February 2008 Meeting

IPV6 Security

The presentation will be an overview of the various architectural vulnerabilities of IPv6 and some potential attack vectors. Several examples will also be given for best practices and considerations for implementing a transition from IPv4 to a mixed environment of IPv4 and IPv6.

James R Lindley, Senior Computer Engineer, IRS

Mr. Lindley is a Senior Computer Engineer with Information Technology Security Architecture & Engineering (ITSAE) of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in New Carrollton, Maryland.

Prior to joining the IRS, Mr. Lindley had an extensive career in IT security training and products with various educational institutions and commercial security software companies. He also successfully discharged a number assignments with the United States Army in military intelligence, psychological operations, signals, IT operations, software development and programming, and operational and IT security. He is a retired Chief Warrant Officer. Mr. Lindley also has more than a decade of experience as a commercial broadcaster, including ten years as a federally licensed First Class Radiotelephony Engineer with radio stations in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. Other areas of successful experience include public relations, newspaper reporting, editing and publishing, commercial writing, and large public exposition organization and management.

Mr. Lindley holds an Associate of Arts in ADP from Monterey Peninsula Community College of Monterey, CA, a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies from Excelsior College of Albany, NY, and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Southern Polytechnic State University of Marietta, GA. He has additional post-graduate work in Computer Resource Management at Webster University of St. Louis, MO, and undergraduate work in Auditing and Business Management from University of Delaware, Newark, DE, and Forensics from the University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg, MS. Mr. Lindley holds a diploma in Russian and a diploma with honors in Czech and Slovak from the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center in Monterey, CA. He also holds a large number of civilian and military training course diplomas and certificates, including a diploma in broadcast electronics from Cleveland Institute of Electronics, of Cleveland, OH.

Mr. Lindley is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) with additional (ISC)2 certifications as an Information Systems Security Architectural Professional (CISSP-ISSAP), an Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP), and an Information Systems Security Management Professional (CISSP-ISSMP). He is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), a Committee on National Security Systems (CNSSI-4013) Certified System Administrator, a Project Management Professional (PMP), a Systems Security Engineering – Capability Maturity Model (SSE-CMM) Appraiser, certified in Homeland Security at Level III (CHS-III), a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE), a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), a Certified Novell Engineer (CNE), an Institute of Certified Computer Professionals (ICCP) Certified C Programmer, and A+ Hardware Certified by the Computer Technology Industry Association (CompTIA).

Mr. Lindley holds memberships in the American College of Forensic Examiners Institute of Forensic Science (AFCEI), the Information Security Audit and Control Association (ISACA), the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the International Systems Security Engineering Association (ISSEA), the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), the International Information Systems Forensics Association (IISFA), the Project Management Institute (PMI), the U.S. Army Warrant Officers Association (USAWOA), and is a life member of the Pi Kappa Delta National Honorary Forensics Society.


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