Re: Training advice

[David Lundy <dlundy () PACIFIC EDU>]

Bob:
    Unfortunately I just learned of this opportunity this morning from
your email.  It would have be a natural event for me to attend.
    BTW, I have been interested in finding out who locally does
education security.  I know of Teresa Soria at Sac State.  Are there
others we could be networking with?

Dave

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David Lundy
Assistant IT Security Officer
University of the Pacific
Stockton, CA 95211
Email: dlundy () pacific edu
Voice: 209-946-3951
Fax: 209-946-2898         

-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Ono [mailto:raono () UCDAVIS EDU] 
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 6:41 AM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: Re: [SECURITY] Training advice

Teresa,
As a longer term effort, you might consider the possibility of
leveraging area interest for security training. For example, every two
years, UC Davis hosts a 2.5 day security training conference for
technical administrators (see  http://itsecuritysymposium.ucdavis.edu/).
This is a break-even event, exclusive of staff time. The event this year
hosts 50 security-related instructional labs and lectures and a
registrant fee of $85. 
 
Bob  
 
Robert A. Ono, CISSP
IT Security Coordinator
University of California, Davis
530-754-6484

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From: Vanderbilt, Teresa [mailto:tvanderb () OZARKS EDU]
Sent: Mon 6/18/2007 12:01 PM
To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
Subject: [SECURITY] Training advice



I recently stepped into the title of Security Manager. We're a small
school and this is a new position for us. I'd only maintained the
servers, switches and firewalls before. I have no one to mentor me and
very little budget for training. I can spend approximately $3-5K on
formal training this year. I was thinking of a good online class so all
the money goes toward training rather than hotels and travel. Until now,
everything I've learned has been mostly on my own; although I recently
attended Pentration Testing Training. What other training, both formal
and informal, would benefit me and my school the most? I've been
thinking of CCNA and I would like to learn how to use Snort since it's
free. Will CCNA be beneficial or should I buy a good beginners book on
Snort. Am I way off the mark for what I need to study? I need to get up
to speed quickly and can't afford to guess at what I need. Please help.

Thanks in advance, 
Teresa Vanderbilt 
University of the Ozarks