Change of P(l)ace - July 7, 2021 - Dinner Social

This is our return to in-person activities. We are excited to begin getting together again. There will be no web meeting version of this event - it’s just BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

I hope a lot of you can join us for a nice casual gathering with food and beverages.

This is v9 of the Summer CINPA Social where we change the P(l)ace. No tech presentation this night - instead we will meet on the second floor of Molly Malone's in Covington. Please feel free to bring a guest - techie or non-techie. In the past some have brought a friend, significant other or spouse and some children. This is an opportunity to show people you know what kind of folks you hang out with when you attend CINPA

Molly Malone's has a pool table and dart boards on the second floor that we will have access to.

6pm until whatever Molly Malones' 112 E 4th St Covington, KY 41011 (859) 491-6659

CINPA will be treating to hors d'oeuvres. Dinner and drinks are on you.

See you there.

CINPA Meeting April 7 2021 - ONLINE

CINPA Monthly Meeting 4/7/21 7:00 pm - ONLINE

Casual get-together - check-in with your IT pals and give us a full report of how you are and what you have been doing.

See you there.

Allen

To join the 3CX Video Conferencing, click this link:
https://amcc-prod-us.3cx.net/open/a04a26fcf63e425adf382e2d3bf6acae76c9e7be

To join by phone, dial:
+1 (513) 766-7573
And enter this Conference ID: 9500890

CINPA Meeting 2/3/21 7:00 pm - ONLINE

CINPA Monthly Meeting - Wed. 2/3/21 at 7:00 pm - ONLINE.

This is a casual get-together to check-in and see how everyone is doing.

We're 11 months into COVID and now on to the start of a new year.

Vaccines are coming, hopefully, and things are looking up.

Give us a shout and let us know how you are doing.

To join by phone dial

+1 (513) 766-7573 and enter the conference ID 2254007

Click on this URL to join the meeting

https://amcc-prod-us.3cx.net/open/fa8bf065c9f4d55e490b4d9f645c3b1492a1796b

CINPA Meeting Jan 6 2021 7:00 pm ONLINE

You are invited to join "CINPA Meeting Jan 6 2021 7:00 pm ONLINE" by "Allen Miller"
 
Meeting Notes:
Come to our first meeting of the year.
Stop in and check out what's going on
 
Joining info: https://amcc-prod-us.3cx.net/webrtc/open/c6c7af94d13e3bc3b701e4ace00facc66450109a - from Chrome or Firefox
Or dial +1 (513) 766-7573, PIN: 7275889
 
On your smartphone: Download the Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.tcx.webmeeting or iOS https://itunes.apple.com/app/3cx-webmeeting/id1039756959 app and click on the meeting link to join.
 
See more tips and how-to's https://www.3cx.com/user-manual/

CINPA Hackers Night 21 - December 2, 2020 - ONLINE 7:00 PM

Our annual Hackers Night is always a big event for CINPA. Be sure to join us online this year.
12/2/20 7:00 pm
Much thanks to Matt Scheurer and the Security SIG for organizing this.

Click HERE to Join online (desktop or mobile)
or to phone it in dial +1 (513) 766-7573, PIN: 906327

Agenda

- Welcome by Allen Miller
- Annual Elections
- Special Introduction by Charles Shirer (a.k.a. the BSD Bandit)
- Feature Presentation: "What the hex wrong with your stack?" by Barry Kimball
- Closing Announcements by Matt Scheurer

Speaker 1) Charles Shirer
https://twitter.com/bsdbandit

Speaker 2) Barry Kimball
https://twitter.com/Lego_Gnome

CINPA Noveber 4, 2020 7:00 pm ONLINE Meeting - HyStax

CINPA November 4, 2020 7:00 Online Meeting
I just noticed that the calendar item for this online meeting was incorrectly scheduled for 7:00 AM instead of 7:00 PM.
We will meet online at 7:00 PM and the same meeting link should work for this time.
Allen

Steve Searles (CTO, Liberty Center One) Will be presenting HyStax, a revolutionary any to any cloud aware disaster recovery and business continuity tool that his company has been using as a cloud onramp product.

Register and details at: https://voipdealerwebinar.biz/

Microsoft Teams - Amy Babinchak - June 3, 2020 7:00 p EDT

Meeting is ONLINE - Join Microsoft Teams Meeting <= CLICK THIS LINK TO JOIN MEETING

Microsoft Teams is a hot topic. You’ve probably seen the driving adoption sale pitches. This isn’t that. In this demo packed presentation Amy will show you how to be the administrator of Teams, set policy, understand private channels, where Teams stores its data and what that means, what not to do when managing Teams and understanding the important role of the individual team owner.

BIO: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amybabinchak

I am the owner of three IT related businesses: Harbor Computer Services, Third Tier and Sell My MSP and have been working in small and medium business IT field for more than 20 years. I'm a technical person with advanced skills in networking design, management and implementation. I value technology for what it does for people and the success it brings to business.

I'm also a Microsoft MVP for 14 years, received numerous leadership awards and a valued member of various boards guiding business growth, acquisitions, and partnerships. I’m currently serving on the executive council of the managed services community at Comptia.

CINPA April 1, 2020 * Canceled *

In light of the current health concerns we are going to cancel the regular scheduled CINPA April meeting.

If you need something to do during this time we will have an on-line web meeting that you are welcome to join.  At the moment this is ad-hoc and the content is open.  If any of you have something you wish to talk about or present you are welcome to contact me in advance to get on the schedule.

We will, of course, be supplying all in attendance with our usual pizza dinner.

CINPA April Meeting
Wed, Apr 1, 2020 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM (EDT)

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.

https://www.gotomeet.me/voipdealer/cinpa-april-meeting

You can also dial in using your phone.

United States: +1 (646) 749-3122

Access Code: 513-048-805

New to GoToMeeting? Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:

https://global.gotomeeting.com/install/513048805

Cloud Essentials+ - Cory Fuchs - March 4, 2020

New Meeting Location beginning March 4, 2020

4350 Glendale-Milford Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242
Room 140
https://plus.codes/86FQ7J37+G5
South facing side of building has RDI signage easily visible  from Glendale-Milford Road

Cory has worked in IT for over 25 years as a systems administrator, network engineer, trainer, and consultant. Cory's current Role is with Insight Global as a Sr Cloud Architect. He has also wrote Cloud Essentials+ Study Guide.

https://www.amazon.com/CompTIA-Cloud-Essentials-Study-Guide/dp/1119642221

Topics:

  • Exploring and Planning going to the Cloud

  • Migration Strategies -Cost Analysis and Planning

  • AWS vs Azure vs GCP

  • Current Hot Topics

  • Alternatives

Membership Input for Planning the Meeting Presenters - January 8, 2020

On account of the New Year holiday we are moving this meeting to the second Wednesday of the month.

This January meeting will be an open discussion where we would like to get your ideas, suggestions, etc. for topics for meetings for the coming year(s). This is your opportunity to have direct input into our scheduling. Please spend a few minutes between now and then and jot down some ideas to bring with you.

UPDATE: January 8, 2020 CINPA Meeting Location
10123 Alliance Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242

Hackers' Night 20 - Deral Heiland & Matt Scheurer - December 4, 2019

FIRST - Take NOTICE - DIFFERENT VENUE than regular CINPA meetings - this meeting will be at
Pictoria Tower Conference Center - 225 Pictoria Drive Pictoria Tower I, First Floor · Springdale, Oh

Speaker 1) Deral Heiland
https://twitter.com/Percent_X

Abstract:
The evaluation of an embedded products end-to-end security can often be greatly improved by examining data communication at the circuit level via inter-chip communication as data passes thru an embedded device. So during this presentation we will be exploring inter-chip communication concepts. Focusing on mapping circuit layouts, capturing and decoding communication methodologies, and evaluation of end-to-end security concepts on IoT bridging devices used for remote Internet access to devices leveraging none routable Protocols. With the goals of identifying and understanding: The decoding of Inter-chip communication, End-to-End security validation, Identification of potential attack vectors & vulnerabilities, Device internal command structure, Weaponization of bridge devices.

Bio:
Deral Heiland, serves as a Research Lead (IoT) for Rapid7. Deral has over 25 years of experience in the Information Technology field. Over the last 15+ years Deral's career has focused on security research, penetration testing, and consulting. Deral has conducted security research on numerous subjects, releasing white papers, advisories, and has presented the information at conferences including Blackhat, Defcon, Shmoocon, DerbyCon, and Hack In Paris. Deral has been interviewed by and quoted by media outlets and publications including ABC World News Tonight, BBC, Consumer Reports, and MIT Technical Review.

Topic 2) Pass-the-Hash (PtH) attacks using Metasploit
Speaker 2) Matt Scheurer
https://twitter.com/c3rkah

Abstract:
Pass-the-Hash (PtH) attacks can be leveraged to authenticate on remote systems without the need of a password. Armed with just a hash, PtH attacks allow malicious threat actors to move laterally to other systems throughout an enterprise environment with Administrative privileges. In this talk we will use Metasploit to demo a PtH attack in action.

Bio:
Matt Scheurer serves as Chair of the Cincinnati Networking Professionals Association Security Special Interest Group (CiNPA Security SIG), an Ambassador for Bugcrowd, and works as a Systems Security Engineer in the Financial Services industry. He holds a CompTIA Security+ Certification and possesses multiple Microsoft Certifications including MCP, MCPS, MCTS, MCSA, and MCITP. He has presented on numerous Information Security topics as a featured speaker at many local area technology groups and large Information Security conferences. Matt maintains active memberships in a number of professional organizations including the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Cincinnati Networking Professionals Association (CiNPA), Financial Services - Information Sharing and Analysis Center (FS-ISAC), Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), and InfraGard.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise - Sam Guffey - November 6, 2019

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) newest technologies and recent developments will be presented by HPE Storage Architect Sam Guffey, and the HPE Channel Technical Architect for the Ohio Valley Eric Powers.

The following topics/programs/technologies will be presented and discussed:

1. HPE InfoSight;

2. HPE Storage portfolio (high level of the whole thing including some deep dives into Primera, Nimble and the new dHCI);

3. HPE Timeless program.

Speakers' BIOs:

a. Sam Guffey

Sam has worked in Information Technology for 22 years. In January 2018 Sam joined Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) as Storage Architect, covering Cincinnati, OH and Dayton, OH markets, including the entire and very extensive HPE Storage Portofolio.

Prior to HPE Sam spent 12 years at Dental Care Plus Group as Infrastructure Manager/Application Development Manager/DBA and 8 years with A&P Technology as Information Systems Mananger

Sam is a great speaker with wealth of knowledge, and great sense of humor to make his presentations and demonstrations even more magnetically attractive.

b. Eric Powers

Is the HPE Channel Technical Architect for the Ohio Valley regional partner reseller community.

He covers the entire HPE portfolio from the industry’s most secure servers to the intelligent storage portfolio.

Eric has been with HPE since 2016. Before that, he worked for the Walt Disney Company in Orlando, Florida. Eric resides with his wife and two dogs in Columbus, OH, but will come to us to participate in presentations/demonstrations.

Recruiter/Career Night - October 2, 2019

Come join us for our annual IT Recruiter/Career Night. Come learn everything you need to know about landing that perfect IT job. Get the edge you need, and learn how to network so your resume packet is not dropped. Learn the language of the interview to help you get that A+ performance. In no time, you will be sipping on some Java and eating some Pi with that perfect job. We will have two great presentations this month by Monica Nieman and Tom Falter.

Monica Nieman is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati with a BA in Information Systems. She worked as an IT professional for about 9 years prior to shifting her career focus into IT Staffing. For the past 13 years she has been a Consultant Care Manager, a recruiter or, as in her current role, selling IT Staffing solutions to customers in Cincinnati and across the country as Consulting Services Account Manager with CBTS. She has unique insight into hiring trends working closely with IT leadership at all levels with perspective of having been an IT professional.

Monica will do a presentation called Software is a Disruption. Cloud Computing and DevOps is changing the way people deploy code. Infrastructure and software are converging at a rapid pace, and developers are pushing changes on both the infrastructure and application side. How to update and market your skills in this ever evolving industry.

Tom Falter has a strong background in the Information Security area with over 20 years of information security sales with success in sales of hardware, software and professional services. In addition to his day job, Tom continues to operate his consulting firm, Thinks, Inc., which uses lean manufacturing principles to enable SMB's to analyze issues in sales, sales operations and enablement to find solutions that streamline processes and maximize sales performer contributions more quickly. He also teaches at Northern Kentucky University for the College of Informatics, Business Information Systems

Tom will do a presentation called The Future of Work. The trends are in and work as it was defined for generations has changed significantly. The Gig Economy is upon us. Find out how this affects you, affects your job, and changes the dynamic of what we do now and in the future with our “work”.

Best part: if you are looking for a job, we will waive the $5 meeting fee. **Note CINPA is not responsible for actual job placement Results may vary. Please find another recruiter if problem persists.**