Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 6, 2025
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This will be a hybrid meeting -- both in-person and remote.
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6:00pm - 7:00pm -- Meet & Greet
7:00pm - 8:00pm -- Speaker Presentation
8:00pm - 10:00pm -- After Party
Cybersecurity Standards Scorecard
Since the 1990s, security frameworks—from ISO 27001 to CIS Controls—have multiplied, each prescribing its own maze of requirements. New releases appear yearly, yet no two standards map cleanly to one another, leaving system admins to wonder which controls truly matter. In this session, Russell Eubanks demystifies the landscape with a data-driven scorecard that compares scope, depth, and overlap across today’s most‑used frameworks. He’ll unveil a practical “Cyber Rosetta Stone” that collapses the tangle into a single, reusable control library. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of the differences and gaps in cybersecurity standards that will support their informed decisions about which standards to use when improving their cybersecurity programs.
About the speaker
Russell Eubanks is Managing Partner & co‑founder of Cyverity, a consultancy that builds governance‑driven cybersecurity programs and provides fractional‑CISO leadership. As the former CIO and CISO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, he has built and led large cyber teams, turning policy into measurable risk reduction. Russell authored the first implementation guide for the CIS Critical Security Controls.
Russell is a member of the IANS Faculty and a Principal Instructor with the SANS Institute. He authored SANS LDR 521: Security Culture for Leaders and SANS SEC 405: Business Finance Essentials, training hundreds of practitioners annually. Passionate about developing the next generation of cybersecurity leaders, he enjoys helping system administrators translate technical controls into business value.
Since the 1990s, security frameworks—from ISO 27001 to CIS Controls—have multiplied, each prescribing its own maze of requirements. New releases appear yearly, yet no two standards map cleanly to one another, leaving system admins to wonder which controls truly matter. In this session, Russell Eubanks demystifies the landscape with a data-driven scorecard that compares scope, depth, and overlap across today’s most‑used frameworks. He’ll unveil a practical “Cyber Rosetta Stone” that collapses the tangle into a single, reusable control library. Attendees will leave with a clear understanding of the differences and gaps in cybersecurity standards that will support their informed decisions about which standards to use when improving their cybersecurity programs.
About the speaker
Russell Eubanks is Managing Partner & co‑founder of Cyverity, a consultancy that builds governance‑driven cybersecurity programs and provides fractional‑CISO leadership. As the former CIO and CISO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, he has built and led large cyber teams, turning policy into measurable risk reduction. Russell authored the first implementation guide for the CIS Critical Security Controls.
Russell is a member of the IANS Faculty and a Principal Instructor with the SANS Institute. He authored SANS LDR 521: Security Culture for Leaders and SANS SEC 405: Business Finance Essentials, training hundreds of practitioners annually. Passionate about developing the next generation of cybersecurity leaders, he enjoys helping system administrators translate technical controls into business value.
