HOT FREE Training Opportunity. Managing Emergency Response in the Humanitarian Sector

Managing emergency response in the humanitarian sector — free online course

Join thousands of other humanitarians and become a better manager in humanitarian response. The Humanitarian Leadership Academy is launching its first massive open online course, “Managing in the humanitarian sector.” It will give you the right skills to become a more effective leader and a better manager in humanitarian response. The course, which starts on Jan. 23, 2017, lasts three weeks and only requires four hours of learning each week. You will be able to interact with other humanitarians through interactive forums and reflective learning, and receive a free certificate at the end of the course. The course will be accessible from Jan. 16, 2017, so that you can familiarise yourself with its content. Your career will benefit and it’s a great opportunity to gain the skills and knowledge needed to manage teams in humanitarian contexts — register today!

2017. Volunteer to host InfraGardNCR New Member Orientations.

NEW for 2017: New Member orientations - can you help?

As part of our ongoing effort to ensure you know what InfraGardNCR can do for you, the chapter will host 3 new member orientation meetings throughout 2017.  

New members will be invited to... 

• meet the chapter's leadership 
• see a demonstration of the InfraGard portal
• hear from our FBI Coordinators
• be introduced to the Washington Field Office leadership
• get an overview of chapter programs and initiatives
• be afforded an opportunity to get involved in the chapters SIGs, workgroups, and/or committees
• be provided with helpful resources available to them

Current members will also be welcome to attend.

In order to conduct these meetings, we need your help!  We're looking for hosts to provide the venue.  Venue requirements include internet availability, projector/screen, and seating for 50-100 people.  If you are in a position to host a new member orientation, please contact us!

Webinar. 1/25/2016. National Security. Financial Intelligence & Information Sharing Working Group (FIIS WG)

Jan. 25 event / webinar on financial intelligence - sign up now!

The Financial Intelligence & Information Sharing Working Group (FIIS WG) - part of the American Security Project - is proudly hosting its Annual Winter Symposium on January 25 at Booz Allen in cooperation with the Intelligence & National Security Alliance (INSA) Financial Threats Task Force, InfraGardNCR, and the American Bar Association's Section of International Law. THE EVENT WILL ALSO BE HOSTED VIA WEBINAR / PHONE. Click here for more details and to register!

The agenda includes: 

• MR. CHARLES BRETZ, Director of Payment Risk, FS-ISAC - "The 'Sheltered Harbor' Initiative"
• MR. YAYA FANUSIE, Director of Analysis, Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance (CSIF), Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) - "Blockchain Technology: Benefits and Risks for National Security"
• MR. BROCK RENSHAW, Threat Intelligence Analyst, Strategic Intelligence Analysis Group, Citigroup - "Sanctions Evasion within Iran's Aviation Sector"
• MS. SARAH LANGFORD, Data Manager, and MS. KIMBERLY HORNIK, VP Compliance and Administration, Integrity Management Services, Inc. (IntegrityM) - "Aberrancies in Home Health Agency Beneficiary Sharing: A Healthcare Fraud Analysis Case"
• MR. SCOTT DUEWEKE, President, The Digital Identities and Payments Association's (IDPAY) - "Banking and ISO 27001 standards"
• MR. SONNY CARPENTER, Associate, BakerHostetler - "International Anti-Corruption Enforcement and Impact on Financial Institutions"
• MR. ADAM DRUCKER, Assistant Section Chief, Counter-Terrorism Division, FBI - "Terrorist Facilitation Networks"
  
  Moderators:
• Ms. Lesley Rockwell, Citigroup and Co-Chair of the FIIS WG
• Ms. Danielle Camner Lindholm, Whitehorse Technologies and Co-Chair of the FIIS WG and the ABA Natl Security Committee; Immediate Past Co-Chair of the ABA Intl AML Committee

For more information, please contact Danielle Lindholm at dcamner@hotmail.com.