Brian Moeller Ex-InfraGard member speaks about his experience.

Hello, Jaime!

I’m not much involved with the Infragard community anymore. I helped form the Columbus Chapter in 1999, along with Bill Yang (formerly at OSU), Steve Romig (OSU), and several other devoted members of the community.

My workload – both professionally and personally — has grown significantly since 1999, and in 2008 I decided to no longer be a board member due to these commitments. I served from 2004 to 2008 as the Columbus Chapter Chairman, and was very proud to offer my service for such a worthwhile program.

Special Agent Corey Collins (FBI) is the FBI liaison with the group currently. His number is 614-224-1183. Steve Mallott (smalott@limitedbrands.com) is the current Chairman. Both of those individuals would likely be able to share much more valuable and current information than I would. I sincerely haven’t participated much (other than going to an occasional meeting and participating in the e-mail list) since 2009/2010.

Infragard is a great program. Protecting the information infrastructure is the second-highest priority for the FBI (second only to counter-terrorism). The FBI realized in 1996 that protecting the information infrastructure was critical to the US – and also realized that they didn’t have all the knowledge they needed to protect it well. They needed to become familiar with cybercrime, and protecting it, so they reached out to Industry experts to form a partnership where these experts share knowledge of how cybercrime is structured, and in return the FBI assisted Industry with knowledge regarding how U.S. Law applies to cybercrime.

I’m happy to talk with you, but I’d urge you to contact Mr. Mallott or Agent Collins. They’re both well engaged with Infragard, and much more current on membership issues, counts, and the like.

At OSU, I would estimate that there are fewer than 10 individuals involved with Infragard — however that’s just a wild, unfounded guess.

Brian