DJ McArthur, recently elected to the ISSA Board of Directors, has volunteered to serve as the ISSA Liaison to the ISSAEF, and has been approved by the ISSAEF BoD to fill this position.

ISSAEF has announced that the ISSAEF general scholarship will now be named in honor of Howard A. Schmidt, who recently announced his retirement. Visit the Donate page to make a donation in Howard’s name through PayPal.

Need a tax deduction this year? How about making a donation to the ISSA Education Foundation’s Scholarship Program on “Giving Tuesday,” held each year after Black Friday and Cyber Monday? Visit the Donate page to make a donation through PayPal.

The 2016 ISSAEF scholarship application deadline is on the 15th of this month.

The Foundation participated in the 2016 ISSA LA Summit.

Qualys has generously donated funds to support the ISSAEF scholarship program again this year.

At the end of 2015, the ISSAEF Board established an award called the “ISSAEF Benefactor Award,”given on an ad-hoc basis, to recognize individuals and/or organizations that have demonstrated outstanding, sustained philanthropic efforts on its behalf. Criteria for receiving this award is service or sponsorship of ISSAEF through sustained (at least three years) fundraising, outright donations, promotion or publicity having a sphere of influence leading to donations, etc.

To show its sincere appreciation to the ‘unsung heroes,’ often working behind the scenes to “make it happen,” the very first of ISSAEF Benefactor Award was given to Kevin Spease at the RSA ISSA Membership reception on March 2^nd.  In presenting the award for his “Leadership in Scholarship Funding,” we thanked the recipient, whose dedication had a direct influence on whether or not the Foundation reached its scholarship fundraising goals and objectives.

We are now accepting applications for the 2016 ISSAEF scholarships. Please see the Active Scholarships page for details.

Prof. Eugene Spafford Special Anniversary Offer

Prof. Eugene Spafford issued a special offer the first of the year. Contricutors will receive signed copies of his book, among other offers, with proceeds to be split between ISSAEF and EPIC. For details, see his blog at his Cerias blog post for December 6, 2015. February 1st is the cutoff to participate in this special offer.

ISSAEF Scholarship Applications to Open Soon

The 2016 ISSAEF scholarship application period opens soon. See the announcement flyer. More details to come soon.

January 2016 News – Shon Harris Memorial Scholarship Announced

The ISSAEF is pleased to announce the first ever Shon Harris Memorial Scholarship will be included in the 2016 scholarship awards. This scholarship has been funded by private donations in memory of Shon Harris.