From dale.heron at verizon.net Sun Jan 2 09:46:19 2011 From: dale.heron at verizon.net (Dale Heron) Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 09:46:19 -0500 Subject: [BNUG News] *** January BNUG Meeting Announcement *** Message-ID: <81E1E5016FF547A992B7B8C647255EE2@DHERONPC> Boston Network Users Group Monthly General Meeting ** Tuesday - January 4 - 6:30-9:00PM ** THIS MONTH: Social Networking ----------------------------------- Please join BNUG for a presentation on "How To Enable An infrastructure for Out-of-Band Management" presented by Stephen Niemi from Network Systems Sales (www.networksystemssales.com ). Why You Should Attend * Ever been tasked to connect a monitoring device but come up short on available connectivity? * Concerned about getting a call in "wee hours of the morning to troubleshoot a network issue, having to travel to the possible site of the problem? * Ever had to migrate a network tool from one segment to another by traveling to the site? * Are network tools sitting on the shelf for lack of available connections? * Do you have to get approval to attach a tool to monitor the network? * Ever encounter a problem whereby management has concern about IT staff observing certain PCI, SS numbers or any proprietary data elements when monitoring the network? * Have you and a fellow network staff member been tasked to concurrently analyze the same network traffic? * Are you having performance issues with a favorite tool? * Want to help conserve on IT budget? If you answered "YES" to any of the above, you will want to attend this presentation. What you will learn * How to work in harmony with security engineering * How to share a tool across network segments * How you can "bring new life" to network tools * How you can maximize an investment in existing network tools * Minimize/eliminate configuration management issues and lengthy change order approval * How to centralize network monitoring tools * How to use a 1 gig tool to monitor 10 gig network * How to shape a data stream for capture/analysis * How to share a data stream * How to filter extraneous traffic, producing only traffic of interest for analysis * And more!! BIO: ----- 15 Years in engineering covering test engineering, missile system flight modeling, DSP programming, communications software development and technical support. Over 27 years in technical marketing and sales including startups in network connectivity, software tools and security software. In 2006: Started Network Systems Sales LLC focusing on network connectivity hardware/software and security hardware/software for IT organizations by partnering with technology companies as a value-added-reseller. Has a goal of continuously seeking emerging/new technologies for use by IT. Please join us on Tuesday, January 4th at 6:30PM where we will be Meeting at Microsoft's Waltham Offices, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, Mass. Please see our web site for directions to the meeting location. http://www.bnug.org/ * Refreshments are served from 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00pm with the technical presentation concluding at 9:00 pm. * BNUG monthly meetings, membership and refreshments are always FREE and you are not required to be a member to attend. If you wish to join BNUG, are interested in more information, or need directions to BNUG's meeting place at Microsoft in Waltham please visit the BNUG web site at: http://www.bnug.org/ * FUTURE MEETINGS Here is a tentative schedule of what's being planned for future BNUG meetings: February 1, "Top 10 Ways IT is Enabling Cybercrime" by Mark Villinsky, Kaspersky Lab March 1: "Best practices for mapping and discovering your network" by Ipswitch Networks * The LANtern Online is now available at http://bnug.blogspot.com/ * To opt out of this monthly e-mail reminder or change your BNUG e-mail preferences, go to: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dale.heron at verizon.net Sun Jan 2 10:08:30 2011 From: dale.heron at verizon.net (Dale Heron) Date: Sun, 02 Jan 2011 10:08:30 -0500 Subject: [BNUG News] *** January 4 BNUG Meeting Announcement *** Message-ID: <6871B80A4B0B4284BAE834508D60EBCE@DHERONPC> Boston Network Users Group Monthly General Meeting ** Tuesday - January 4 - 6:30-9:00PM ** THIS MONTH: "How To Enable An infrastructure for Out-of-Band Management" ------------------------------------------------------------ Please join BNUG for a presentation on "How To Enable An infrastructure for Out-of-Band Management" presented by Stephen Niemi from Network Systems Sales (www.networksystemssales.com). Why You Should Attend * Ever been tasked to connect a monitoring device but come up short on available connectivity? * Concerned about getting a call in "wee hours of the morning to troubleshoot a network issue, having to travel to the possible site of the problem? * Ever had to migrate a network tool from one segment to another by traveling to the site? * Are network tools sitting on the shelf for lack of available connections? * Do you have to get approval to attach a tool to monitor the network? * Ever encounter a problem whereby management has concern about IT staff observing certain PCI, SS numbers or any proprietary data elements when monitoring the network? * Have you and a fellow network staff member been tasked to concurrently analyze the same network traffic? * Are you having performance issues with a favorite tool? * Want to help conserve on IT budget? If you answered "YES" to any of the above, you will want to attend this presentation. What you will learn * How to work in harmony with security engineering * How to share a tool across network segments * How you can "bring new life" to network tools * How you can maximize an investment in existing network tools * Minimize/eliminate configuration management issues and lengthy change order approval * How to centralize network monitoring tools * How to use a 1 gig tool to monitor 10 gig network * How to shape a data stream for capture/analysis * How to share a data stream * How to filter extraneous traffic, producing only traffic of interest for analysis * And more!! BIO: ----- 15 Years in engineering covering test engineering, missile system flight modeling, DSP programming, communications software development and technical support. Over 27 years in technical marketing and sales including startups in network connectivity, software tools and security software. In 2006: Started Network Systems Sales LLC focusing on network connectivity hardware/software and security hardware/software for IT organizations by partnering with technology companies as a value-added-reseller. Has a goal of continuously seeking emerging/new technologies for use by IT. Please join us on Tuesday, January 4th at 6:30PM where we will be Meeting at Microsoft's Waltham Offices, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, Mass. Please see our web site for directions to the meeting location. http://www.bnug.org/ * Refreshments are served from 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00pm with the technical presentation concluding at 9:00 pm. * BNUG monthly meetings, membership and refreshments are always FREE and you are not required to be a member to attend. If you wish to join BNUG, are interested in more information, or need directions to BNUG's meeting place at Microsoft in Waltham please visit the BNUG web site at: http://www.bnug.org/ * FUTURE MEETINGS Here is a tentative schedule of what's being planned for future BNUG meetings: February 1, "Top 10 Ways IT is Enabling Cybercrime" by Mark Villinsky, Kaspersky Lab March 1: "Best practices for mapping and discovering your network" by Ipswitch Networks * The LANtern Online is now available at http://bnug.blogspot.com/ * To opt out of this monthly e-mail reminder or change your BNUG e-mail preferences, go to: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dale.heron at verizon.net Sun Jan 30 10:41:24 2011 From: dale.heron at verizon.net (Dale Heron) Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 10:41:24 -0500 Subject: [BNUG News] ** February 1 BNUG Meeting Notice ** Message-ID: <8333892BD5304EEBAFD38F068FB25144@DHERONPC> Boston Network Users Group Monthly General Meeting ** Tuesday - February 1 - 6:30-9:00PM ** THIS MONTH: "Top 10 Ways IT is Enabling Cybercrime" ------------------------------------------------------------ Please join BNUG for a presentation on "Top 10 Ways IT is Enabling Cybercrime" presented by Mark Villinski from Kaspersky Labs (www.kaspersky.com ). Today's IT departments, sometimes unbeknownst to themselves, are empowering cyber crime by their own actions and lack of actions. Kaspersky Lab presents 10 key things that your IT department is doing, that enables cyber crime to flourish in your own company. It is a tough thing to be introspective and to accept this responsibility, but it behooves us to realize our part in the enablement of cyber crime, so that we may take appropriate measures to stop helping them. During this talk we will examine the top items that are currently enabling cybercrime in your company, and provide some insights on the impact, as well as tips to change the way we think about cybercrime. BIO: ----- Mark Villinski brings more than 12 years of technology sales and marketing experience to Kaspersky. Mark leads Field Marketing efforts for the East Coast and is responsible for increasing awareness and demand for Kaspersky's Open Space Security Produce Line. Prior to joining Kaspersky, Mark served as Director of Worldwide Channel Operations for Enterasys Networks, where he was responsible for the strategy and day to day operation of the Secure Advantage Partner Program. Prior to that role he held a number of channel and field marketing roles at Enterasys and Cabletron Systems. He started his high tech career in sales at Cabletron Systems. Please join us on Tuesday, February 1th at 6:30PM where we will be Meeting at Microsoft's Waltham Offices, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, Mass. Please see our web site for directions to the meeting location. http://www.bnug.org/ * Refreshments are served from 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00pm with the technical presentation concluding at 9:00 pm. * BNUG monthly meetings, membership and refreshments are always FREE and you are not required to be a member to attend. If you wish to join BNUG, are interested in more information, or need directions to BNUG's meeting place at Microsoft in Waltham please visit the BNUG web site at: http://www.bnug.org/ * FUTURE MEETINGS Here is a tentative schedule of what's being planned for future BNUG meetings: March 1: "Best practices for mapping and discovering your network" by Ipswitch Networks * The LANtern Online is now available at http://bnug.blogspot.com/ * To opt out of this monthly e-mail reminder or change your BNUG e-mail preferences, go to: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dale.heron at verizon.net Mon Jan 31 21:37:14 2011 From: dale.heron at verizon.net (Dale Heron) Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 21:37:14 -0500 Subject: [BNUG News] **** BNUG Monthly Meeting , Tuesday, February 1 CANCELLATION**** Message-ID: Due to the pending snow storm, we have decided to cancel the meeting for tomorrow night. 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BNUG thanks Ipswitch for this support!*** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please join BNUG for a presentation on ?Best Practices for Mapping and Discovering Your Network? presented by Jason Williams, Official WhatsUp? Guru, Ipswitch, Inc. Learn from Jason Williams, the WhatsUp? Guru, as he discusses the best practices for discovering and mapping your physical and virtual network infrastructure. As an added bonus, Jason will conclude the session with a live demonstration of WhatsUp Gold?. * * *BIO:* *Jason Williams* is the official "WhatsUp? Guru" for Ipswitch, a title he earned after years of experience as a technical support specialist for the company. He is a New England transplant who now resides in Georgia and works at Ipswitch's Atlanta office. Jason commented about his role at Ipswitch: ". . . I feel I can truly make a difference with the software. [My position] allows me to connect with customers, and then translate those conversations into features within the application. I like having some control in the direction of the product." As Ipswitch's official guru , Jason describes himself as "extreme network management/monitoring geek" by day and mobile DJ and avid pool player by night. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** This meeting is held at Microsoft's Waltham Offices, 201 Jones Road, 6thfloor, Waltham, Mass. Please see our web site for directions to the meeting location http://www.bnug.org/ ** Refreshments are served from 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00pm with the technical presentation concluding at 9:00 pm. ** BNUG monthly meetings, membership and refreshments are always FREE and you are not required to be a member to attend. If you wish to join BNUG, are interested in more information, or need directions to BNUG's meeting place at Microsoft in Waltham please visit the BNUG web site at: http://www.bnug .org/ ** FUTURE MEETINGS - Please see BNUG website for upcoming meetings. ** The LANtern Online is now available at http://bnug.blogspot.com/ ** To opt out of this monthly e-mail reminder or change your BNUG e-mail preferences, go to: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dale.heron at verizon.net Wed Mar 30 21:34:09 2011 From: dale.heron at verizon.net (Dale Heron) Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 21:34:09 -0400 Subject: [BNUG News] *** April 5 BNUG Monthly Meeting *** Message-ID: <73121997E72F45CA8AC5F90CDC54E3E0@DHERONPC> Boston Network Users Group Monthly General Meeting ** Tuesday - April 5 - 6:30-9:00PM ** THIS MONTH: Defending Your Web Site against Cyber-Criminals ----------------------------------------------- Please join BNUG on April 5th for a presentation on Defending Your Web Site against Cyber-Criminals given by respected internet consultant Richard M. Smith The ultimate bad-hair day for a Webmaster is when they discover that their Web site has been broken into and is being used by cyber-criminals. The discovery can come in the form of a warning email from Google or a message from a Web site visitor whose anti-virus software is finding malware on the site. Even worse for a Web site, most modern browsers will simply block visitors from coming to a Web site that has been determined to be unsafe. A breached Web site will mean lost visitors and lost revenues. What's a Webmaster to do? BIO --- Richard M. Smith, a Boston-based Internet consultant, has helped Web sites to deal with security breaches. On the way, he has learned the right and wrong ways to clean up a Web site after break-in. More importantly he will offer advice on avoiding future break-ins at a site by an intruder using the same security weaknesses of a site or by hidden backdoors left behind after the first break-in. If the bad guys have found their way into a Web site, it is likely they will be back even after a successful clean-up. Richard will also discuss how Web site break-ins are used as a part of the cyber-criminal ecosystem to support activities such as pill spam, phishing scams, and malware distribution. "Top 10 Ways IT is Enabling Cybercrime" Please join us on Tuesday, April 5th at 6:30PM where we will be Meeting at Microsoft's Waltham Offices, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, Mass. Please see our web site for directions to the meeting location. http://www.bnug.org/ * Refreshments are served from 6:30 pm. Meeting starts at 7:00pm with the technical presentation concluding at 9:00 pm. * BNUG monthly meetings, membership and refreshments are always FREE and you are not required to be a member to attend. If you wish to join BNUG, are interested in more information, or need directions to BNUG's meeting place at Microsoft in Waltham please visit the BNUG web site at: http://www.bnug.org/ * FUTURE MEETINGS Here is a tentative schedule of what's being planned for future BNUG meetings: May 3: TBD * The LANtern Online is now available at http://bnug.blogspot.com/ * To opt out of this monthly e-mail reminder or change your BNUG e-mail preferences, go to: -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: