OAGITM Members: Just a reminder about the webinars on the MS-ISAC - Center for Internet Security (CIS) Security Benchmarks special discount offer. Following is a link with more specific information that you may find helpful! http://benchmarks.cisecurity.org/en-us/?route=membership.sltt Regards, Theresa A. Masse State Chief Information Security Officer Department of Administrative Services Enterprise Security Office 503-378-4896 Data Classification 2 - Limited Confidentiality Notice: This message, including any attachments or links, may contain privileged, confidential and/or legally protected information. Any distribution or use of this communication by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by replying to this message and then delete all copies of the original communication, including any attachments and/or links. From: MS-ISAC [mailto:info@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 5:01 AM To: MSISAC-AllMembers.dl Subject: Reminder: Learn about the CIS Benchmarks and discounts for MS-ISAC members MS-ISAC Members - We are pleased to announce special discounts off standard Center for Internet Security (CIS) Security Benchmarks Membership fees during time-limited purchasing windows.The CIS Security Benchmarks provides consensus-based configuration resources that are widely accepted standards for measuring and improving your cyber security posture. The CIS Benchmarks are essential technical controls for hardening operating systems, applications, and network devices. They improve an organization's overall security posture by helping to reduce the risk of business and e-commerce disruptions resulting from inadequate system configuration security. The CIS Benchmarks are internationally trusted, consensus-based, best-practice guides, which are developed, accepted and used by government,business, industry, and academia. The first discounted membership period will begin on July 1, 2012 and run thru September 30, 2012, and is open to all U.S. state, local, Territorial and tribal governments. We invite you to attend an informational webcast to learn more about CIS Security Benchmarks and how they can help your organization. You may attend the webcast on one of the following dates: * Tuesday, June 19: 10 - 10:30am Eastern * Thursday, June 21: 3 - 3:30pm Eastern To register for one of these webcasts, visit: http://msisac.cisecurity.org/webcast/registration/custom.cfm If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Center for Internet Security at (518) 266-3460 We hope you can join us! Thomas Duffy Executive Director, MS-ISAC Rick Comeau Executive Director, Security Benchmarks Center for Internet Security 31 Tech Valley Drive, Suite 2 East Greenbush, NY 12061 (518) 266-3460 This message and attachments may contain confidential information. If it appears that this message was sent to you by mistake, any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message and attachments is strictly prohibited. Please notify the sender immediately and permanently delete the message and any attachments.