InfraGard is a Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) program that began in the Cleveland Field Office in 1996. It was a local effort to gain support from the information technology industry and academia for the FBI’s investigative efforts in the cyber arena. The program expanded to other FBI Field Offices, and in 1998 the FBI assigned national program responsibility for InfraGard to the former National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) and to the Cyber Division in 2003. InfraGard and the FBI have developed a relationship of trust and credibility in the exchange of information concerning various terrorism, intelligence, criminal, and security matters.
The Information Systems Security Association (ISSA)® is a not-for-profit, international organization of information security professionals and practitioners. It provides educational forums, publications and peer interaction opportunities that enhance the knowledge, skill and professional growth of its members.
ASIS International (ASIS) is the largest organization for security professionals, with more than 36,000 members worldwide. Founded in 1955, ASIS is dedicated to increasing the effectiveness and productivity of security professionals by developing educational programs and materials that address broad security interests, such as the ASIS Annual Seminar and Exhibits, as well as specific security topics. ASIS also advocates the role and value of the security management profession to business, the media, governmental entities, and the public. By providing members and the security community with access to a full range of programs and services, and by publishing the industry's number one magazine - Security Management - ASIS leads the way for advanced and improved security performance.
TraceSecurity is a leading provider of security compliance and risk management solutions. The company helps organizations of all sizes to achieve, maintain and demonstrate security compliance while significantly improving their security posture. Key to TraceSecurity’s success is the company’s comprehensive patent-pending methodology that helps clients address all of the critical components of a successful security compliance program; people, process and technology.
Castle Access is the leading Southern California provider of Tier III, enterprise grade data centers offering customized colocation solutions, network security and bandwidth-neutral network connectivity. Enterprise clients, solution providers, content providers and telecommunication carriers look to Castle Access and its multiple Enterprise Data Centers (EDC) in San Diego for unsurpassed power availability, cooling, security, dual NOC and network diversity.
The Computer And Technology Crime High-Tech Response Team, or "CATCH", is a multi-agency task force formed in June 2000 to apprehend and prosecute all criminals who use technology to prey on the citizens of San Diego, Imperial, and Riverside Counties. CATCH recognizes that cooperation between it, other high-tech task forces, and the private sector industry is critical to the success of CATCH. With members including SAIC, Sony, Security On-Demand, American Electronics Association, Cox Communications, UCSD and Qualcomm, CATCH has the support of a dynamic Steering Committee to assist CATCH in the assessment of crime risk and to prioritize high technology crime targets in the region.