Keynote Speakers
Dr. Albert K. Karnig, President
California State University, San Bernardino
Dr. Albert Karnig has served as president of California State University, San Bernardino since 1997, and is only the third president in the history of the university. President Karnig, who published two books, more than 60 refereed articles and numerous monographs as a public affairs and political science professor, previously served as provost at the University of Wyoming and associate vice president for academic affairs at Arizona State University. He also directed ASU's School of Public Affairs, which was ranked among the nation's 10 leading public policy and administration programs.
President Karnig's academic work includes grants from national and state agencies; and consulting with the Brookings Institution, the U.S. Department of Labor, International City Managers' Association, and other organizations.
Kenneth C. Green, Ph.D., Founding Director
The Campus Computing Project
KENNETH C. GREEN is the founding director of The Campus Computing Project, the largest continuing study of the role of computing, eLearning, and information technology in American higher education. Green also directs the Managing Online Education survey (co-sponsored by WCET), and serves as the senior research consultant to Inside Higher Ed 's surveys of senior campus officials.
An invited speaker at some two dozen academic conferences and professional meetings each year, Green is the author/co-author or editor of a dozen books and published research reports and more than 100 articles and commentaries that have appeared in academic journals and professional publications. He is often quoted on higher education and information technology issues inThe New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, and other print and broadcast media. His Digital Tweed blog is published by INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION.
In October 2002, Green received the first EDUCAUSE Award for Leadership in Public Policy and Practice. The award cites his work in creating The Campus Computing Project and recognizes his "prominence in the arena of national and international technology agendas, and the linking of higher education to those agendas." A graduate of New College (FL), Green completed his Ph.D. in higher education and public policy at UCLA.
Additional information about Kenneth and his research can be found at:
http://www.campuscomputing.net
http://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/digital_tweed
Stan Stahl, Ph.D.
President, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)
Los Angeles Chapter
Stan has been President of ISSA-LA since 2006. In addition to serving as Chapter President, Stan is the President of Citadel Information Group which he co-founded in 2002 with his business partner, Kimberly Pease. Citadel provides information security management services to business, government and the not-for-profit community. An information security pioneer, Stan has secured teleconferencing at the White House, databases inside Cheyenne Mountain and the communications network controlling our nuclear weapons arsenal. In addition to his work in the information security field, Stan has been a management consultant and was COO of an online learning company. A frequent speaker and writer on securely managing critical information assets, Stan earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics from the University of Michigan.
Keynote Address: "It Takes the Village to Secure the Village"
The information security world has changed. In the old days, information security was something big companies paid attention to and they did so by maintaining a staff of information security professionals. Smaller companies could often safely fly under the radar.
The old days are gone. All of our businesses, not-for-profits, schools, and government agencies are under attack from cybercriminals, social miscreants and nation states: Playstation, RSA, the US Senate, Lockheed, the International Olympic Committee, organized crime, Anonymous, Lulzsec, advanced persistent threats, mobile device (in)security, securing the cloud, botnets, spear-phishing. The list goes on.
As the face of cybercrime has changed, so must the response by the information security community. Information security professionals must add new management and leadership skills to their repertoire. IT professionals must become increasingly capable of integrating effective information security solutions into the networks they build and maintain for their organizations. We must all gain expertise in controlling a new generation of advanced threats and attacks. Our entire community has to confront Einstein's famous dictum: Problems cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them.
Join us at our November meeting when LA Chapter President, Stan Stahl, describes the current state of information systems security and ISSA-LA's innovative education-based strategy to provide the leadership our communities needs to "secure the village."