Cincinnati SMBA

Cincinnati SMBA (Masters of Beer Appreciation) is a member driven, vendor neutral forum for Cincinnati Ohio Information Security Professionals. The Cincinnati SMBA allows for Information Security Professionals to get together and discuss current information security related topics. Some of the benefits of attending the Cincinnati SMBA: Free Adult Beverage of Choice 2 CPE/CEU for maintaining certification Opportunity to network with peers Learn about the latest trends impacting IT Help others by giving back to the INFOSEC Community The Cincinnati SMBA meets monthly in the Cincinnati Ohio area to share information of relevance to the Information Security and associated fields. We discuss emergent threats over pints of good beer. Even better, the beer is usually free, thanks to our corporate sponsors. As the Information Security field is broad, so are the range of topics, which include network, host and application security, privacy, law, cryptography, copyrights & patents, physical security, fire suppression, DR/BCP, ethics, forensic, biometrics, identity management, firearms, project management, development, data integrity, records retention and storage, optics, chemistry, hacking, red teams, DHS, NSA, FBI, ATF, etc. And beer. We operate under the Chatham House rule.