The 2011 (ISC)2 Security Congress
The 2011 (ISC)2 Security Congress
The 2011 (ISC)2 Security Congress
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Giving corner<br />
Fostering goodwill, education, and research initiatives<br />
Help wanted: the (<strong>ISC</strong>) 2 Safe and Secure<br />
Online program needs volunteers<br />
Join up and help train parents, teachers and children<br />
about cybersaFety.<br />
a teen commItS SuIcIde In the u.S. after<br />
having been cyberbullied. In the u.K., a parent<br />
is arrested for roughing up a middle school boy<br />
because he was bested on an online game. celebrities<br />
and politicians are sexting. headlines like<br />
these are real-life reasons that schools everywhere<br />
are in need of the (ISc) 2 Safe and Secure online<br />
program.<br />
<strong>The</strong> (ISc) 2 Safe and Secure online program<br />
is an easy-to-use training program that helps<br />
security professionals like you get involved with<br />
a community to show parents, teachers and children<br />
ages seven to 14 how to be safe and secure<br />
online—whether it is identity theft, personal safety<br />
or securing hardware and software from malicious<br />
attacks. <strong>The</strong> program trains (ISc) 2 certified members<br />
to volunteer to deliver a cutting-edge, interactive<br />
multimedia presentation at schools in their<br />
own local community.<br />
(ISc) 2 member surveys showed members’ desire<br />
to make an impact on the world using their unique<br />
cyber security skills, especially with those most<br />
vulnerable in society….youth. educating your community<br />
about one of today’s most serious issues and<br />
helping to protect children online can be very satisfying.<br />
as u.S. volunteer lynda morrison-rader<br />
notes, “<strong>The</strong> Safe and Secure online program has<br />
given me a chance to share security best practices<br />
with children, teachers and parents. It has given<br />
them a forum to begin discussions on topics that<br />
some had not thought about, or known about.”<br />
Parents and teachers learn a lot, too. “as a parent,<br />
I value (ISc) 2 ’s Safe and Secure online so<br />
highly because it talks straight to the concerns our<br />
kids deal with every day,” notes Blair campbell,<br />
the lead volunteer mentor in canada. “It’s very<br />
empowering for them, and puts them in charge—<br />
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they get to become responsible computer users and<br />
learn how to protect themselves. I see a change following<br />
each presentation, and it’s impressive.”<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are many more volunteers like lynda and<br />
Blair (see page 20) who can attest to this gratifying<br />
experience.<br />
as need for these programs rapidly increases,<br />
so does the need for more volunteers in canada,<br />
hong Kong, the u.K., and the u.S. That’s where<br />
you can help.<br />
Become a volunteer by clicking on the Safe and<br />
Secure online logo on the ISc2.org website. you<br />
can also attend one of our face-to-face orientations<br />
like the one at the rSa uSa 2012 conference in<br />
San francisco on february 29.<br />
to get started, just complete these easy steps:<br />
1. check out the Safe and Secure online section<br />
on ISc2.org and sign-up as a volunteer.<br />
2. Successfully pass a criminal background check<br />
(if you have had one done within the past year<br />
or have had security clearance this will be<br />
sufficient).<br />
3. complete the online volunteer preparation video<br />
and pass the short quiz afterwards or attend<br />
an in-person volunteer orientation (available at<br />
select industry conferences in certain locations).<br />
4. Sign a waiver.
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