Become an ISC2 CGCC Member!
The ISC2 Central Gulf Coast Chapter, a 501(c)(3) non-profit based out of the Greater New Orleans area.
It was chartered by ISC2 in January 2021 to serve the Central Gulf Coast region - all Louisiana and the Mississippi coast.
Chapter Events:
Roger A. Grimes, CISSP
Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, Inc..
36-year computer security veteran, and author of 15 books and 1500+ magazine articles.
August 21, 2025 @ 5:30 pm CST
Virtual Meeting
CPA, CISSP, CEH, MCSE, CISA, CISM, CNE, yada, yada, Data-Driven Defense Evangelist for KnowBe4, Inc., is the author of 15 books and over 1500 articles on computer security, specializing in host security and preventing hacker and malware attacks.
Roger is a frequent speaker at national computer security conferences and was the weekly security columnist at InfoWorld and CSO magazines between 2005 - 2019.
He has worked at some of the world’s largest computer security companies, including, Foundstone, McAfee, and Microsoft.
Roger is frequently interviewed and quoted in the media including Newsweek, CNN, NPR, and WSJ. His presentations are fast-paced and filled with useful facts and recommendations.
July 2025- Energy Espionage by Chahak Mittal, Learning Care Group
June 2025- FIDO/WeAuthn by Raphael Fiedler, Nexufend
June 2025- Women+ in Tech: Southeast Louisiana, Chapter President Bailey Vathy
May 2025- Digital Forensics: The Quiet Heroes of Incident Response by Matthew Snoddy, Network Therapists, Inc.
Apr 2025- Annual Chapter Members Meeting
Feb 2025- What the Hack by Artic Wolf
Aug 2024- DevSecOps Unleashed by Jim Jenkins, Vantage West Credit Union
July 2024- Quantum Encryption by Roger Grimes, KnowBe4
June 2024- AI Innovations with GRC considerations by Jennifer McBride
May 2024- Dark Web Monitoring by Robert Villanueva, Q6 Cyber
May 2024 - BSides NOLA
Apr 2024 - Spring "AI and Cyber" Panel Discussion led by Infragard, Louisiana State Police, and SecureNation
Apr 2024 - Annual Chapter Members Meeting led by Chapter Leaders: Darrell, Ben, Sonny, Troy, Forest, and Allen
Apr 2024- It's All Greek to Me led by Panigiotis Soulos, ISC2 Global Achievement Award Winner
Mar 2024- Are we teaching Cybersecurity Wrong? led by Gabriel Friedlander, Founder/CEO of Wizer Training
Feb 2024- Effective Risk Assessments led by Richard Raue, Founder/CEO of HiTech
Jan 2024- Why Israel is a Cyber Innovation Leader led by May Brooks-Kempler, ISC2 Board of Directors