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Upcoming of Meetings and Topics

July 15, 2025

Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard
Join Stephanie Saunders of TrustedSec for a discussion of PCI-DSS Compliance.
Meeting Refreshments Sponsored by TrustedSec

August 19, 2025

To Be Announced
Do you want to present an idea or project? Send us an email at contact@pittsburghissa.org with your presentation idea!

If you would like to submit an idea for a presentation, please send us an email to Contact@PittsburghIssa.org.

Chapter Meeting - Agenda

The Pittsburgh ISSA Chapter of ISSA holds chapter meetings monthly on the Third Tuesday Evening of every month.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Join the Pittsburgh Chapter of ISSA and guest speaker Stephanie Saunders and Steve Maxwell of TrustedSec for a discussion of PCI-DSS Compliance.

Meeting Refreshments Sponsored by TrustedSec

Whether you’re part of a big-box retailer, a small to midsize business, or any organization that stores, transmits, or processes cardholder data, PCI compliance is essential. Join Steph Saunders and Steve Maxwell from TrustedSec as they unpack the latest updates to the newest PCI framework. You’ll gain valuable insights into critical controls, the steps required for achieving compliance, must-have elements for your program, and the common pitfalls you’ll want to avoid.

Join us at this live event on Tuesday, July 15th!

Please RSVP by noon on Sunday, July 13th, 2025: https://www.meetup.com/steel-city-infosec/events/308834961/?slug=steel-city-infosec&eventId=308073456

Schedule of Events:

5:00pm - Light refreshments and non-alcoholic beverages provided.

5:15pm - Chapter Board and Partner Introduction

5:30pm - Interactive Discussion

6:30pm - Adjourn

Location

Chapter meetings are held at:
Hackers Guild PGH
2247 Babcock Blvd
Pittsburgh, PA 15237

Past Meetings and Topics

June 17, 2025

Minimum Viable Business and Cyber Resilience
Join John Murphy Ph.D., CISSP, CISM of Rubrik to discuss essential business services and long-term business resilience.
Meeting Refreshments Sponsored by Rubrik

May 20, 2025

HIPAA Compliance and Security
Join Andrew Belsick and Justin Wolfgang of BDO for a discussion around Healthcare Insurance Portability and Accountability Act compliance and security.

April 15, 2025

Risk Management
Join Tracy Kobeda Brown of MRC (Merchant Risk Council) to discuss approaches to Risk Management

March 18, 2025

Network Artifacts Hands-On
Bring a personal laptop and join Dave Spehar(Google) and James Ringold(Microsoft) for hands on with packet captures to identify patterns and threats transferring over your network.

February 18, 2025

Container Security
Join John Zeolla(Zanable.io) for a discussion of Securing Containers and Containerized Applications
Container Security 101
Container Security 201

December 17, 2024

Network Artifacts
Join David Spehar (Google) and James Ringold (Microsoft) providing an overview of network indicators of compromise and network forensics and packet capture techniques.

November 19, 2024

Threat Landscape 2024
Join David Spehar (Google) and James Ringold (Microsoft) for a discussion of the current threat landscape reports from Palo Alto Networks, Google / Mandiant and Microsoft.