Current Events
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Hello RIE Central Members and Friends,
Save the Date! The next in-person RIE Central Event will be held on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, at Canad Inns Polo Park, beginning at 11:30 a.m.. Registration deadline for this event is Monday, June 5, 2023.
Registration fees for the event are as follows;
- Members, seniors and students: $0 (event is included in your membership, so please renew your membership to get this rate)
- Non-members: $75
Membership fees for 2023:
Regular Membership: $125
Students and Retirees: $25
The June 7 agenda includes:
- 11:30 – 12:30 – buffet lunch. Please note you can arrive any time between 11:30 and 12:30.
- 12:30 to 3:30 – Presentations
Presentations Include:
Cyber Resilience Takes Flight: Keeping Airports Safe in the Digital Age
Speaker: Louie Orbeta – Louie serves as the Manager for Cybersecurity and IT infrastructure for Winnipeg Airports Authority. He holds a CISSP designation, a degree in Computer Science from the University of Manitoba, and a Management diploma from the University of Winnipeg.
Session Description:
This presentation discusses the challenges confronting the aviation sector as it strives to remain ahead of the always changing threat landscape. We’ll explore the risks that airports face from cyber threats and the potential impact of downtime on airport operations, and discuss the steps being taken by governments and the aviation industry to improve cybersecurity and the latest trends and best practices for developing resilient systems.
Email Considered Harmful: Credential Theft, Mailbox Compromise, and Related Threats
Speaker: Cory Bajus – Cory currently serves as Senior Specialist (Information Security) with Bell Canada, where he applies nearly three decades of IT industry experience towards threat prediction and incident response.
Session Description:
Despite being considered a “mature technology”, email continues to be a common cause for security events that impact businesses and the general public. We’ll investigate the nature and history of email-based threats, along with the latest trends and how industry and technology continue to adapt.
Resilience: One piece of a very large pie! The Incident Management Slice
Speaker: Kenton Friesen – A continuity, emergency, and risk management professional with experience implementing, managing, and maturing corporate resiliency strategies. This includes leading and/or facilitating cross-functional teams, establishing governance frameworks, crisis and incident response management, lessons management (i.e. after action reviews), quality assurance, increasing awareness through education, as well as client or stakeholder engagement.
Session Description:
Resilience is a word that has been used by many and means something different depending on your perspective. Using the analogy that comprehensive resilience is like a very large pie this presentation focuses on one piece of that pie – incident management. Starting with an overview of the important topics of risk appetite and risk velocity and then connecting these concepts to incident management, change management, as well as common terminology. All to increase the speed of reaction and the speed of recovery, which contributes to increasing resilience.
Learning Objectives:
- Overview of the resilience concepts of Risk Appetite and Risk Velocity.
- How does Incident Management and Change Management contribute to Risk Velocity.
- How does having Common Terminology contribute to Risk Velocity.
Do not hesitate to reach out to any of the Board members with any questions/concerns/suggestions at info@driecentral.org
Zoom meetings:
Zoom invites are sent to our membership list, Please register on Zoom prior to the event if you are planning to attend. Any Questions: email info@driecentral.org
DRIE Central Event attendance is normally free (included) for all Current DRIE Central members, or $75 for non-members. Some special events may have a nominal charge to cover our special event extra costs.
Usual DRIE Central Membership entitles you to development session admission, with lunch, to three all-afternoon professional development sessions. (Join now!)
Professional Development Sessions:
Watch for Upcoming announcements
Zoom meeting invites will be sent to membership. Please register with the zoom link.
Suggestions for session content can be sent to info@driecentral.org
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Individual and Corporate Membership as well as Sponsorship has it’s advantages: The cost for development sessions is included with your DRIE Memberships. Fee is $75 for Non-members.
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Meeting your organizations specific receipt needs is important to us and we understand some organizations may require specific cost breakdowns on receipts.
Please review your receipt after registering and if you require specific cost breakdown details on your receipt, please email the requirements to the DRIE Central Treasurer using the link provided we will be happy to meet your organizations cost breakdown specifics. Thankyou.
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