Currently, the St. Louis Chapter has over 100 members representing over 53 companies in the St. Louis Metropolitan area, which includes St. Charles County and Southern Illinois.

Why you should become a member !!

VOICE OF INFORMATION SECURITY - The ISSA is an unbiased third party made up solely of security practitioners and, as such, is not motivated by politics or profits; only the ethical professionalism of our members and their dedication to protecting information resources in a professional manner. The ISSA is, "The Global Voice of Information Security".

LOCAL CHAPTERS - No other professional information security organization provides local networking and educational opportunities. The ISSA's 64 chapters and its members can become one of your strongest allies when support is needed to get the job done. Visit www.issa.org to find a local chapter near you.

PROFESSIONAL NETWORKING - Take advantage of local ISSA Chapter meetings and the ISSA Annual Conference to meet your peers and exchange information. Learn what other IS professionals in your area are doing, and share your experiences and successes with colleagues in other ISSA chapters. Contacts developed through networking are extremely beneficial for benchmarking security practices and as a resource for you to validate security product functionality.

EDUCATION - The ISSA Chapter meetings, regional events, and the annual conference serve as vital educational and professional resources, offering in-depth and timely information about our industry. They provide an opportunity to obtain skills and solutions to further your success. Educational opportunities include comprehensive workshops, seminars, exciting guest speakers, and presentations on new technologies in the industry. ISSA also provides members with additional discounts to international security conferences.

CAREER GROWTH - The networking and training you receive through the ISSA will provide a means to identify potential career opportunities and can get you known to those in hiring positions. The ISSA also provides updated job postings on its Web site. Plus, you can earn CPEs for various certifications by attending meetings and conferences sponsored by the ISSA.

LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES - Get involved. Promote information security in your company, industry, and your community. At the local Chapter and ISSA Board levels, you can participate, learn, and help spread the word about the vital importance of information security.

RECOGNITION - Become an ISSA author or speaker. ISSA welcomes articles from members for publication on the ISSA Web site and in The ISSA Journal. Share your ideas about security, management, solutions, and innovation. Making a presentation about how you have applied security technology to address risks or ways you have adapted practices to solve problems helps other ISSA members and will identify you as an information security professional who is willing to share ideas and experiences. Plus, you can earn CISSP CPEs.

ACCESS TO INFORMATION - The ISSA Web site, www.issa.org, provides a one-stop site for information professionals to quickly find useful information on security technologies and practices. The ISSA Journal is the Association's monthly journal that provides members with up-to-date technical, association, and chapter news.

How to Become a Member
Contact ISSA Headquarters, phone: (800) 370-4772.
Join online or printout the membership application form and mail it to:
ISSA Headquarters
7044 South 13th St
Oak Creek, WI 53154

Refer a Friend Program
ISSA encourages all members to “Refer A Friend”. If you refer a New member to the ISSA, you will receive one-month free membership to the ISSA. All new application forms will contain an area where the new applicant can place the name of an ISSA Active member that referred them to ISSA. The referring member will receive one month’s free membership in ISSA both at the International level and at the chapter level for having made this referral.

To be eligible for this program, the referring member must be a paid member in good standing. Members whose status is inactive or disabled are not eligible to participate in this program.

Trial members are not eligible to participate in this program, which includes the new member as well as the member doing the referral. ISSA Headquarters will, upon receiving a new application with a referring members name, immediately update the expiration date of the referring member to include the additional month. This altered status will also be reported to the receiving ISSA Chapter via existing membership reports. This action will occur even if after the 14-day review period for new members, the new member is not accepted into ISSA.

Other Membership Information
The ISSA magazine "Password" is now offered in pdf format on the ISSA Headquarter website. You can access it by following the "Password" link at www.issa.org

To update your ISSA information with HQ, click here
ISSA Headquarters has assigned a point of contact for issues regarding ISC2
Rick Koenig, 508-845-9200 or rkoenig@isc2.org