Becoming an Active Member of Your Local Security Chapter

Relatively recently, (ISC)² started a chapter program, and chapters are springing up all over. Find a local chapter here: http://www.isc2.org/chapters/ .

Many other security organizations around the world also have local chapters, perhaps in or near your community. Here’s a short list of some organizations that you may be interested in:

International Systems Security Association (ISSA): www.issa.org

Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA): www.isaca.org

Society for Information Management (SIM): www.simnet.org

InfraGard: www.infragard.net

Electronic Crimes Task Force: www.secretservice.gov/ectf.shtml

Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP): www.owasp.org

ASIS International: www.asisonline.org

High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA): www.htcia.org

Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS): www.rims.org

Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA): www.theiia.org

Disaster Recovery Institute International (DRII): www.drii.org

Computer Technology Investigators Network (CTIN): www.ctin.org

Local security groups provide excellent opportunities to find peers in other organizations and to discover more about your trade. Many people find that the contacts they make as part of their involvement with local security organizations can be especially valuable when looking for new career opportunities.

You certainly can find many, many more security organizations that have local chapters, beyond the ones we include in the preceding list. Ask your colleagues and others about security organizations and clubs in your community. If you can’t find one, start one!