Vermont InfraGard Archive Page
Several chapter members participated Vermont Homeland Security Unit Cyber Table Top Exercise on January 16, 2008 in Burlington. Additional information can be obtained from Gary Kessler or Andrea Hatch.
The December 5, 2007 meeting was hosted by the New England Federal Credit Union in Williston. The agenda included presentations about egress filtering and "Sender Provided For" records, as well an an update about the January cyberwarfare tabletop exercise. More information can be found at the meeting announcement.
The chapter's September 20, 2007 meeting was hosted by National Bank of Middlebury in Middlebury. The agenda included a general business meeting, update about the national chapter and other projects, and a status update about the planned cyberwarfare tabletop exercise. The main presentation was about VMware and server virtualization. More information can be found at the meeting announcement.
The chapter's June 13, 2007 meeting was held at Champlain College in Burlington. The agenda included a general business meeting and discussion of a cyberwarfare tabletop exercise. More information can be found at the meeting announcement.
The chapter's March 9, 2007 meeting was held at Norwich University in Northfield. The agenda included a general business meeting, executive committee elections, discussion of national InfraGard issues (again!), issues related to the use of encryption on corporate computing resources, input on whether we should continue VT INFOSAFE presentation program, and general networking. More information can be found at the meeting announcement.
The chapter's July 21, 2006 meeting was held at Vermont Public Radio in Colchester. After some general business discussions, Gary Kessler, Champlain College, spoke about "Cell Phone Forensics" and Rich Parker, VPR, spoke about "Securing Radio Station Transmitters." More information can be found in the meeting announcement.
The chapter's January 13, 2006 meeting was held at Bolton Valley Resort. This was a general business meeting with presentations by our FBI coordinator, TC Fuller, and other issues related to the future directions of the chapter and the ongoing relationship with the national and regional InfraGard organization. The meeting announcement can be found here.
The chapter's July 22, 2005 meeting was held at the Vermont Public Radio studios in Colchester. "Phishing" was the topic of the educational session: "Phishing: Responses and Defenses" by Roy Gates (TD Banknorth), "Identity Theft" by Lt. Mark Lauer (Vermont State Police), and "Phishing: The Problem and Solutions" by Chris Brenton. A meeting announcement can be found here.
The chapter held its first "official" Annual Business meeting on 22 February 2005 at IDX in South Burlington. The Board of Directors was elected, a thank you gift was presented to our outgoing FBI coordinator, S.A. Tom Leene, and a new coordinator, S.A. TC Fuller, was welcomed. The educational portion of the meeting addressed the role of the state Homeland Security Unit. A meeting announcement can be found here.
The chapter held a kickoff event and press conference for the VT INFOSAFE Project on Monday, May 10, 2004 at Champlain College in Burlington. Speakers included Governor James Douglas; Brigadier General William A. Noyes, Deputy Adjutant General for the Vermont National Guard; Kerry Sleeper, Commissioner of the Vermont Public Safety Dept.; Vermont Attorney General William Sorrell; Lt. Michael Schirling, Burlington Police Dept. and coordinator of the Vermont Internet Crimes Task Force; Vermont U.S. Attorney Peter Hall; Special Agent in Charge Keith A. DeVincentis, FBI Albany Office; Gary Kessler, Chair, Vermont InfraGard; and Clifford Riggs, VT INFOSAFE Project Manager.
The Sixth e-protectIT Infrastructure Protection Conference was held on 23-25 March 2004 at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont. Full details of the program can be found at http://www.e-protectit.org/.
The chapter held a general business meeting on Tuesday, 16 March 2004 at the Vermont Agency of Transportation in the National Life Building, Montpelier, VT. Here is the meeting announcement.
The 2nd Annual INFOSEC Student Symposium occurred on 25 February 2004 at Norwich University, Northfield, VT. Students from Norwich University, Champlain College, Dartmouth University, and the University of Vermont participates as speakers. More information can be obtained from the IA Student Symposium Web site.
The chapter held a general business meeting on Thursday, 20 November, 2003 at IDX in South Burlington. The meeting announcement is available here.
On Saturday, October 11, 2003, the chapter hosted a one-day "Information Warfare" course at Champlain College. Full details can be found at the meeting announcement page.
The Vermont Information Technology Center, with support from several InfraGard members, held a half-day meeting titled "Information Security Considerations for the Financial Services Sector" on Thursday, October 2, 2003.
On Thursday, July 31, 2003, we held a panel session and workshop meeting to discuss the role and responsibility of ISPs in securing cyberspace. Full details are contained in the meeting announcement.
The Fifth e-protectIT Infrastructure Protection Conference occurred on 25-27 March 2003 at Norwich University, Northfield, Vermont. As in the past, there were two days of pre-conference training in computer forensics, INFOSEC basics, and the yearly INFOSEC UPDATE, followed by a one-day colloquium. Full details of the program can be found at http://www.e-protectit.org/.
The 1st Annual INFOSEC Student Symposium occurred on Thursday, 27 February 2003 at Norwich University, Northfield, VT. Six Norwich University students and one from Champlain College comprised the set of speakers. More information can be found at http://www2.norwich.edu/mkabay/symposium.
Our sixth chapter meeting was held on October 2, 2002 at Vermont Technical College in Randolph. Speakers and talks included: Dr. Dave Whitmore (Champlain College), "Wireless Technology Overview" (plus extra handout); Sean Peters (Huber+Suhner, Inc.), "Securing a Wireless LAN in a Manufacturing Environment"; Todd Wilson (Cisco Systems), "Wireless Security"; Eric Whyne (Norwich University), "DefCon: Debrief on Wireless LANs"; and George Bakos and Bob Hillery (in abstentia) (Dartmouth Institute for Security Technology Studies), "Wireless: '11b' or not '11b'." The agenda can be found on the meeting announcement page.
The chapter participated in a joint meeting with the Albany (NY), Boston (MA), Connecticut, and Vermont InfraGard chapters, held in Springfield, MA on Wednesday, June 19. Our own Dr. Mich Kabay from Norwich University was one of the speakers. More information is posted at the Boston InfraGard Page.
We held our fifth meeting on May 9, 2002 at IDX in South Burlington. Speakers and talks included: Ken Camp (IP Adventures) on "Best Current Practices in Computer and Network Security"; Rich Parker (Vermont Public Radio) on VPR's experiences developing a security plan; Andrew Haag (Fletcher Allen Health Care) on "Information Security: The Missing Pieces"; a representative from the US Army's Information Assurance Directorate on "Homeland Security"; and Mike Stridsberg (IDX) on "HIPAA Privacy and Security Mandates." The agenda can be found on the meeting announcement page.
The Vermont InfraGard Chapter participated in, and co-sponsored, the e-ProtectIT-IV Conference at Norwich University on 20-22 March 2002. For full information about the conference, see the Web site at http://www.e-protectIT.org.
- We held our fourth meeting on Friday, November 9 at the National Life building in Montpelier. The meeting announcement contains a detailed agenda and directions.
We held our third meeting open to anyone in the Vermont information technology or information security community on 23 July 2001 on the campus of Champlain College (Burlington, VT). The day comprised two sessions: the morning session offered "An Introduction to Information Security for Managers and Other Non-Techies" and the afternoon was the general business/technical meeting where we discussed forensics and incident response. At this meeting, we approved the current slate of officers for a period of up to one year to form the organization of the chapter. The meeting announcement contains more information about the speakers.
Our second meeting was held on April 26 at Norwich University (Northfield, VT), where we formally decided to form this chapter of InfraGard and selected a steering committee. (Meeting minutes in PDF)
Norwich University is hosting the 3rd annual Information Assurance Conference, 19-23 March 2001. More information about the conference can be found at http://www.e-protectIT.org/ or by contacting Tom Aldrich (taldrich@norwich.edu).
VITC is sponsoring a workshop titled Computer and Network Security: Issues and Topics on 20 February 2001 in Burlington.
Proposal for a Vermont Information Security Coordination Center
Press release about Information Security Roundtable meeting, 9/28/2000