Boise ISSA

2025 Scholarship Amount: $1,500

Boise ISSA is proud to offer an annual scholarship each spring to qualified Idaho candidates:

 Recruits from any branch of the military: Active, Retired, Honorably Discharged Veterans, Guard, Reserve, ROTC, Civil Air Patrol or similar is required.
 Pursuing training or degree in Cybersecurity.
 Must be a person of character and service unto others.

Scholarship applications are accepted during the months of February – May of each calendar year. To apply for this scholarship candidates must submit a 350-500 word submission (~2 pages) on why they are the best candidate for the scholarship and how they intend to serve their country and/or citizens of Idaho. Boise ISSA officers and/or sub committees review candidates to select the best forerunner(s) followed by a 30-minute interview, conducted in May of each calendar year.

The winner of the scholarship is announced at the Boise ISSA annual members only meeting in June of each year, with the awardee receiving a complimentary one-year ISSA membership along with their scholarship.

If you are interested in applying for the Michael Stanton USAF Cyber Scholarship, please email you essay to:  [email protected] for consideration.

On behalf of the Boise ISSA Officers, THANK YOU for your generous donation to this worthy cause in Michael’s memory.

Scholarship Award Winners: Congratulations Russ Cunningham & Vince Mele!

Russ Cunningham is an accomplished professional with a strong background in the Tech and Cyber Security industries. With a track record of success, he thrives in managing complex IT and security challenges, ensuring robust network operations, and implementing top-notch cyber defense strategies. He is also in the Idaho Army National Guard.

Vincent Mele:  Senior Service Desk Analyst, Idaho Army National Guard, Headquarters Platoon Sergeant, Regiment Culinary Operations Manager

Huge thank you to our donors:

Diane Rausch

Ken Dunham

Richard Stephens

Barbara Stanton

Chelle Clements

Matching Funds (Anonymous Donor)

General Membership

$95.00 (USD)/year, plus chapter dues (chapter locator map)

Professionals who have as their primary responsibility information systems security in the private or public sector, or professionals who supply information systems security consulting services to the private or public sector; or IS Auditors, or IS professionals who have as one of their primary responsibilities information systems security in the private or public sector; educators, attorneys and law enforcement officers having a vested interest in information security; or professionals with primary responsibility for marketing or supplying security equipment or products. All membership dues are non-refundable.

Multi-year Discounted Memberships for General Members are as follows:

• 2-Year Membership – $185 (USD), plus 2 years of chapter dues
• 3-Year Membership – $275 (USD), plus 3 years of chapter dues
• 3-Month Membership – $23.75 (USD), plus quarterly chapter dues

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Boise ISSA has two types of sponsorship opportunities.  5-6 monthly member meetings a year we partner with a sponsor to provide a lunch and non-sales high value add/professional growth talk with an expert.  We meet September through June but have a holiday mixer event in December, no meeting in May following our April conference, and a members only meeting in June before taking a break for the summer.

The other sponsorship opportunity is in support of our annual conference (conference.boiseissa.org) which is held every spring in Boise, ID.  If you’d like to know more contact an officer such as president[@]boiseissa.org.

Co-branding with partners is supported for monthly meeting sponsorship!

Sponsorship "Excluding" Membership List: $1100 

Sponsorship "Including" Membership List: $1500