September 2009 Chapter Meeting
Date:Tuesday, September1, 2009

Topic:‘Measuring Performance and Cohesion in Distributed Computer Security Incident Response Teams’

Speaker: MarkYanalitis, Highmark

Place:Regional Enterprise Tower

425 Sixth Avenue, Suite 2300

Pittsburgh, Pa15219

Time:8:30 a.m. Registration and Breakfast

9:00 a.m. Business Meeting/Presentation

Cost: $10.00 for members of AITP, HTCIA, InfraGard, ISACA, ISSA and TRCPA

$15.00 for non-members with advance registration

$5.00 for students with advance registration

There is an extra $5.00 charge for registration after August 28th.

About this presentation:

The presentation focuses on the challenges of measuring performance and maintaining cohesion when incident response personnel are scatter through out and organization and over different geographic areas.

Bio: Mark Yanalitis

Mr. Yanalitis has held positions in the private and public sector as a networksecurity engineer, a security consultant for KPMG Information Risk Management andDirector of Security for a large regional ISP/MSP. He currently functions as a networkengineering consultant for a national health insurance concern. His efforts have

concentrated upon threat management, Intelligence life cycle management, anddistributed computer incident response. He has presented “AIR-FRAME: Analysis-Intelligence-Reaction Framework,” at the 2001 Forum for Information Warfare. AIRFRAMEis adoptable and usable defensive information operations framework for

Private Industry.

Mr. Yanalitis is a member in good standing with the Association forComputing Machinery (ACM) and ASIS-American Society for Industrial Security. Heholds CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) designation andIAM recognition by the NSA ISSO DIOG (Information Systems Security Organization

Defense Information Operations Group). He has held various vendor certifications. Mr.Yanalitis is a graduate of the 8th Pittsburgh FBI Civilian Academy program and theDuquesne University Forensics Science and Law short program. He holds Bachelor’sand Graduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh; He is currently pursuing aGraduate Degree in Intelligence Studies at American Military University.

Registration

To register in advance for this meeting contactMike Sotace at r phone (412) 995-7342. Advance registration deadline is August28, 2009.

Please Note:

There is security at RegionalEnterpriseTower so you will have to check in at the desk before going to the elevators.

Membership Note:

If you would like to join the Pittsburgh Chapter of ISSA, have questions about your membership or would like more information please contact Mike Sotace at or phone (412) 995-7342.

ISSA Pittsburgh ChapterP.O. Box 23302Pittsburgh, PA15222

President

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Vice President

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Secretary

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Treasurer

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Membership Chair

Mike Sotace

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Sean Emery

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See President

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Janet Skurnick

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Terry Nypaver

Education Management Corp.

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Nortel

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Bechtel Bettis, Inc.

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