LANSING – The Michigan InfraGard Members Alliance, Board of Directors quarterly meeting was held from 9am until noon on December 4th in Lansing, with several members joining by conference call.
Motions Passed:
The board passed a motion to retain the existing board for 2009. The current Officers and board are listed at michiganinfragard.com (you will be re-routed to infragard.net) The left column menu has a button for officers.
Treasurers Report & Revenue discussion:
The treasurers report indicated that the organization continues to be solvent, with a stable budget that has remained constant for the last couple of years. Discussion of increasing sponsored events and programs led to the desire to discuss additional revenue options for the organization which will be placed on the agenda for the next quarterly meeting.
First Event for 2009:
The first event for the 2009 calendar year is getting firmed up, but there is enough information now for you to mark your calendars. Please plan to be at the State Library and Historical Museum in Lansing on Thursday, January 15th from 9:30 to 11:30 to hear a presentation on dealing with data breaches, processes & procedures tentatively titled, “I thought it was your turn to watch the data”. Don Blumenthal, an Ann Arbor consultant and instructor at both UofM and MSU will keynote, with other speakers still being confirmed and Dan Lohrmann, CISO and InfraGard Chair moderating.
As always, Michigan InfraGard is looking for new members.
Some benefits of joining Infragard are:
An ability to network with other companies that heop maintain our national infrastructure. 350 of our nations Fortune 500 have a representative in InfraGard.
You gain access to an FBI secure communications network complete with VPN encrypted website, webmail, listservs, message boards and more.
Get invitations and discounts to important security training seminars and conferences.
Membership is free.
For more information, click on MITechNews.Com to download and submit the application to join today.
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