CINPA - February 5, 2025 - Careers Night

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CINPA IT Careers Night

Are you curious about the latest trends in tech hiring? Wondering which IT careers are in demand? Interested in the Cincinnati job market? Thinking about making a career change, or currently navigating the job search?
We invite you to an evening filled with insights, networking, and career guidance in a welcoming environment for like-minded professionals. Get your questions answered by an experienced career coach and a skilled IT recruiter, who will share the latest market trends and dive into your specific concerns.
Don't miss out – join us for this valuable, interactive session to navigate your IT career path with confidence!

MAX has IT Support Bootcamp seats available through a grant…free for Ohioans!  

Annette Ballard: With two plus decades of HR experience, Annette Ballard has helped C-Suite Executives, High Schoolers, those in transition, and those looking for that key promotion.  As a Strengths-Based Leadership Coach, she has helped thousands discover their true aspiration and soar to their dreams and purpose.  Annette successfully ran a career services organization with community impact and currently serves in role as Career Manager at MAX Technical Training.  Annette is an instructor, community speaker, corporate trainer, facilitator, talent manager with concentration in strengths-based coaching.  

Brianne Creamer: Brianne is a Recruiting Manager with Robert Half, helping both clients find folks to join their team and helping candidates find their next job. She has been in the recruiting world for over 8 years and focuses on helping those in the tech or creative industries.  Brianne was promoted to AVP in 2022 and earned a Pinnacle Award for being in the top 3% of RH performers in her specialty. Additionally, she is a photographer, designer, and self-proclaimed nerd who loves learning, people, comedy shows, eating pizza, and traveling the world.

CINPA meetings are open which means you can bring a friend or suggest it to a friend.

The meeting room will open early (6:30 pm) with food so that people can say hello and eat before the meeting starts at 7:00 pm.  WE NEED A GOOD HEADCOUNT FOR FOOD Catering ORDER.  
6/2024 We are reinstituting our previous policy - CINPA paid members are not charged for food at the meeting - non-members are charged $5 at the meeting.  To apply for membership visit this page https://www.cinpa.org/pay 

Location: 4350 Glendale-Milford Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, Room 140, https://plus.codes/86FQ7J37+G5 

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CINPA - December 4, 2024 -Annual Meeting & Hackers Night

Reservation required for CATERING - Register here
CINPA ANNUAL MEETING & Election of Officers

Slate of Officers for the  2025 Year
President - Allen Miller
Vice President - Kevin Royalty
At Large - Brad Green

Hackers Night
Meeting Topic: Capture the Flag!

MetaCTF is excited to host a mini Capture the Flag exercise for this Hackers Night! We'll kick things off with a short introduction to CTFs and then jump straight into the competition. The hands-on challenges will cover a range of difficulties and a variety of topics from web exploitation to forensics. If you’ve never participated in a CTF before, this is a great place to start. We will have time at the end to go over solutions.
All you need is a laptop. You'll be able to work in teams, so bring a friend!

Reservation required for CATERING (same as above) - Register here

CINPA Mtg - Sep 4, 2024 - CyberFox - In-person

Outfox the Bad Guys.

RSVP Here (and details) => https://forms.gle/ev1ZoZ97tggYFPj48

Simple, affordable privileged access management and password management solutions for complex cybersecurity threats.

In-depth, technical recorded demo done by our engineering team

CyberFOX is a global cybersecurity solutions provider dedicated to identity access management (IAM) for managed service providers (MSPs) and IT professionals. Our affordable password management and privileged access management solutions supply two critical elements of a comprehensive IAM security strategy. MSPs and IT departments are better able to secure critical data by controlling user access. CyberFOX helps protect thousands of organizations in more than 175 countries.

CINPA Mtg - Aug 7, 2024 6:30PM - Eaton - Andrew Woomer - IN-PERSON

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Subject: Join Us for an Exclusive Presentation by Andrew Woomer on Eaton’s Power Products

We are excited to invite you to an exclusive presentation by Andrew Woomer, a renowned expert in the field of power management, on the latest power products from Eaton. This event is a unique opportunity for Information Technology professionals to gain valuable insights into cutting-edge solutions that can enhance your IT infrastructure.

Why Attend?

  • Expert Insights: Learn directly from Andrew Woomer about Eaton's innovative power products and how they can benefit your IT operations.

  • Networking Opportunities: Connect with fellow IT professionals and industry leaders.

  • Q&A Session: Participate in an interactive Q&A session to get your specific questions answered.

About the Speaker:
Andrew Woomer is a marketing representative for Eaton’s Distributed Infrastructure (DI) group. Andrew will be presenting an overview of the Eaton DI portfolio which includes UPS, PDU, Rack/Cabinets, & Cooling solutions. The presentation will be approx. 30 minutes. For those seeking more information beyond what is presented, Andrew will engage an Eaton engineer in the days following the meeting..

CINPA Change of P(l)ace - July 3, 2023 6:00 p.m. - Dinner Social

RSVP for CINPA Event <= HERE - Please let us know if you will be attending.  Not a firm commitment, but we need a headcount a week in advance.

This is an annual event 
Wednesday, July 3, 2024 6:00 pm   
Firehouse Grill & Brewery
4785 Lake Forest Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45242

We are excited to be getting together again.  There will be no web meeting version of this event - it’s just BE THERE OR BE SQUARE.

I hope you can join us for a nice casual gathering with food and beverages and networking (personal - not technical).

This is v12 of the Summer CINPA Social where we change the P(l)ace. No tech presentation this night - instead we will meet at the Firehouse Grill & Brewery 4785 Lake Forest Drive, Cincinnati, Oh 45242, Lakeside Room,  (513) 733-3473 Beginning at 6:00 pm Wednesday July 5, 2023

Please feel free to bring a guest(s) - 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

CINPA will be treating for appetizers. Dinner and drinks are on you. The establishment will include a 20% gratuity in your check.

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CINPA Mtg - June 5, 2024 - External Device Boot for Raspberry Pi

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From our speaker - Klaus Grismayer

"Various ways to do an external device boot for Raspberry Pi 4B and 5B". This will be a series of live demos with an oral explanation of what I have set up. No slides and no files of notes will be given for this live presentation, but there will be plenty of Q & A throughout the demonstrations, so be prepared to take any notes of anything that you might find useful for your purposes. Anyone just interested in or currently using a Raspberry Pi SBC (Single Board Computer) should find this presentation of value. At the very least, you will be made aware of the different ways to boot to a select set of different operating systems that are currently available for the Raspberry Pi during this demo. Before you can make the best decisions for your specific needs, you need to know some of the many options that you have available to you today and where you can look for more.

CINPA Mtg - May 1, 2024 - VPN on RPi - Allen Miller

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Want to watch your favorite local stations and streaming services no matter where you travel? A Raspberry Pi VPN can help! A VPN encrypts your internet traffic and hides your IP address, so you can browse the web privately and securely. This means you can watch geo-restricted content and bypass censorship filters. Plus, a Raspberry Pi VPN is a lot more affordable than a commercial VPN service.

 Allen Miller | VoIP Telecommunications Specialist | 3CX Gold Partner

CINPA Mtg 4/3/24 - Linux "Windows Replacements" - Brad Green

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At the March meeting, a question arose regarding “Windows” replacements and choices on Linux OS, prompting lively topic exchange. So, on April 3, 2024, Brad Green will be doing a demo install of Linux Mint and some other configurations. He’ll also bring some of his systems with different versions for a hands-on demonstration of varied flavors of Linux. These are the things that can extend some older PCs that people may want to continue to keep modern.

Cheers,
Allen

CINPA Mtg March 6, 2024 - Human Hacking (Social Engineering) - Charles Lester

Human Hacking (Social Engineering):

Human hacking, also known as social engineering, “is about hacking the human mind, something that in many ways is significantly easier than finding a new hat vulnerability and using it as a gateway into your enterprise.” Tomer Teller

The presentation (1) analyzes how social engineering works, (2) reviews some typical attacks with specific examples, (3) notes the impact of AI on certain types of attacks, (4) provides a framework to understand why social engineering attacks are so successful, (5) provides some suggestions on how to undermine the ability of the social engineering attacks to succeed, and (6) provides resources for study.

Charles T. Lester, Jr., JD, CISSP

Charles has been a licensed attorney for forty-four years, and has tried cases before juries in both federal and state courts. He also has been involved in securing secrets and systems for a number of different companies over the years, and currently is on the Platform Operations team at Great American. He is secretary of both the Cincinnati Infragard chapter and the Cincinnati Tri-State ISC2 chapter, is Security Director for the Cincinnati Networking Professionals Association(CiNPA), and runs the CiNPA Security SIG, which meets every third Thursday of the month to provide CPE opportunities for local security professionals.

CINPA Hackers Night - Dec 6, 2023 6:30 pm - Threat Hunting Workshop

CINPA Annual Hackers Night Event

The CINPA Security Special Interest Group has organized this traditional annual Hackers Night.

In addition to this user participation program we will have the Annual Election of CINPA Officers for the coming 2024 year.

REGISTRATION for this event will be via the Security SIG MEETUP page which you can find here - https://www.meetup.com/techlife-cincinnati/events/297342806/

You need to register to participate in the catered dinner that has been provided by CINPA.

Please take notice of the LOCATION and the START TIME

CINPA Change of P(l)ace - July 5, 2023 6:00 p.m. - Dinner Social

v11 of the Change of P(l)ace meeting

RSVP for CINPA Event - Please let us know if you will be attending.  Not a firm commitment, but we headcount in advance.

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This is an annual event 
Wednesday, July 5, 2023 7:00 pm
Firehouse Grill & Brewery

4785 Lake Forest Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45242

Dinner & Beverages

We are excited to be 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 and networking.

This is v11 of the Summer CINPA Social where we change the P(l)ace. No tech presentation this night - instead we will meet at the Firehouse Grill & Brewery 4785 Lake Forest Drive, Cincinnati, Oh 45242, Lakeside Room,  (513) 733-3473 Beginning at 6:00 pm Wednesday July 5, 2023

Please feel free to bring a guest(s) - 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

CINPA will be treating to hors d'oeuvres. Dinner and drinks are on you. The establishment will include a 20% gratutity in your check.

CINPA June 7, 2023 Meeting 7:00 pm In-Person and On-Line

Technical Knowledge Training - our very own Douglas Johnson

Do you want to increase your technical knowledge?  There are a lot of options out there.  We are going to talk about some of the training options that are available out there.  I will go from the ones that do have a cost to the no-cost ones.  Will also look at some options on the ones that cost on how you can get them at a lower cost.  I have used a couple of these.  Will let you know about my experience with them.

Register and RSVP for this meeting HERE
If you are attending In-Person and would like us to order food for you, you must RSVP.

CINPA Mtg March 1, 2023 7:00 pm (EST) - BitWarden - Password Manager

CINPA Meeting March 1, 2023 7:00 pm (EST) - BitWarden - Password Manager

IN PERSON and ON-LINE

 Bitwarden empowers organizations and individuals to safely store and share sensitive data. With a transparent, open source approach to password management, Bitwarden makes it easy for users to extend robust security practices to all of their online experiences—no matter their location or device. Cloud and self-hosted options give customers flexibility to meet the most stringent security requirements. Bitwarden is available in nearly 50 languages with a passionate global community of security experts and enthusiasts. The company is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California and has a globally distributed team. Learn more at bitwarden.com

 We will be meeting IN PERSON at our current meeting venue at: 

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

For the March 3, 2023 CINPA Meeting with BitWarden presenting - we are going to handle the food distribution a bit differently than in the past.  In the past paid CINPA members got food at meetings for no cost and non-members were charged a $5.00 meeting admission which included food.  We ordered food after the meeting started so we would know how many people to order for.

 We now want to have the meeting room open early (6:30 pm) with food so that people can say hello and eat before the meeting starts at 7:00 pm.  To accomplish this we will provide food at no charge for attendees that have their reservation in by Tuesday, 1 day before the meeting.  This food is not offered to the entire world at large, just to those interested in CINPA.

 3/1/23 CINPA MEETING RSVP - IN Person and On-Line https://forms.gle/Az7QXo8wNMVkR5qf6

Also ONLINE - Registration and access link provided via RSVP below

For those attending IN PERSON, we will have pizza and drinks for you.  Please RSVP and indicate whether you intend to attend IN PERSON or by Web Meeting.

RSVP - Signup LINK

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CINPA IN-PERSON Annual Meeting & Hackers Night 12/7/22 6:30 pm

The Security SIG has a special presentation for this meeting. You will want to be there.

On Wednesday, December 7, the CiNPA Security SIG's own Barry Kimball will be presenting on Phone hacking, IMSI catchers, and stingrays.

Food will be provided, and the meeting will start at 6:30pm at TechSolve's offices (where the monthly Security SIG meeting is hosted), 6705 Steger Dr, Cincinnati, OH 45237.

Unlike previous years, there will be no charge for attendees, regardless of CiNPA membership.

PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE RSVP so we have an idea of how much food will be needed by clicking this link: RSVP.

This December meeting is also the CINPA Annual Meeting and election of Officers and Board Members.