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Welcome to ISSA LA, the 2023 ISSA Medium Chapter of the Year – Connecting the Southern California Information Security Community Since 1982.

The 2025 Security Summit, Women in Security Forum, and CISO Forum were great successes. Thanks to all our attendees, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers. You can view photos here

Upcoming ISSA-LA Chapter Events

Jan 21

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PST

January 21 2026 Zero Days & Sleepless Nights (Sandra Borneman-Wenzel)

Feb 24

5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PST

February 24 2026 Prepared / Tested / Compliant: The Modern Incident Response Strategy (Alfred Ayala & Eddie Darmawan)

Mar 18

5:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT

March 18 2026 Building Future Cybersecurity Leaders Today (Frederick Beck)

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Past Events

December 17 2025 Holiday Meeting with ISSA-LA, AITP LA, CSA LA, CSA OC, WIBD, WSC and WITI
December 17 @ 5:45 pm - 9:00 pm PST
November 19 2025 Aligning Risk and Security to What the Business Really Wants (Gus Anagnos & Prabhat Nigam)
November 19 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PST
Unmasking DNS Threats & Cybersecurity Considerations for Medical Devices (Diane Kulisek & Chris Usserman)
October 16 @ 3:00 pm - 6:30 pm PDT
September 18 2025 ISSA LA Annual Security Summit
September 18 @ 8:30 am - 5:00 pm PDT
August 27 2025 Cybersecurity & IT Professionals Networking Happy Hour
August 27 @ 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm PDT
August 20 2025 Cybersecurity Leaders Panel (Rich Greenberg, Nikolay Chernavsky, Steven Weil, Kevin Cardwell and Mike Wylie)
August 20 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
July 16 2025 Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: Navigating Unseen Threats (Kenneth May & John Sweeting)
July 16 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
June 18 2025 Practical Ways to Strengthen Your GRC Program (Karina Klever & Ron Dilley)
June 18 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
May 21 2025 Root Zone DNSSEC Trust Anchor Management (Aaron Foley & Pedro Tavares)
May 21 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT
April 16 2025 Early Warning of Foreign Malign Information Operations (Christopher Mouton & Veronica Mitchell)
April 16 @ 5:30 pm - 9:00 pm PDT

Welcome to ISSA LA, the 2023 ISSA Medium Chapter of the Year – Connecting the Southern California Information Security Community Since 1982.

Upcoming ISSA-LA Chapter Events

January 21 2026 Zero Days & Sleepless Nights (Sandra Borneman-Wenzel)

February 24 2026 Prepared / Tested / Compliant: The Modern Incident Response Strategy (Alfred Ayala & Eddie Darmawan)

March 18 2026 Building Future Cybersecurity Leaders Today (Frederick Beck)

Past Events

December 17 2025 Holiday Meeting with ISSA-LA, AITP LA, CSA LA, CSA OC, WIBD, WSC and WITI

November 19 2025 Aligning Risk and Security to What the Business Really Wants (Gus Anagnos & Prabhat Nigam)

Unmasking DNS Threats & Cybersecurity Considerations for Medical Devices (Diane Kulisek & Chris Usserman)

September 18 2025 ISSA LA Annual Security Summit

August 27 2025 Cybersecurity & IT Professionals Networking Happy Hour

August 20 2025 Cybersecurity Leaders Panel (Rich Greenberg, Nikolay Chernavsky, Steven Weil, Kevin Cardwell and Mike Wylie)

July 16 2025 Cybersecurity in the Age of AI: Navigating Unseen Threats (Kenneth May & John Sweeting)

June 18 2025 Practical Ways to Strengthen Your GRC Program (Karina Klever & Ron Dilley)

May 21 2025 Root Zone DNSSEC Trust Anchor Management (Aaron Foley & Pedro Tavares)

April 16 2025 Early Warning of Foreign Malign Information Operations (Christopher Mouton & Veronica Mitchell)

ISSA Journal Feature Article

November – By Tony Rice

July – By Clara Andress and Jason Andress

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