TAG Information Security

About:

The Information Security Society is dedicated to enhancing information security awareness through interactive and educational meetings, panel discussions, industry speakers, and training sessions. The society is positioned well for business and technology professionals interested or working in the field of information security, or anyone that has an interest in learning and exchanging information on how and why integrating information security in their business needs is important.

Our content is not a vendor sales pitch disguised as content, rather we leverage industry experts for panel and key note discussions and draw from the extensive information security subject matter experts throughout our community.  The commitment and goal is to present practical advice that can be leveraged in your efforts everyday in the ongoing protection of your business.

2008 Information Security Theme

• Protection of Sensitive and Confidential Information
• Understanding the landscape and complexities of Regulatory Compliance
• Integrating Information Security to enable your business
• Business Risk Management

Meeting Schedule

Q1-1st Meeting February 22, 2008-Protection of Sensitive and Confidential Information 

Q2-2nd Meeting May 22, 2008-The Convergence of Security and Compliance 

Q3-3rd Meeting July 17, 2008-Integrating Information Security to Enable your Business

Q4-4th Meeting October, 16, 2008-Business Risk Management

Leadership Opportunities

The Information Security Society is currently recruiting members for its Leadership Committee.  If you are passionate about educating and exchanging information within the Georgia business community on the benefits of information security, please contact us about becoming actively involved today!

If your organization is interested in sponsoring a future Information Security Association meeting, please contact TAG - 404.817.3333 or email info@tagonline.org.

Interested? Join our mailing list - make sure to check off the Information Security affinity group.

 

Board of Directors:

Russell J. Teague – Chairman
                                                                                                                  

W. Scott Creasman – Vice Chairman
Attorney/Partner – Powell, Goldstein, Frazer, and Murphy, LLP (www.pgfm.com)

W. Scott Creasman is a partner with Powell, Goldstein, Frazer & Murphy LLP, a full service law firm of over 300 attorneys. He is resident in the firm’s Atlanta, Georgia office. Mr. Creasman handles complex commercial litigation and counseling involving intellectual property and technology matters. His experience includes patents, copyrights, trademarks, trade dress, trade secrets, unfair competition, domain name disputes, privacy, security and various e-commerce matters. Mr. Creasman’s practice also involves counseling clients on a variety of strategic issues involving the protection and exploitation of his client’s intellectual property and technology.

Mr. Creasman has written about and presented at seminars on a variety of intellectual property, technology and cyber-security issues for groups such as for the American Bar Association. He is a frequent commentator for media outlets such as CNBC on legal developments affecting the technology and cyber-security sectors.

Mr. Creasman has handled jury and bench trials in federal and state courts and the U.S. International Trade Commission, appeals in both the state and federal system, and numerous matters through alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, including various forms of mediation and arbitration.

Mr. Creasman has worked on major intellectual property and technology litigation and counseling matters for the world governing body for soccer, a Major League Baseball franchise, two of the largest national banking associations in the country, several major computer hardware and software companies, several multi-national textile manufacturers, a global information resources provider, a database and e-commerce service provider, a world market leader in materials handling systems, and two of the largest petro-chemical companies in the world.

Mr. Creasman earned his undergraduate degree from Yale in 1987, and his J.D. degree from Duke University’s School of Law in 1990. He is admitted to the State Bar of Georgia, the Northern and Middle Districts of Georgia, and the Eleventh and Federal Circuit Courts of Appeal.

Board Members:

John Penrod	The Weather Channel
Dave Shackleford	The Center for Internet Security (CIS)