (Topics)   1.  Security Myths and Reality | Speaker: Greenwich Technology
                 2.  Secure e-Business | Speaker: TrueSecure Corp.
   
• January / Winter  [ 2 ]
  (Topic)    1.  Legal Issues related to cyber-crime, eCommerce, intellectual property, etc... | Speakers: Law Firms of
                    Thompson, Hine, and Florey, & Calfee, Halter, and Griswold

• October / Fall  [ 1 ]
  (Topic)    1.  Cyber-vulnerabilities / Speakers: Carnegie-Mellon University/Software-Engineering Institute (CMU-SEI).

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