The next TCLUG meeting is tonight! Date: Wed, Aug 8th Time: 6:30 - 8:00 University of Minnesota Minneapolis campus, EE/CSci Building , Room: 3-230 200 Union St SE, Minneapolis 55455 Note: We've lined up an interesting presentation for this month, from a TCLUG member (details below). The previously-announced Virtualization topic has been pushed out to September, where we will cover it in more detail and with more preparation. Topics: Brief intro to virtualization (5-10 minutes) Main presentation "Using Open Source Tools for Regulatory Compliance, And how to make your auditors accept it." Jeremiah Cruit-Salzberg, Design Engineer, AT&T General Q&A and discussion As time may permit Adjourn to local restaurant or coffee shop -------- Presentation Detail -------- Using Open Source Tools for Regulatory Compliance And how to make your auditors accept it Many open source tools are available to assist in meeting many different regulatory compliance objectives including ones for PCI, SOX, and HIPAA. One of the major issues with using open source tools comes with acceptance from internal and external auditing teams. Most of these issues can be overcome with detailed documentation but for each tool discussed a solution for how we justified it to our auditors will be discussed as well. Working with your auditors to verify tools and methodologies used whether open source or not is a key element to success in passing audits and depending on your auditors they may be more or less accepting of open source. *Jeremiah Cruit-Salzberg* Design Engineer, AT&T Jeremiah Cruit has been working in networking and computer security for the past 14 years. He started working with Linux and open source technologies 8 years ago and has been an advocate ever since. Jeremiah currently works at AT&T as a Design Engineer creating and managing network and security architecture for fortune 50 customers. Current certifications include CISSP, CCNP, JNCIA, RCSE (RSA), SCI (Sidewinder), and others.