Please note: this session is conducted under full NDA and is not open to vendors or consultants. Brand new for COSAC/SABSA 2015, a Peer Group dedicated to sharing and expanding our knowledge and usage of the SABSA methodology and associated security concepts and practices. This half-day session introduces the concept and previews the benefits to be gained in future, lengthier meetings. The inaugural session of the COSAC/SABSA Peer Group promises to be the start of something that will deliver focused, relevant value to peer group members and their organizations for years to come. Primary focus in this group is the sharing and exchanging of ideas. Participants are expected to participate. The moderator will ensure that they all do. This is not a “here are all the answers” meeting where one sponsoring organization gives their analyses and solutions to everyone else’s issues. This is fully participative. Peer Group members will volunteer (or be volunteered) to give small presentations or explanations of problems or issues or even solutions that they have encountered, developed or expect to confront. These small member presentations will be the lead-in for detailed and wide ranging discussion amongst the group members. Even though member organization industries might be diverse and varied, the types of issues and problems plaguing them will have significant commonalities. Those commonalities and the industry to industry differences are the meat of the group’s discussions and where real value is to be found. Bouncing a SABSA idea or looking for insight into an issue in a roomful of certified SABSA experts, each with his or her own wealth of experiences, is something that no consulting firm, no matter how much they charge, can effectively do. And the people in the Peer Group are not looking to make another sale of their services. Deep understanding and mutual assistance will characterize the group. Members will find themselves contacting each other fairly frequently, over and above the regular meetings. And the friendships, based on shared experiences, mutual trust and recognition of competence tend to be fulfilling and long-lasting. The moderator will prepare an agenda for this first meeting based on input (and presentation volunteer statements) from charter members of the group. Come join us and help each other face the future.