ISSA Puget Sound – May 21st – Jake Bernardes – Grunge GRC, From Screenshots to Systems

Grunge stripped music back to what mattered, raw sound, real emotion, no unnecessary polish. GRC Engineering is doing the same for security. Join Jake Bernardes, CISO at Anecdotes, as he breaks down the shift from legacy, checkbox-driven compliance to a new model built on systems, automation, and real-time proof. This isn’t about prettier dashboards or … Read more

ISSA Puget Sound – April 16th – Joanna Wiggum – Adversarial Patterns and Human Decision Risk

Join us on April 16th at 6:00PM for an in-depth presentation from Joanna Wiggum on cybersecurity threat intelligence focused on consequential breaches from the last year, the adversarial patterns behind them, and the growing role of human decision risk in modern compromise. The presentation will examine how threat actors profile organizations and trusted operators from … Read more

ISSA Puget Sound – March 19th – Carmen Best – Change Management in a Technology-Driven Era

Join us on March 19th at 6:00PM for an in-depth presentation from Carmen Best on how change is no longer a choice, it’s the operating system. Are you ready to reboot? Carmen Best is an accomplished executive leader with more than 30 years of experience overseeing large, complex organizations and driving high-impact partnerships across the … Read more

ISSA Puget Sound – February 19th – Stephanie Warren – Never Waste a Good Cyberattack: turning “never again” into sustained change

Join us on February 19th at 6:00PM for an in-depth presentation on how to Never Waste a Good Cyberattack: turning “never again” into sustained change, from Stephanie Warren, Assistant Director, Information Security at the Port of Seattle A cyberattack is miserable, but it’s also a golden ticket for change. Never Waste a Good Cyberattack breaks … Read more

ISSA Puget Sound – January 15th – Michael Freeman – The New Cyber Warfare Front – AI Attack Vectors Exploited by Nation-States 

Join us on January 15th at 6:00PM for an in-depth presentation on AI Attack Vectors Exploited by Nation-States from Michael Freeman, CTO of Cyber Threat Intelligence, Armis Labs. AI is rapidly transforming the threat landscape with nation-state threat actors such as China and Russia exploiting these new capabilities, setting off alarms among Western security experts. … Read more

ISSA Puget Sound – October 16th – Corey Elinburg – Sneaky Problem, Cheeky Threat, Leaky Controls… The state of SaaS and AI Security

Join us on October 16th at 6:00PM for an in-depth presentation on Sneaky Problem, Cheeky Threat, Leaky Controls… The state of SaaS and AI Security from Corey Elinburg, Field CISO/CTO at Obsidian Security. With over 25 years of leadership in cybersecurity, cloud architecture, and IT innovation, Corey thrives at the intersection of security, business transformation, … Read more

ISSA Puget Sound – September 18th – Doug Drewry – Identity, your Fifth Wall

Join us on September 18th at 6:00PM for an in-depth presentation on securing the borderless digital landscape, where identity is the only constant from Doug Drewry, Director Global Cybersecurity Operations and Access Management at PACCAR. In a world where your digital attack surface is expanding faster than ever, an identity security strategy is your key … Read more