This presentation covers the history of one of Cincinnati's longest running technology meetup groups. The Cincinnati Networking Professionals Association (CiNPA) has roots going back to the heyday of Novell Netware and is still running strong today. This is a retrospective look back at the origins of CiNPA and the CiNPA Security Special Interest Group (CiNPA Security SIG). This slide deck also touches on the first CiNPA Hacker's Night meetings and concludes with places where the CiNPA Security SIG has met and presented to date.

1. The CiNPA Security SIG
Welcomes you!
- A Brief history of CiNPA and the Security SIG
August 16, 2018

2. Who we are / Our Journey...

3. CiNPA
● CiNPA is the “Cincinnati Networking
Professionals Association”
– Web site: http://www.cinpa.org/
● Meets on the first Wednesday of the month
– Cincinnati State Technical & Community College
Workforce Development Center at 10100 Reading
Road in Evendale
– Starting at 7:00 p.m.

4. About Us
● We are the “Security” Special Interest Group
(SIG) of CiNPA
– A.K.A. the “CiNPA Security SIG” for short
– We currently meet here in this same room!
– On the third Thursday every month
– Starting at 6:30 p.m.

5. Back in the day
A long time ago in a city close, close to us….
● When Novell NetWare was the preeminent
microcomputer network operating system
– Two local chapters of network professionals existed
● NetWare Professional Association (NPA)
● Institute for Network Professionals (formerly inpnet.org)

6. And so it begins...
● By 1996, the Cincinnati chapters of the NetWare
Professional Association (NPA) and the Institute for
Network Professionals (formerly inpnet.org)
combined forces and merged to form CiNPA
– Once known as the “Cincinnati NetWare Professional
Association”
– Then changing it’s name to the “Cincinnati Network
Professional Association”
– Before eventually adding the “ing” and “s” finally settling on
the “Cincinnati Networking Professionals Association”

7. Then there were the “other” guys
● Another group also existed called the “Greater
Cincinnati NetWare Users Group”
(CincyNUG.org)
– RIP, 09/15/2001
● CincyNUG folded with waning market share for Novell
NetWare, declining membership and financial costs,
without an adequate cash flow
● “For people looking for similar interests with CincyNUG,
the Cincinnati Network Professional Association
(http://www.cinpa.org) is an alternative”

8. Putting this in perspective...
● CiNPA traces it’s roots all the way back to the
very early 1990's
● That’s about as old as the origins of the "World
Wide Web"!

9. CiNPA Milestones
● CiNPA became a 501(c)3 organization on
December 1, 2004
● CiNPA began charging a $35-per-year
membership fee in January of 2005
– Membership is still $35 annually
– As a 501(c)3, CiNPA memberships are tax
deductible

10. CiNPA Security SIG
● Formed 08/26/2004
● Former Chairs:
– 08/26/2004 to 09/16/2005, Andy Kuykendall
– 09/16/2005 to 12/01/2006, Rob Michel
– 12/01/2006 to 11/05/2017, Brad Stroeh
● Current Chair:
– 11/05/2017 – Present, Matt Scheurer

11. Hacker’s Night
● CiNPA first focused exclusively on Information
Security when they began what became an annual
tradition known as the CiNPA “Hacker’s Night”
meetings…
– Each year the CiNPA Security SIG runs the main
CiNPA meeting in December dubbed “Hacker’s Night”
– Always the first Wednesday in December
● Hacker’s Night (19) this year falls on 12/05/2018
– CiNPA members attend for free
– Guests may attend for $5.00

12. More About “Hacker’s Night”
● The first ever CiNPA "Hacker's Night" meeting happened
on 12/01/1999
– This event drew about 35 attendees
– This was CiNPA's highest attended meeting of the year!
● “Hacker’s Night II” in 2000 drew about 55 attendees
– This event was CiNPA's highest attended meeting of 2000
● “Hacker’s Night III” in 2001 drew about 72 attendees
– This event was again CiNPA's highest attended meeting of
2001

13. Our Meetings
The CiNPA Security SIG's monthly meeting format
typically consists of one or two main monthly meeting
topics featuring live presentations or demonstrations
promoting open and interactive group discussions. Our
focus is primarily on the defensive side of information
security, but we delve into all other areas of cyber-
security as well. Information security news,
announcements, and round-table discussions follow
our main meeting topics.

14. Benefits of Attending
●
Attendance qualifies for 2 hours of CPE or CEU credit towards certification
renewals
– Attendance list maintained by Matt Scheurer
– Matt Scheurer is the contact person for CEU or CPE audit requests
●
Maintaining awareness of new vulnerabilities and exploits
● Learning about the latest security tools, utilities, products, services, solutions,
strategies, techniques, frameworks, and best practices
● Sharing of information regarding trends concerning enterprise systems and
technology
● Hearing announcements of upcoming area security conferences and events
●
Networking with peers in the local Information Security (InfoSec) community

15. Location, location, location...
● The CiNPA Security SIG has met at many
locations around the Greater Cincinnati area
over the years…
● And sometimes that felt like “Meet with us if you
can find us!”

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20. Thank You!