Hey everyone!
We wanted to welcome all new students to the server and wish everyone good luck in their studies / work!
Our next meeting is this Thursday, September 16th, 2021 where our speaker will be none other than our very own @Thracky who will give his annual talk on the Wonderful World of Information Security!
AGENDA
7:00 – Kick-Off
7:05 – News Round Up
7:30 – Discussion Segment
8:00 – Break
8:10 – The Wonderful World of Information Security – John Simpson
About John Simpson
John graduated from the Sheridan Information Systems Security program in 2015 and is currently a vulnerability researcher and team lead with Trend Micro in Toronto. He started his career with a coop position at Deloitte and stayed on board after graduation, working in Security Operations Center engineering and vulnerability assessment/penetration testing roles. In his current position, John reverse engineers vulnerabilities to write proof-of-concept exploits and devise network detection strategies to catch exploitation attempts. During the last 5.5 years in his current role, he has discovered several new vulnerabilities, authored blog posts for Trend Micro and Zero Day Initiative, and spoken at several conferences.
The Wonderful World of Information Security
John will be presenting the 2021 version of his annual talk “The Wonderful World of Information Security,” which aims to provide students new to the program with an overview of the potential career paths in the Information Security industry as well as his tips for success in navigating the Information Systems Security degree program at Sheridan and the early stages of a career in InfoSec.
Make sure to tune in on Discord in #stream or on our YouTube channel youtube.com/c/ISSessions/featured.
Can’t wait to see you all there!
– ISSessions Executive Team