July Meeting details
Speaker: Phil Beyer
Topic: The Myth of a Perfect Security Program … the Reality of Eternal Life.
Information Security Officer, Texas Education Agency
Date: July 6th, 2012
Time: 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. with introductions beginning at 11:30 a.m.
Venue: Microsoft Technology Center at Quarry Oaks 2.
Address: 10900 Stonelake Blvd. Suite 225. Austin, TX 78759
Synopsis:
A perfect security program would be proactive, adaptable, thorough, and would eliminate all risk. The perfect security program is a myth. It doesn’t exist. No matter how hard we work as security professionals, there will always be someone with more money, time, skill, or all of the above. Rather than despair or bury our collective heads in the sand, let’s work together to build a realistic security program.
In contrast, the abundant Christian life is a reality. It does exist. Furthermore, it is freely available to everyone regardless of wealth, intelligence, social status, or all of the above. Rejoice! Eternal life starts now!
Philip Beyer is the Information Security Officer for the Texas Education Agency, the government organization charged with managing and protecting student and educator information.Mr. Beyer is an information security professional with more than 11 years experience in the industry. He previously worked as a Lead Consultant for Denim Group, where he specialized in incident management, security operations, and technical compliance testing. He has extensive experience leading security assessments and has expertise building security event management systems, developing incident response capability, as- sessing software security risks, and strengthening an information security practice.
Mr. Beyer is the President of the ISSA Capitol of Texas Chapter. He has been a CISSP since 2005 and holds a BS degree from Trinity University. He is active outside the office as a martial artist and marathon runner.
