The ISC2 Capital District NY Chapter is the ISC2
chapter serving the Capital District of New York State (Albany, Troy, Schenectady, and
surrounding areas). We are a place for cybersecurity professionals, students, and all others
interested in cybersecurity to meet, network, learn from each other, and earn Continuing
Professional Education (CPE) credits. We aim to provide a welcoming environment for all,
regardless of experience or background. We meet monthly on the campus of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, NY,
cohosted by the Rensselaer Cybersecurity Collaboratory (RCC) and the Division of the Chief Information Officer
(DotCIO).
In addition to the monthly meetings, the Chapter holds weekly CTF meetings for students, conducts
research presented at leading cybersecurity conferences such as the ISC2 Security Congress, and engages the broader Capital
District needs to provide our community with cybersecurity knowledge and education.
The ISC2 Capital District NY Chapter is currently in the chartering phase. If you are interested
in joining the Chapter, please sign up. Membership in the Chapter is free, no requirement to be an ISC2
member. Everyone is welcome at our meetings, no need to be a Chapter member or ISC2 member.
Upcoming Events
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November 2024
November 20
Our November meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024, at 6:00 PM EST in the RPI Academy Hall auditorium.
Chapter member Holly Schneider Brown, CC, Senior Director of the of the Center for Cyber Safety & Education, the charitable arm of ISC2, will give a workshop on the Center. This is an excellent opportunity for us as a Chapter to learn how to get involved with the local community, community service activities, and strengthening our sense of community within the Chapter.
As Senior Director for the Center for Cyber Safety and Education, the charitable arm of ISC2, Holly Schneider Brown is working to build a global cyber community for good...and she wants you to be a part! Holly is the staff lead of the Center, managing a small but mighty team that works closely with the Center's volunteers, donors, program partners and beneficiaries from 127 countries.
Holly has over two decades of experience in program and project management across multiple sectors and has been leading the development and growth of impactful, mission-based programs for technical professional associations for over a dozen years.
While her work is global, Holly is a proud Capital Region native and loves giving back to the community through a variety of local impact organizations.
Holly has fond memories of visiting RPI friends in her college days, and she is looking forward to returning to campus!
November 13-15
Chapter members Dr. Brian Callahan, ISSMP, CISSP, CCSP, SSCP, CC, Keenan Schilp, Quinn Colognato, CC, Emily Goldman, CC, Shoshana Sugerman, Aanya Mehta, Angela Imanuel, Kaitlin Kaii, CC, and Hannah Rose will be presenting their latest peer-reviewed publication, "Multidisciplinary quantum cybersecurity research for the undergraduate laboratory," at the 28th Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education (CISSE).
Chapter Leadership
RCC Student Leadership
Student Leadership helps run CTF team meetings, helps conduct research, and otherwise aids in the maintenance of the Chapter.
Past Events
October 2024
October 23
Our October 2024 meeting was held on Wednesday, October 23, 2024, at 11:00 AM EDT. The location was Arnold Auditorium in Mahan Hall at the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY.
Our speaker was COL Chris Morrell, Cyber Science Program Director at USMA. We had lunch afterwards in the Officer's Club (Wing Wednesday!) followed by a brief walking tour of The Plain and Trophy Point.
October 15
Chapter members Dr. Brian Callahan, ISSMP, CISSP, CCSP, SSCP, CC and Shoshana Sugerman
presented their research on the benefits and limitations of Generative AI for Cybersecurity
Awareness Training at the ISC2 Security Congress 2024.
September 2024
September 25
Our September 2024 meeting was Wednesday, September 25, 2024, from 12:00 to 2:00 PM EDT in the RPI Student Union, room 3606 (Shellnut Gallery). This was a hybrid meeting.
The presentation featured Chapter members Dr. Brian Callahan, ISSMP, CISSP, CCSP, SSCP, CC and Shoshana Sugerman
presenting a practice/preview of their ISC2 Security Congress 2024 talk on their research on the benefits and limitations of Generative AI for Cybersecurity
Awareness Training.
September 24
Chapter members Keenan Schilp, Emily Goldman, CC, and Hannah Rose presented some of their quantum security
research at the
ISC2 Central NY Chapter.
September 14
Chapter members Dr. Brian Callahan, ISSMP, CISSP, CCSP, SSCP, CC, Quinn Colognato, CC, and Mary Cotrupi, CC
presented some of their research at BSides St. Pete.
August 2024
August 28
Our August 2024 meeting was held on Wednesday, August 28, 2024, at 6:00 PM EDT in the RPI Academy Hall auditorium. There are parking lots in front of and behind the Academy Hall building.
We had two talks: in the first talk, Matt McGarvey spoke about the services offered by the Center for Internet Security, and in the second talk, Hannah Rose and Emily Goldman, CC spoke about their research cracking pseudo-RSA with RPI's quantum computer.
July 2024
July 24
Our July 2024 meeting was held on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, at 6:00 PM EDT
on RPI's campus. The meeting was held in Carnegie
Hall 113. The West Hall parking lot is the closest parking lot to Carnegie Hall. There
is a walking path between the parking lot and Carnegie Hall.
Samantha Baltzersen, Supervisory Special Agent in charge of the cyber squad for the FBI Albany
field office, joined us for a presentation. We also had a social hour, as this was
our first meeting and we wanted everyone to meet and get to know each other.
July 23
Chapter member Dr. Brian Callahan, ISSMP, CISSP, CCSP, SSCP, CC presented at the
ISC2 Central NY Chapter.
One Million Certified in Cybersecurity
Both RPI, through the RCC, and the Chapter are partners in the One Million Certified in
Cybersecurity (1MCC) program. We are proud to play our part to help close the cybersecurity
workforce gap and diversify the field.
ISC2's goal is to get one million newcomers to the cybersecurity field to train for and obtain
their Certified in
Cybersecurity (CC) certification.
This FREE program includes one year of ISC2 Candidate status, access to
Official ISC2 Certified in Cybersecurity Online Self-Paced Training, and the opportunity to
register for and take the CC exam.
If you are an RPI student, please use this link to register for the 1MCC program.
Otherwise, please use this link to register for the 1MCC program.
The Chapter will hold a free in-person CC course starting in mid-January. Check back here for more information as it becomes available.
