[ale] [ANNC] ALE-NW @ SPSU MTG. for Thurs, Oct 11, 7:30pm

[JD]

Just a reminder about the meeting tonight.
We hope to see everyone there.


On 10/07/2012 08:56 AM, JD wrote:
> The next ALE-NW @ SPSU meeting is being held Thursday, Oct 11, 2012 at 7:30pm in
> room J266 of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus.
> 
> The feature presentation will be:
>      Securing a Debian Box to NISPOM Standard
> 
> 
> Abstract:
> In order for any computer system to hold classified data on a U.S. Government
> system, it must be certified by the Defense Security System (DSS) which requires
> the computer system to align to the National Industrial Security Program
> Operation Manual (NISPOM) standards. By default, Red Hat Linux is the default
> Linux operating system of choice by DSS and others are typically not passed. So
> what does one do when a system is based on Debian and needs to meet NISPOM
> standards? In this presentation, it will be shown the steps needed to meet
> NISPOM standards on a Debian system.
> 
> 
> Speaker Bio:
> Jonathan Meek is a Research Scientist for Georgia Tech Research Institute, doing
> work in the Quality Assurance Department of the Electronic Systems Lab. He holds
> a bachelors degree in computer science and is currently working on his masters.
> He started working with Linux in 2006 at the suggestion of one of his
> professors. Previous to his work at Georgia Tech Research, he worked at King &
> Spalding LLP on the IT Support team. His hobbies include running, writing, movie
> trivia, and teaching the Computer merit badge to Boy Scouts. He holds
> memberships with the National Eagle Scout Association, Association of Computer
> Machinery and Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
> 
> 
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> For a campus map and a link to directions please see
> http://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm
> Parking in non-reserved spaces in the P60 deck on the west side of the campus is
> best. building J, the Atrium building, is about 200m east of the parking deck.
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> ALE-NW at SPSU meetings are open events and we hope you will join us! Also remember
> that topic suggestions and presentation offers the meetings can be emailed to
> [ jdp (at) algoloma ]