Join NAC-ISSA as Cloudflare sponsors our November 2025 Chapter lunch. The event takes place at the Auburn Research and Innovation Center on Voyager Way in Research Park. Adam Shattuck will present “Identifying and preventing bad actors in the current cybersecurity landscape". At Cloudflare, we have our eyes set on an ambitious goal — to help build
DC256 is proud to host Matthew McDougal AKA Doogie presenting BLUETOOTH LOW ENERGY HACKING WORKSHOP. The event is being sponsored by the North Alabama Chapter of ISSA (NAC-ISSA). Ever wonder how your fitness tracker, smart bulb, or IoT device talks to your phone? Ever want to see if you could hack into it? Join us
Members and a guest are invited to attend the annual NAC-ISSA Christmas Party. Join us for an evening of networking, good food and great door prizes! This year, we will be at the Electic Belle in the Stovehouse event center.
Due to goverment shutdown impacts, this event has been rescheduled from November 13 to a new date of December 11. Palo Alto Networks is establishing an office on the campus of UAH in the I2C building. As a kickoff, they are inviting all interested in cybersecurity to a cybersecurity day event on Nov 13. Register
DC256 and NAC-ISSA kick off our first "Tech Thursday" hands on workshop with "Inside the Shark Tank". See inside of network traffic with the Wireshark network protocol analyzer. Pick apart packets piece by piece as we analyze networking traffic to tell a story of how different network devices talk between one another. Covering tips and
The increasing reliance on digital systems in modern rocketry, from design and manufacturing to launch operations and in-flight control, introduces significant cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Presentation, “Ignition Under Fire,” by Paul Coggin, explores the diverse attack vectors targeting rocket propulsion systems, examining potential consequences ranging from mission delays and data breaches to catastrophic failures. We will analyze
Join us for the first NAC-ISSA chapter lunch as Insight Assurance comes to discuss some of the common pitfalls and issues that they have observed in dealing with clients on their CMMC journey. The "view from the trenches" is to be an engaging discussion that isn’t just a rehash of generic CMMC information. Attendees will
Cybersecurity Tabletop Exercise (TTX) Design & Facilitation Workshop This in-person tabletop exercise (TTX) training workshop is designed for professionals who want to do more than participate in tabletop exercises—they want to run their own. Participants will experience a facilitated cyber incident tabletop while also learning how to design, conduct, and document tabletop exercises that support incident response
The NAC-ISSA February 2026 lunch will be chapter sponsored. We are proud to present our chapter member and former chapter president, Jason Cuneo. Jason has worked with large municipalities in the US to secure their mass transit systems. Join us for a look into a different segment of cybersecurity than you may typically think about.
Presenter: Doogie NAC-ISSA and DC256 present our second Tech Thursday of 2026 at Gigaparts on Feb 19 at 6:00PM. This hands-on workshop moves beyond filtering and display into the craft of understanding undocumented protocols and using that knowledge to create a reusable Wireshark dissector. Attendees will walk away with their own network protocol dissector that can
Join DC256 at GigaParts on February 20th @ 6:00PM! Rodney V. will be giving a presentation -- Digital Trust: The Collapse of Trust in Digital Materiel. We will also be making a special announcement at the event, so stay tuned! For decades, digital evidence has quietly relied on a fragile assumption that authenticity could be
Join us for coffee and discussions on practical automation strategies to simplify CMMC readiness. You’re not alone. Thousands of SMBs in the DIB face the same challenge. Meeting CMMC requirements doesn’t have to mean overbuilding your security program or blowing your budget. CMMC Without the Chaos is a practical, executive-friendly session designed specifically for small
It has been far too long since we gathered to network over a fine craft beer and wood fired oven pizza! Members and friends of the North Alabama Chapter of ISSA are invited to join us at InnerSpace Brewing on Thursday, February 26. Membership not required! This event is sponsored by NAC-ISSA. Registration not required
Abstract: This session explores the emerging role of agentic AI in modern offensive cybersecurity operations. Through a guided presentation and discussion, we will examine how AI-driven agents can be used to automate elements of reconnaissance, web enumeration, and vulnerability discovery within red team workflows. Attendees will leave with a practical understanding of how agentic AI systems can be
NAC-ISSA and DC256 continue the Tech Thursday series with Shell Sorcery: The Magic of the Linux Command Line. Linux isn’t as scary as it seems! This crash course uses gamification to introduce you to the command line. Instead of rote memorization, you will solve logic puzzles to master the three pillars of daily Linux work: secure access,
As of Sunday, March 8, Daylight Saving Time returns and the days get longer. Come celebrate the longer, warmer days with NAC-ISSA and the North Alabama cybersecurity community at InnerSpace Brewing. Beers and Pizza on NAC-ISSA; networking on YOU!
The Central Alabama Information Systems Security Association (CA-ISSA), InfraGard Birmingham Member Alliance (IBMA) and TechBirmingham are jointly hosting a cybersecurity conference in April and invite anyone interested to attend. BSides Huntsville will return in 2027 so NAC-ISSA. Chapter members and guests are encouraged to fill their 2026 need for content this spring with the Southeast
Taken straight out of a hacker’s toolkit, learn how to figure out what’s really running on your network! Learn to look through the eyes of a hacker as we investigate open services and ports, so you can understand what steps to take to lower your footprint. This workshop will tell you how to quickly and
Join NAC-ISSA for our April chapter lunch with Jason Cuneo presenting on Digital Forensics. In this lunch-and-learn session, Jason will draw on years of hands-on experience leading digital forensics projects, as well as teaching courses at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, to provide a practical introduction to modern digital forensics. The session will explore
Join the North Alabama Chapter of ISSA and the Tennessee Valley Chapter of Women in Defense as we co-host Beers for Engineers in April. Both organizations seek to grow the cyber community throughout North Alabama. We'll run this event from 4:30 to 7:30 at InnerSpace Brewing. Come join us to meet new friends and help
Join the North Alabama Chapter of ISSA and our May chapter lunch sponsor, Wallarm, as we begin the week with Beers for Engineers. We'll run this event from 5:30 to 7:30 at InnerSpace Brewing. Come join us to meet new friends and follow up with the chapter lunch on Tuesday, May 19.
TOPIC: Business Logic Abuse: Technology Agnostic Mapping of Attack Types OWASP's technology specific top 10 lists have provided a ton of value, but it's time for a different approach to business logic abuse. The rise of APIs and complex business logic attacks requires a new taxonomy that isn't tied to a specific technology. Our Speaker is
NAC-ISSA and DC256 will be hosting the next Tech Thursday on May 21 with Tativ presenting " Cookie Monster Ops: Bypassing MFA with evilginx2". This event is free to anyone wishing to attend. Pizza and softdrinks served. This is a hands on event so please bring your own laptop. Before the workshop, attendees should be
🔐 **Cracking the Code: Passwords, Hashes & the Tools That Break Them** @everyone **🗓️ TOMORROW — Thursday, June 18 · 6:00–8:00 PM****📍 GigaParts Classroom***DC256 × NAC-ISSA Tech Thursday · presented by Christian Clark*Ever wonder how passwords are actually stored — and why some fall in **seconds** while others hold out for **centuries**? In this hands-on
Join the North Alabama Chapter of ISSA and our sponsor AMG (Alabama Media Group). We'll run this event from 5:30 to 7:30 at InnerSpace Brewing. Come join us to meet new friends on Thursday, June 25. AMG is also providing a door prize for one lucky attendee... a bottle of bourbon!
Join NAC-ISSA and InnerSpace Brewing as we celebrate America's 250th anniversary of Independence on July 16. From the patriots who fought for freedom to today's warriors, let's lift a glass to their sacrifice. That includes our cyber warriors fighting to keep our companies and organizations secure. Everyone is invited for Beer (or softdrinks) and pizza
Join NAC-ISSA on Tuesday, July 21, at our chapter lunch. Everyone is invited to partake of Barbecue, good company and good information. Caleb Havens will be presenting a series of scenarios from his Red Team Operations at NetSPI demonstrating the techniques, tools, and pretexts used to breach security-hardened organizations, demonstrating how social engineering remains the
Can't make it to DEF CON this year? Bring a little Vegas to Huntsville! Join us this Thursday for NAC-ISSA's Beers for Engineers, sponsored by Zscaler, and show off your hacker spirit.👕 Wear your favorite DEF CON, Spot the Fed, or other hacker conference t-shirt.🎟️ Still have an old DEF CON badge? Dust it off and wear it!🍺 Grab
Let's wrap up the summer with the 2nd Beers for Engineers of August as we prepare for the National Cyber Summit in September! Join us as Fortinet sponsors Beers for Engineers on Thursday, August 20. Be sure to thank Robert Wilson for the sponsorship.
Recent cyber attacks against drinking water and wastewater utilities have raised important questions about the security of one of our nation's most essential critical infrastructure sectors. This lunchtime presentation takes participants inside the world of municipal water operations, explaining how treatment plants, pumping stations, storage facilities, and industrial control systems work together to deliver safe
The chapter lunch for September is the week preceding NCS. Island (https://island.io) is our sponsor. Details on topic, speaker, catering and door prize to be provided later. Register now to save the date on your calendar!