Category: Meetup Announcements

What a phenomenal night of ISSessions we have planned for this coming Thursday, February 18, from 7-9 PM EST. Lots of captivating segments you will not want to miss!

Date: 2021-02-18 (THURSDAY)
Time: 19:00 – 21:00 EST
Location: VIRTUAL (Discord + YouTube) 

Agenda: 
19:00 – Crazy Kickoff – Exec Team 
19:10 – News Roundup – Cem, Nash, & Jamie
19:30 – Rick’s Random Repo Rundown – Nick
19:50 – Break  
20:00 – From Rags To CyberSCI 2021: How You Can Be Like RAID against the machin3 – Cem, Nash, & Kyle

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The entire exec team will start the night with a huge announcement that everyone needs to hear live! Arguably the biggest announcement in ISSessions history… so make sure you are there to celebrate with everyone else. After we cool down, the trio of Cem, Nash, & Jamie take on the latest news in InfoSec. Next, Ricks’s Random Repo Rundown presented by Nick makes a long-awaited and missed appearance again. Following a break, we’ll wrap up the night with a talk by the famous group that placed 2nd in their region for the CyberSCI competition. Cem, Nash, and Kyle present “From Rags To CyberSCI 2021: How You Can Be Like RAID against the machin3,” where they will talk about their experience at CyberSCI 2021, CTFs in general, and why CTFs are so important!

From Rags To CyberSCI 2021: How You Can Be Like RAID against the machin3 – Cem Celen, Nashad Hakim, Kyle Doucette

Step into the shoes of a group of second years as they walk you through their steps that led them to capture 2nd place in the region at this year’s CyberSCI Regional Finals. From total nubkeks just a few months ago, to representing Sheridan in a multi-province battle of CTF skills, RAID against the machin3‘s CTF climb has been impressive, to say the least. Tune in to hear what they have to say about why CTFs are so crucial for cybersecurity students, how YOU can get started in CTFs, and give a breakdown of their experience at CyberSCI 2021!

WOW! This is one night of ISSessions you will not want to miss, so make sure you tune in!

See you all then 😀

Date: December 5th, 2020
Time: 1:00-4:00 PM EST
Location: Online (Zoom)
Years: 1-4 (ANY YEAR IS WELCOME)

Description: Pandas is a Python Data Analysis library! In security, we deal with tons of data on a daily basis: logs, ticket data, user behaviour analytics, etc. Pandas is crucial in analyzing that data quickly and automating security processes for you. Alongside that, Pandas is a great python library for anyone interested in Machine Learning; note that this is not an ML workshop, but Pandas is used in ML.

This is an introductory workshop, but you will quickly pick up the concepts and learn a lot regardless of your year. You DO NOT need to know python for this workshop, so don’t let that stop you from signing up.   If any of that appealed to you, SIGN UP!

Requirements: Windows machine with VMWare installed. (MacOS or Linux allowed – use at your own risk)
Sign-up Link:https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/issessions-tickets-130791505915

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Date: 2020-11-26 (THURSDAY) 
Time: 19:00 – 21:00 EST
Location: VIRTUAL (Discord + YouTube) 

Agenda:  
19:00 – Kickoff – Kurt   🔑
19:10 – News Roundup – Louai & Yusef  🗞
19:30 – Memory Lane – Cem & Kurt 👀
19:55 – Break  🛌
20:00 – Breaking into Red Team & Incident Response – Kenny Hartlaub & Andrew Major 👑 👨‍🎓

COME ONE, COME ALL!! Ladies and gentlemen, security students and pros, hobbyists and newbz!

We are in for a delicacy of a treat this meeting… and it’s going to be one for the history books! Join us this Thursday, November 26, @ 7 PM, for the latest news in InfoSec, a newly added segment, and some extraordinary guest speakers (PLURAL).

Starting off, Louai and Yusef tackle the latest news in InfoSec. Next, Kurt and Cem take a dive into the historical significance and impact of an exploit in a new segment we’re calling “Memory Lane”. Want to know how and why the notorious Buffer Overflow became so infamous? Join this deep dive – we guarantee you’ll learn something you never knew! To end off a great night, two ISS alumni, Kenny Hartlaub & Andrew Major – who currently work at Mandiant – give us the ins and outs of their Red Teaming and IR careers.

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Breaking into Red Team & Incident Response – by Kenny Hartlaub (@Kenny) & Andrew Major 

Mandiant pros Kenny Hartlaub and Andrew Major steer through the fascinating ride that is Red Teaming and IR. The ups, the downs, the journey to and the maintenance after, no stone will be left unturned as you peek over the shoulders of two industry pros. They will also be giving tips, tricks and advice on preparing to embark on these insanely cool career paths! 

Kenny Hartlaub is an Associate Consultant on FireEye Mandiant’s Red Team. He has been in the security field for 4 years as a penetration tester and red teamer. Kenny graduated from the ISS program in 2018 and is very passionate about learning and growing in his field. He has come to know failures and successes over his time to where he is now and uses his experiences to help others succeed. 

Andrew Major is a Consultant on FireEye Mandiant’s Incident Response Team. He graduated from the ISS program in 2018. After not having an idea of what to do at the end of year 3, a forensics lab accepted him for a co-op. Now with two years on Mandiant’s IR team fighting against APT groups, he is here to encourage others to get into the same rewarding field.

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As the snow and cold really hit 🥶, come out (virtually) on Thursday for this superb night! See y’all there 😉

– ISSessions Exec Team 💯