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Seattle National Cybersecurity Summit Open House

The Seattle National Cybersecurity Summit Open House will be held on February 13 from 8:00 AM -­-2:00 PM at the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission, Cascade Building Auditorium, 19010 1^st Avenue South, Burien, WA 98148.

Parking is available on-­-site, follow the signs for the Cascade Building and proceed to the Lobby.

If you plan to attend please register at HERE by February 11.

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Preventing Cybercrime Workshop

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Cyber Monday Linkup: Exploring E-Commerce in Tacoma

A LinkedIn Event

Cyber Monday Linkup: Exploring E-Commerce in Tacoma
Mon, Nov 28 4pm-6pm
William Factory Business Incubator, Tacoma, WA, US

A panel of South Puget Sound E-Commerce leaders will discuss the critical components of e-commerce in business today, how they grew their own e-business, and what can be done to help both existing businesses and entrepreneurs incubate e-business, e-jobs and e-educational resources in the Tacoma area

Sponsors and supporters include the Tacoma-Pierce Co. Chamber, Click! Network, and KLAY AM Radio. KLAY will broadcast and stream the discussion live.

The following Monday, Dec. 5th, a One-Stop E-commerce Vendor Fair will enable companies or entrepreneurs interested in ecomm to easily meet one-on-one with a variety of local service providers to help them with questions on security, logistics, connectivity, education, development, etc. More information to follow as it becomes available.

ISSA Tacoma Programming

The ISSA (Information Security Systems Assn.) puts on free monthly workshops featuring a guest speaker each month.

It is held on the first Tuesday of each month and they will start back up in September after a summer break.  The next is Tuesday, Sept. 6th in the Tacoma Room from 6 - 8 pm. Anyone can come that is interested.

Program Information:  Abstract:

Congratulations, your edge is secure and your users have Security and Privacy policies to guide their activities. So why is it that according to Carnegie Mellon more than 30% of electronic crime is committed by insiders and the ACFE estimates that 4% of total revenue is lost to fraud? That’s more than many company’s total IT budgets. What we are hearing from banks, hospitals, state and local government, etc is that their limited visibility to what credentialed users are actually doing limits their ability to proactively identify and investigate suspicious user activity.

What can be done about it? You will see the End User Behavior Tracking & Analysis technology that Gartner named “Cool Vendor – Security & Privacy”. Local ISSA leadership who has seen this technology has said “this could challenge how we think about monitoring."

The goal for the night is to use the demonstration as a jumping off point to discuss why the Internal Threat is so challenging for you to detect inappropriate activity as well as share successful strategies to address this risk. What effective strategies have you seen or implemented? Your Monitor, Fraud and Incident response colleagues will want to be here.

With NIST taking comments for better Internal Threat controls, FFIEC recently adding customer behavioral analysis and Healthcare Accounting of Disclosure rules in review this topic is getting lots of attention. As one organization stated “This can take us from playing Pin the Tail on the Donkey blind-folded to being Tom Cruise in Minority Report.”

Program Speakers: Mark Benoit & Tony Luque

Tony Luque, CISSP - Security Solutions Engineering Manager
Tony Luque has worked in the information security industry for more than 10 years. Most recently joining Attachmate from Symantec where he worked with large enterprise accounts across the risk spectrum of solutions. Today, his work is focused on Fraud Management, monitoring and investigations. He received his bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Washington. Luque's past speaking engagements have included Linux World, HP World, and Washington Technology Group across solutions such as DLP and secure communications.

Mark Benoit – Security Specialist
Over the last 15+ years Mark has worked for global providers of network, managed and professional services. Most recently prior to Attachmate, Mark worked at Verizon Business - CyberTrust Security supporting the 6th largest US bank. Mark is currently an Attachmate Security Specialist working primarily with Banks, Healthcare and Government across the country focusing on Fraud and Privacy initiatives. He received a BA from Washington State University and completed The Management Program at the University of Washington.

For more information, contact Betty Perry, UW Tacoma Conference Services at 253-692-4676 or via this website.

Bring New Ideas to Market

The i6 Challenge is a new $12 million innovation competition administered by the Economic Development Administration (EDA) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in partnership with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Science Foundation (NSF).

EDA will award up to $1 million to each of six winning teams with the most innovative ideas to drive technology commercialization and entrepreneurship in their regions. NIH and NSF will award a total of up to $6 million in supplemental funding to their SBIR grantees that are associated or partnered with the winning teams.

We encourage entrepreneurs, investors, universities, foundations, and non-profits to participate in the i6 Challenge. The deadline for applications is July 15, 2010. For more information, email or join the i6 Challenge conference call at 2pm EDT on May 17, 2010.

Tech Support Infrastructure Grows

The William M. Factory Small Business Incubator is about to open their new wing serving applied sciences and information technology entrepreneurs.

The Factory Incubator, located at 1423 E. 29th Street (just off the Portland Ave. exit of I-5), is an incubator with a record of graduating over 200 successful companies.  Their current 30 tenants generate over $30 million in annual revenues.

The new wing is targeted at tech entrepreneurs.  The building has its own data and VoIP infrastructure, an internal fiber optic loop and is directly connected to T-3 backbone.  Technical support from incubator staff includes an IT engineer.

Additionally, there is free use of conference room, video teleconference capacity and low cost access to cooperating lab facilities. 

For more info, contact Tim Strege or 253-722-5800.

How Small Business Can Commercialize Technology

Washington Small Business Development Centers and Washington Technology Center present this seminar, based on Foresight Science & Technology's instruction to SBIR awardees of the agencies Foresight supports as an SBIR Commercialization Support Contractor.

Register online -- Space limited to 35 registrants.

Date/Time Wednesday
October 14, 2009
8 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location
WSU West
Pike Tower Building
520 Pike Street, Suite 1101Seattle, WA
Directions
Parking available: Pike Tower Bldg., Convention Center; Washington Athletic Club.
Registration
$20
Space limited to 35 registrants.
Deadline Oct. 9, 2009.


Speaker:
Phyl Speser, J.D., Ph.D., author of the best selling text book, "The Art & Science of Technology Transfer"

Reorganizing CTED for Tech

The Technology Alliance, composed of tech associations in Washington State, is proactive in the new reorganization of the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development. Their submitted comments, along with the supportive tech associates, is presented below.

Deal Done Due

Program courtesy of the The TacomaAngel Network (TAN), and price discount courtesy of the Chamber: “Doing the Deal—Due Diligence”

Use this special code when registering yourself or others to get the special price: [promo code 6614], and pay only $115.

To register.

The first Doing the Deal Course this past November 19th at UWT’s new William W. Philips Hall, facilitated by noted Intellectual Property expert Bob Okabe, was raved about by the attendees—

• made it clear why investors need certain provisions,



• and why companies need theirs;



• and how to make the two come together

--a critical marriage that needs to be understood by all who are interested in Economic Development in the region.

And, that session, importantly, was attended by 40% angel investors, 30% companies wanting to learn how to best present their case for funding, and 30% from the planning and service community learning how to serve their communities and clients better. A similar mix is expected at this new Seminar.

This is your invitation to come, and bring your associates, to take the Doing the Deal course’s most critical Sequel: Doing the Deal—Due Diligence. This Course has been touted as “the one course to take IF you are taking only one! “ It will be led by Bill Payne, the nationally acclaimed facilitator, and a serial entrepreneur with over 40 angel deals under his belt, as well.

(And, for this new seminar—Due Diligence-- we will be combining the seminar with a Special Invitation for you to personally join us for TAN’s regular deal sharing meeting during the lunch break—see first hand, how three new high potential companies present to obtain funding).

In this Seminar, learn the steps to know if your or any other proposition makes sense or doesn’t: Know how to tell if a business plan is solid, the management can perform, and that the marketing, manufacturing, technology, patents, and capital plan don’t have fatal flaws.

And get it from the best. The Power of Angel Investing ™ By the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, presented by the Angel Capital Education Foundation, hosted as a public service by the TacomaAngel Network (TAN) and supported by the Tacoma Pierce County Chamber.

AND, If you or one of your colleagues have already taken the first portion--Term sheet, Valuation and Building Portfolios, then Doing the Deal—Due Diligence is the “bookend” course required to complete that education.

PLUS you will, as a courtesy of the Tacoma Pierce County Chamber, you may receive the courtesy of the low TAN discount price. Pay about half what the first course costs, due to Due Diligence’s somewhat shorter length.

Remember: Due Diligence is critical to your making any proposition successful—perhaps the most important part of an investor committing investment funds; or someone committing their life’s work or betting their career on an endeavor, is to learn the way to tell if the proposition or deal is REAL or not.

All the right terms and proper valuation don’t mean a thing if the proposition doesn’t hold water, if the business plan, really doesn’t make sense or can’t be done, if the people cant do the job, or the marketing, technology, patents, manufacturing, or capital structure have a fatal flaw. You need to know whether each of these components measure up, so you aren’t blindsided with a failure after putting in so much effort.

In short, you, or someone from your organization, should take this course and find out how to know!

• What must be confirmed;



• the cost of confirming; and



• the risk of not knowing.



• What it takes to validate the plan,



• and contain the risks.
  

No Fools for Entrepreneur Summit Lookout

Recently, the Kauffman Foundation and the International Economic Development Council (IEDC) co-published an executive summary on their April 1, 2008 summit about entrepreneurship support programs.

They sought to address four questions:

1. What are the core components of an effective entrepreneurship support program?
2. What is the essential infrastructure of an entrepreneurship eco-system?
3. What are new avenues for research?
4. What steps should be taken next to facilitate high-growth entrepreneurs?

The results:

1. They determined the programs should structure their services to address entrepreneurs core needs
2. These needs are: a) relevant market knowledge; b) access to talent and capital; c) networks
3. Research on the programs value would be useful
4. Policymakers and stakeholders need greater awareness

Key components of an effective entrepreneurial support program should include:

• a recognition that limited resources forces concentration on particular segments
• structure to what the customer base needs
• function as brokers in the community, building bridges

The value of the entrepreneurial support program depends on three features:

• Ability to efficiently facilitate networks
• Management of peer-to-peer and mentoring programs
• Strength of program leadership

On the question of the entrepreneurial eco-system, the summit says that programs work best if they are part of a wider regional vision. The steps necessary to promote innovative entrepreneurship?

• Engage in partnerships with key community stakeholders
• Provide support in regulatory and business assistance
• Cultivate human capital for workforce development
• Facilitate access to capital
• Promote the commercialization of invention
• Create organizations as part of a wider regional vision

Going for the Gold

If this were the Olympics, we wouldn't know if we were going for gold, silver or bronze with our three new bloggers. Kristine Strange is the newest blogger to join this writing menagerie.

She has a Bachelors of Science in Computer Information Systems from DeVry University. During school she was a Promotion/Department Manager at what she still considers a wonderful company, Metropolitan Hardwood Floors.

Since then, Kristine has done contract positions with Microsoft. One position was as a Build Engineer on the Visual Studio Developer Team. She's currently a Content Writer for Live Meeting Support Team. Her ultimate goal is to become a full-time/permanent Technical Writer or Program Manager, where she can use her technical, writing and management skills to the fullest.

Kristine says that she loves writing user manuals and other types of documents, strives to create websites, and enjoys trying different technical skills. She lives in Tacoma and is always looking for opportunities to work locally. Becoming a blogger on Tacoma Tech Connect is a great way to help her technical writing skills blossom.

Another New Voice

This blog welcomes a second new writer to the mix, offering our readers ever more perspectives and a broader range of knowledge base.

You'll soon be seeing work from Tim Bostelle who is currently the Head of Library Information Technology for the University of Washington Tacoma Library and the author of several blogs both tech related and not.

Tim has been working with technology since he first laid hands on an Apple IIe in 1984. This is the first acknowledged confession from a blogger on this page to Apple experience!

Living in Tacoma now since his discharge from the Army in 1991, Tim graduated from the UW Tacoma with a BA in Liberal Studies in 1995. He has worked for the UW Tacoma since 1996 in various capacities and currently is the Head of Library Information Technology as mentioned above.

Appropriately, he's interested in emerging technology, innovation, information technology, information freedom, and human-computer interaction.

Dough for the Starter

The Technology Alliance has begun the interview process for their vacant webmaster/IT whiz position. If you know of anyone who may be interested (or know someone who may know someone…) please pass along the link to the job announcement on the Seattle Chamber of Commerce's web site.

They'll consider anyone with the right combination of skills, of course, but this might be a good "starter" position for a recent graduate who can fulfill their fairly straightforward IT equipment and service needs, likes to do HTML and work with digital photos, would relish the challenge of a major project involving a major migration of the Alliance of Angels web site, and would benefit from working in a collaborative environment as part of a small, close-knit team and getting to know the technology movers and shakers in our state.

Doing A Deal: Both Sides

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Registration Open NOW:

“5 Star Forum: How to Value a Company, Do a Deal, and Fit a Company into a VC or Angel’s Portfolio"

(Venture Capitalists and Angel Investors together and almost equally fund almost $50 Billion a year in new companies; with company-friendly Angel investors funding 3x as many companies at earlier stages.)

Whether you are thinking of becoming an Angel Investor, or want to know how to value your company, make it attractive to investors, and complete the deal, this seminar is for you.

Your Tacoma-Pierce County Chamber, in association with the TacomaAngel Network (TAN) is pleased to be able bring our members, as an extra benefit of your Chamber membership, this all-day, incredible Deal-doing seminar from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and Angel Capital Education Foundation (at a special Chamber member price): Doing the Deal: Term Sheets AND Valuation & Portfolio Strategies; led by fabled Angel Investor and Expert Instructor, Bill Payne.

Included with the course are a full set of expert materials, guide books and cases, to be worked through during the training and also to be taken away with you.

All Tacoma-Pierce Co. Chamber members will receive special pricing. Use this special promotion code and receive special Chamber members’ early-bird pricing of $250 until October 1st. Promotion Code: 2273

But, Seating will be limited, and following October 1st early bird pricing ends, so please book your reservation early at http://www.tacomaangelnetwork.com/ or just follow the links below.

We believe you will find this seminar one of the best you have ever attended.

Click here to view a description of the course.

Click here to register now!

The seminar will be held at the Tacoma Club at 1201 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma WA 98402. Directions and contacts of the facilities and hotels are on the site. The Official Hotel for the seminar is the nearby, new Hotel Murano "with a different glass artist featured on every floor" at a Corporate Rate, as of November 19, of $189, single occupancy (if 10 or more register, the price will drop to $149).

But remember, seating will be limited.

Technology Help for Small Firms

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) is seeking to expand the number of small firms involved in its Technology Assistance Program this fiscal year. Through this program, PNNL funds researchers to provide about a staff-week of effort to address technological needs of small businesses (fewer than 500 employees).

Over the last 12 years, PNNL has conducted some 750 technology assistance projects through this program, with a measured satisfaction rating of 93%. About 85% of the assistance recipients state in surveys that they implemented the advice received in the projects.

This assistance is one of many programs resulting from the Technology Alliances' statewide Associates program. The Tacoma Technology Consortium is TA's Associate in Pierce County.