The Great Lakes SPIN meets the second Thursday evening of the month, September through May.

           6:30 - 7:00 Networking and light supper
           7:00 - 7:15 Business  meeting
           7:15 - 8:15 Technical Presentation/Seminar
           8:15 - 8:30 Q&A


Meetings are held at Oakland University, Rochester. Register with GL-SPIN to receive our e-mail notifications, including meeting location!!

Month Venue Topic Abstract Speaker





November  9,2006
 OaklandU Handling Electronic Evidence for Litigation The rules are changing on how electronic evidence is handled in litigation.
While most changes affect attorneys, it's also important for business owners, managers, and employees to be aware of their responsibilities with
pending litigation. 		Michael Ahern





December, 2006
 No Meeting in December, Have a happy holiday season.





January 11, 2007
 OaklandU Status of SAE Working Groups This presentation covers updates the status of the SAE working groups. Bruce Emaus, SAE





February 8, 2007
 OaklandU Optimizing Risk Management
Rick Bollinger





March 8, 2007
 OaklandU Information Assurance Process and Education

Beginning with a personal experience of identity theft, Emily will briefly introduce the role of Information Assurance processes in business today. She will  share the stage with representatives from IC-SEC (International Cyber Security Education Coalition) schools and allow a successful student to give us additional insight into how we can incorporate IA processes into our personal and professional lives and perhaps even become IA or security professionals.

Emily Campbell, Associate Dean, ITT Technical Institute
April 12, 2007 OaklandU The Secrets of CMMI V.12 Appraisals

This one-hour presentation is designed to make those who are preparing for an appraisal feel more comfortable while preparing their organizations for the formal Appraisal. It includes:

  • A brief review of the new CMMI release

  • A complete overview of the SCAMPI Appraisal Processes

  • Training and Preparing an Appraisal Team

  • Types of evidence (Direct, Indirect, Affirmation) and how they are used

  • Characterizing Practices using objective Evidence

  • Practice characterization rules and tables

  • Determining Goal Satisfaction

  • Assigning Ratings

  • Reporting results and interacting with the SEI

 Jeff Dalton, Broadsword
May 10, 2007 OaklandU Dr Daniel Shoemaker - Saving the Software Sinners (ppt)
or (.pdf)		 See presentation linked at left and the Knowlege For Secure Software document  Dr. Daniel Shoemaker, U Detroit Mercy
Summer Your Steering Committee is meeting through the summer.  Join us and contribute your ideas and efforts to make this organization even better.

 

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