Central Maryland Chapter of ISSA

Membership Meeting 11/15/2023
2023-11-15 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | MIC – Maryland Innovation Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, 21046
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Chapter Business Meeting Slides: November 15, 2023 Membership Meeting Presentation
Speaker Slides: Public Private Partnerships

Topic: Importance of Public Private Partnerships in Cybersecurity
Private public partnerships for cybersecurity issues have become more important than ever over the last few years.

As cyber threat actors increase their efforts against private and public industry alike, correlating all information to help secure corporate and government networks and help posture defensively is the key.

Speaker: Lorri Janssen-Anessi, BlueVoyent
Hi, I am Lorri Janssen-Anessi, currently the Director of External Cyber Assessments. I am a STEM advocate, volunteer coding teacher, lifelong learner, and lover of all things cybersecurity! I grew up in the Bay Area in Cupertino California. Instead of working at a one of the prevalent tech companies in the areas like many of my peers, I joined the US Air Force.

After enlisting, I spent 20+ years working primarily in the public sector. My career in the US Air Force started as a technical language analyst working on one of the US government’s highest priority missions, counter-terrorism, after 9/11. As national priorities evolved and cyber attacks became more pervasive, my role shifted to work in the Cyber Security Mission at the National Security Agency, an organization that was truly a pioneer in the field of cybersecurity.
Finding this new field to be extremely rewarding it kick-started my passion for all things technology and cyber-related. While working in this mission, the need for more traditional education in this field became evident so I enrolled and successfully completed a master of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School. This was a challenging program that provided the necessary skills to help me have impactful contributions to the National Cybersecurity mission. It also highlighted the need to foster passion and interest in STEM for women, minorities, and the next generation, which were and continue to be grossly underrepresented in this field.
My path to cybersecurity was not traditional, so hopefully I am an example of how it is possible to get into a technical field with a little curiosity and interest, some effort, and bit of traditional and non-traditional training. I will continue to strive to share as much information and insight on STEM and cybersecurity to hopefully instill a bit of passion for these fields.
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Data Connectors
2023-11-09 08:00 - 18:00 | BWI Arport Marriott, 1743 West Nursery Rd, Linthicum Heights, MD, 21090, United States
DC/Baltimore Cybersecurity Conference
Don’t wait for a breach to happen, take action and safeguard your digital assets now! This is your chance to stay ahead of potential attacks by learning about the latest cybersecurity threats, trends, and solutions at the DC/Baltimore Cybersecurity Conference on 11/09/23. Hear from cybersecurity experts and leaders, and connect with other cybersecurity professionals from the region while gaining an edge against nefarious cybersecurity threat actors.
Admission i includes a full catered lunch, breakfast, snacks, cocktail networking reception, access to all educational presentations, keynote speakers, panel discussions, and exhibit hall. Contact the President (President@centralmarylandc-y5eorcwrmb.live-website.com) or VP (V_P_Operations@centralmarylandc-y5eorcwrmb.live-website.com) for a discount registration code.

Membership Meeting 10/25/2023
2023-10-25 17:00 - 19:30 | MIC – Maryland Innovation Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: October 25, 2023 Membership Meeting Presentation
Speaker Slides: When disaster strikes
Topic: When disaster strikes… what you can do to prepare until help arrives.

A police officer is many things in one. At times a police officer must be a peacekeeper, a counselor, an enforcer, and a life saver. All these jobs carry the responsibility of knowledge in all fields. A police officer must understand mental health issues, information security, local and state laws, criminal and civil laws, and emergency medicine. A police officer is the first person to arrive in an emergency and must act quick and efficiently. Many police officers obtain specialties that further advance them toward solving problems. Teresa specialties are aimed a lifesaving operations and preservation of life after disaster strikes.
Speaker: Teresa Murphy, Prince George’s County Police Department
Teresa Murphy is an eleven-year veteran of Prince George’s County Police. She received a bachelor’s degree in business and accounting from the University of New Mexico and has continued studies in disaster preparedness online from various universities and FEMA instructions. Her current field placement is a Sergeant of Shift 5 in Bowie, Maryland. She is interested in community relations and disaster recovery/ preparation. She is highly trained in special operation techniques to include Swift Water Advanced Rescue, Certified Bomb Technician, Radiation Detection, Civil Disturbance Level 1, Crash Reconstruction Levels 1,2, and 3, and is an FAA certified UAS Remote Pilot. She recently completed Incident Command Systems 400 that deals with large scale natural disaster recovery..

Membership Meeting 9/27/2023
2023-09-27 17:00 - 19:00 | MIC – Maryland Innovation Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: September 27, 2023 Membership Meeting Presentation
Speaker Slides: Crime Lab Presentation ISSA Central MD

Topic: What’s it like to work in a Crime Lab?
We have all seen Crime Lab technicians on television shows such as NCIS and CSI analyzing evidence to try solve crimes. How accurate is television’s portrayal? Hear from experts who work for the Baltimore City Police Department about what they do to analyze and assess evidence. Learn about what tools and techniques are being used to fight crime. What training does it take to do this type of work? Be able to tell your friends if what they are watching on television is the way it really is!
Speaker: Nicole Belle & Kieu P. Danh, Crime Scene Sciences Section, Baltimore Police Department

This meeting features two representatives from the Baltimore Police Department Forensic Science and Evidence Management Division. Nicole Belle is a Crime Laboratory Technician Supervisor. She began her career in Forensics in 2017, starting in the Crime Scene Unit as a Crime Laboratory Technician working and processing hundreds of crime scenes. She received her Master of Science in Forensic Science from National University and her Bachelor of Science in Forensic Chemistry and Chemistry from Towson University. Kieu P. Danh became a Crime Laboratory Supervisor in June 2023 and started with the Division in 2018. She a brief tour in the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigation Unit. She earned her Master of Science and his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice December from the University of Baltimore.

Yom Kippur
2023-09-25

Hack the Building 2.0: Hospital Edition
2023-09-18 - 2023-09-22 | DreamPort, 7000 Columbia Gateway Dr., Columbia, MD, 21046
The Hack The Building 2.0 Hospital Edition and the National Cybersecurity Education Colloquium (NCEC) are two concurrent cybersecurity events by MISI & DreamPort & The National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cybersecurity (NCAE-C) program. These events will converge brilliance from the cybersecurity sphere across dual domains.

Rosh Hashanah
2023-09-16

ISSA Chapter Leader Meeting
2023-09-15 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-07-21 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-05-19 13:00 - 14:00, 2023-03-17 13:00 - 14:00

ISSA Annual Membership Meeting
2023-09-07 01:00 - 15:00 | Virtual
You are invited to the 2023 Virtual ISSA Annual Membership Meeting.

Why Participate?

Learn about ISSA International current activities to enhance chapter participation and the value of your membership year-to-date in 2023
Discover what ISSA International is planning in 2024 to provide value and opportunity for members and chapters
Review ISSA International financial reporting from 2022
Ask Questions. We want to hear from you. This is your opportunity to ask direct questions to the ISSA Board President and Executive Director of ISSA International
Hear about the newly elected, incoming ISSA International Board Members

We Want to Hear From You.
We are opening the floor for questions from the membership. We encourage you to submit any questions, comments and concerns you would like addressed prior to the meeting. Please email memberservices@issa.org with the subject line: “Annual Meeting Request” and we will answer all questions during the meeting or via email. Your feedback is important to us!

We look forward to seeing you there!

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Labor Day
2023-09-04

Membership Meeting 8/23/2023
2023-08-23 17:00 - 19:00 | Convergint | Federal, 6650 Eli Whitney Dr, Suite 400, Columbia, MD, 21046, United States
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: August 23, 2023 Membership Meeting
Speaker Slides: Jeffrey Wheatman Teaching AI
Topic: Can We Teach an AI to Speak Fluent Cybersecurity
How do you know if your AI really understands cybersecurity? Too many compliance tools claim that they use AI for text processing but fail to deliver on their promises. Can we really give an AI a CISSP? Can we trust AI with our cybersecurity? Yes, AI is useful and valuable, but it won’t fix everything. We need to be clear about what AI can and cannot do. One thing we can say for sure (well, pretty sure) – AI will never replace the human element of cybersecurity. Is the future of cybersecurity people being replaced by AI?This presentation will delve into the three elements to AI that need to be explored:

Business systems are using AI; What are the implications to your cybersecurity defenses?
AI is being used by attackers too!
The market is filled with companies, platforms and tools that all have AI, ML, and other terms sprinkled throughout their marketing literature – but what does it all mean?

We will explore how smart (or dumb) are AIs in cybersecurity in today’s AI-centric world.
Speaker: Jeffrey Wheatman, SVP, Cyber Risk Evangelist, Black Kite
A strategic thought leader with extensive expertise in security and cyber risk management,Jeffrey Wheatman is regarded as a foremost expert in guiding public sector clients and Fortune 500 companies in connection with their cybersecurity and risk management programs. Jeffrey’s history of working with clients to plan, grow, and transform their cyber risk management programs has been instrumental in ensuring organizations continued viability and health as they define short- and long-term expansion plans. Under Jeffrey’s guidance, board and C-level leaders are fortified with the best practice solutions to realize exceptional performance outcomes.In his current capacity as SVP, Cyber Risk Evangelist at Black Kite, Jeffrey has been tasked with raising awareness of the enterprise-wide risk impacts of third party risk, both in the digital and traditional supply chain and supporting the strategic vision of the executive leadership team and investors.Most recently, Jeffrey acted as a VP, Advisor with Gartner, the global strategic advisory firm, where he worked with clients to build and improve their security programs, assess risk, focus on reporting on program status, metrics, performance management, stakeholder engagement, executive communication, and bridging the connection between technology and security risk.Jeffrey guided leaders in selecting frameworks to run cyber programs in compliance with regulatory requirements and expectations of auditors and partners. Jeffrey has extensive experience engaging with executive leaders and board members. Jeffrey has prepared security and risk leaders to present before a board; he has reviewed and advised on upwards of 500 board presentations and briefed 60+ boards of directors to understand their role in managing cyber risk.For four years, Jeffrey served as the Chair of the North America Security and Risk Management Summit, Gartner’s 2nd largest conference with 4000+ annual attendees. As part of this high- profile effort, he guided the creation of the conference agenda comprising more than 150 presentations, 20 case studies, external keynote speakers, and 50 vendor sessions.

Summer Social ISACA and ISSA (Nova, DC, Central MD)
2023-08-17 05:30 - 20:00
August 17 @5:30pm – Linda V. Priebe on EU-US Data Privacy Framework [Summer Social]

Register: This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal and drinks will be served (Meal menu TBD). This will be a catered event and advanced registration is required. REGISTER HERE IN PERSON & ONLINE ZOOM. Registration closes on Monday 08/14/2023. The Location is Marymount University Ballston Center Auditorium: 1000 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22201. This is the annual ISSA and Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Summer Social. We have reinitiated this annual event. The Summer Social sponsors are the ISACA Greater Washington DC (GWDC) chapter and the ISSA Northern Virginia (Nova), DC, and Central Maryland Chapters.
Abstract: Biden’s EO EU-US Data Privacy Framework: Is it EU Adequate? Since the CJEU Schrems II ruling in July 2020, EU GDPR compliance for EU-U.S. data transfers/access/flows has been in turmoil for U.S. entities. A whiplash of European legal developments has resulted in much frustration and fear that EU-U.S. data flows are being stifled impairing international trade. This presentation will cover European and U.S. legal developments re: EU-US data transfers/access/flows compliance including supplemental security measures to limit U.S. law enforcement access to European personal data; EU Transfer Impact Assessments (TIAs); New EU Standard Contract Clauses (SCCs); Biden’s Executive Order creating the new EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework; and the European Commission’s new U.S. Adequacy Decision.
About the Speaker: Linda V. Priebe, JD, CIPP/E is a partner in the Washington DC Office of Culhane Meadows PLLC where she focuses on EU – U.S. Data Privacy/Protection compliance, transactions, and government relations and Co-Chairs the Government, Regulatory, and Compliance Practice Group. She is also former Chair of the Data, Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice Group. Before Culhane Meadows Linda served as Deputy General Counsel and Agency Ethics Official for fourteen years in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) from 1999-2013. Her responsibilities at ONDCP included management and day-to day operation of the ethics compliance program including privacy, in particular regarding children, and digital and social media, due diligence, and grantee compliance in addition to Supreme Court and class action litigation. She holds the Information Privacy Professional Europe Certification from the International Association of Privacy Professionals and is Co-Chair of the American Bar Association International Law Section’s Privacy, Cybersecurity and Digital Rights Committee. She is also a member of the ABA Cybersecurity Legal Task Force and Adjunct Professor of Privacy and Cybersecurity in the Masters in Corporate Compliance Program at Fordham Law School in New York City.

Membership Meeting 7/26/2023
2023-07-26 17:00 - 19:00 | MIC – Maryland Innovation Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: 2023-07-26 Meeting Slides
Speaker Slides: Universal Cyber Intelligence Briefing
New Cybersecurity Policy Considerations — Distribution Copy

Topic: Wide World of Cyber
The need to validate that cybersecurity policies and procedures remain sufficient (or if not are updated/revised/expanded as needed) to appropriately protect the organization relative to new and emerging risks that emanate from new technologies, operational paradigm shifts, and a continually evolving threat landscape. This list includes:

Operations Technology (OT) & Internet of Things
Artificial Intelligence /Machine Learning
Cloud Computing/Shared Public Infrastructure (including Global Communications)
Quantum Computing
Blockchain
5G Networks / Smart City Infrastructure
Return to Office (RTO)
Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality
Biometric Authentication
Autonomous Vehicles
Wearable Technology
Drones
Smart Homes

Speaker: Jason Taule, Cyber Advisory Council Chair and CISO-In-Residence, of the Maryland Innovation Center (MIC)

Jason Taule is a 30+ year information assurance and cybersecurity veteran who has worked in both the intelligence community and commercial sectors first consulting to Federal agencies and then serving as inside CISO and CPO both within Government and at large systems integrators like General Dynamics and CSC.
Mr. Taule helped build the original DARPA CERT, helped develop the first computer security programs at the VA and NASA, and revised the Risk Assessment Methodology still used throughout the Federal Government. Mr. Taule helped author the Maryland Data Privacy Law, led a multi-million-dollar global cyber security practice for a large international consulting firm, ran the team responsible for HIPAA complaint investigations for OCR for 3 years, and for the last 20 years has been a luminary in the US Health IT sector helping hundreds of systems earn their accreditations and avoid compromise. Mr. Taule previously served as the inside CISO and VP of Standards for HITRUST, where he was responsible for developing and maintaining the Common Security Framework (CSF).
Mr. Taule currently serves as the Cyber Advisory Council Chair and CISO-In-Residence, of the Maryland Innovation Center (MIC), an advanced business incubator helping companies in the greater Washington-Baltimore metroplex start and grow. In this capacity, Mr. Taule oversees and directs the cyber activities in which the MIC engages. This includes developing and providing assessment, training, and enhancement programs designed to help residents and affiliates understand, build, and maintain programs of cyber hygiene, developing content and cultivating partnerships and support services to recognize trends and respond to emerging threats, and serving in an CISO advisory capacity with respect to fulfilling customer assurance and regulatory mandates, meeting cyber requirements necessary to raise investment capital, and managing risk to achieve maximum exit valuation.

DC Metro Cyber Security Summit
2023-07-20 07:30 - 18:00
The Tenth Annual DC Metro Cyber Security Summit connects C-Suite & Senior Executives responsible for protecting their companies’ critical infrastructures with innovative solution providers and renowned information security experts. Admission is $195 each, giving you access to all Interactive Panels, Discussions, Catered Breakfast, Lunch & Cocktail Reception.

Independence Day
2023-07-04

Membership Meeting 6/28/2023
2023-06-28 17:00 - 19:00 | MIC – Maryland Innovation Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: 06-28-2023 Meeting Slides
Topic: Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC)

DoD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program was designed to provide increased assurance to the DoD that a DIB contractor can adequately protect sensitive unclassified information (i.e., FCI and CUI) at a level commensurate with the risk, and accounting for information flow down to its subcontractors in a multi-tier supply chain. CMMC was initially implemented as an interim DFARS rule in September 2020 (DFARS Case 2019-D041). In March 2021, in response to over 850 public comments, the program was modified and streamlined to CMMC 2.0. The revised CMMC Program aligns with existing cybersecurity models. Once implemented through the rulemaking process, when applicable through acquisitions vehicles, CMMC requirements will be required for prime contractors and their subcontractors. While the rule is being finalized, it is important to continue to prepare now! Come learn more about CMMC 2.0 and recommended next steps.
Speaker: Dawn M Greenman, Program Manager Cybersecurity Compliance for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL)

Dawn M Greenman is Program Manager Cybersecurity Compliance for Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL). In this position, she oversees the cybersecurity compliance and supply chain risk management strategy across the organization. Since 2013, she has ensured JHU/APL’s compliance with DFARS 7012 and NIST SP 800-171. During this time, she developed relationships with the small business community and learned of the unique challenges small businesses had meeting the cybersecurity requirements. Ms. Greenman became an advocate for small businesses. She helps lead working groups with DoD and industry to develop strategies to help small businesses improve the protection of controlled unclassified information.
Through JHU/APL, Ms. Greenman also worked for 3 ½ years with DoD CIO and DoD Office of Sustainment and Acquisition to develop and support the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) Program.
Ms. Greenman holds an undergraduate degree in Information Systems with a concentration in Homeland Security and an Executive Masters of Business Administration from The University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School Of Business. She is a Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP) and holds the GIAC Security Essentials (GSEC) certification.

Juneteenth
2023-06-19

2023 ISSA Chapter Leadership Summit
2023-06-06

Memorial Day
2023-05-29 08:00 - 17:00

Membership Meeting 5/24/2023
2023-05-24 17:00 - 19:00 | MIC – Maryland Innovation Center, 6751 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: 2023-05-24 Meeting Presentation
Speaker Slides: None

Topic: The Value Of Engaging Cybersecurity Communications
Keeper Security Director of Global Communications Anne Cutler will share her unique career path from anchoring the evening news in a small town in Wyoming to leading international communications for a global cybersecurity provider. Through her unusual background, Anne has developed a deep appreciation for the value of conveying complicated messages in plain language quickly, clearly, and accurately across all platforms, to include traditional and emerging media. She will discuss how she’s applied lessons from her national television experience to handling crisis communications; securing positive, proactive press; and building enduring relationships with journalists, partners, and stakeholders. Anne will explain the critical importance of communication in the ever-expanding field of cybersecurity with real-world examples, including the Shields Up campaign at the onset of the war in Ukraine and the unprecedented response to the Apache Log4J vulnerability.
Speaker: Anne Cutler, Keeper Security

Anne Cutler is a communications professional specializing in cybersecurity, with more than 15 years of industry experience and proven track record of growing brand awareness for organizations. Anne is the Director of Global Communications for Keeper Security, the leading provider of best-in-class password management, secrets management, privileged access, secure remote access and encrypted messaging. Anne leads public relations, cybersecurity research, analyst relations, social media, as well as all other internal and external communications for Keeper.
Prior to Keeper, Anne worked in government as the media strategist for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T). At CISA, Anne brought cybersecurity to the forefront of American consciousness through messaging and media engagement for the nation’s lead cyber defense agency. Anne was the communications lead for CISA’s Shields Up campaign- the agency’s cybersecurity response to the war in Ukraine. She conducted crisis communications response for major cyber incidents including Colonial Pipeline, JBS, and Kaseya ransomware attacks, and Apache Log4j vulnerability.
Anne began her career as a television news anchor and reporter at KCWY News in Casper, Wyoming. Her award-winning broadcasting career would take her to KOLO 8 in Reno, Nevada; WGNO News in New Orleans, Louisiana; and FOX 5 DC in Washington, DC, where she worked as an anchor, reporter, contributor and host, from hard-hitting breaking news to politics, exclusive reports, long-format, features, entertainment and talk shows.
She’s covered the COVID-19 pandemic, President Donald Trump’s impeachment, Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination, Robert Mueller’s Special Counsel investigation, high-profile trials including the first criminal trial for Paul Manafort and major breaking news stories including the mass shooting at the Capital Gazette newspaper, as well as uncovering a major crime ring in Virginia through tips received from her reporting. Anne’s been to the Super Bowl sidelines and World Series, done corkscrews in a fighter jet, been hit by flying fish in the Louisiana bayou, in the eye of a damaging hurricane along the Gulf Coast, and along fire lines in Wyoming, California and Nevada.
Anne is originally from Northern California and studied at University of California, Los Angeles, where she double majored in Mass Communications and Political Science. Her husband Joe is a Lt. Colonel in the US Marines and they have two sons, Brooks and Beau.

BSides Charm
2023-04-29 - 2023-04-30 | Sheraton Baltimore North, 903 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD, 21204, United States
BSidesCharm is a regional Security BSides held in the Baltimore region of Maryland. It operates under the umbrella principles of Security BSides as a larger community project within information security. BSides aims to offer small, intimate events where all participants can engage each other to help develop connections, friendships, and network with different industry professionals.

We recognize the value of engaging a smaller audience and being the big fish in a small pond. Every organization will have different goals and priorities, so we offer different levels of participation for every individual, group, or organization. We specifically designed several different options for any sized organization to participate in and support this event.

Membership Meeting 4/26/2023
2023-04-26 17:00 - 19:30 | Convergint | Federal, 6650 Eli Whitney Dr, Suite 400, Columbia, MD, 21046, United States
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: 2023-04-26 Meeting Presentation
Speaker Slides: Cyber 911 Presentation
Click Here to view promotional Video

Topic: Who ya gonna call?
If there was something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? The answer is obviously, the Ghostbusters! Now if you looked outside your window, and noticed that your neighbor’s house had caught on fire, who ya gonna call? 911, and ask help from your local fire department! Let’s say you saw a bad car crash, and emergency services are needed urgently, who ya gonna call? 911 again, and ask for an ambulance or local EMT to be dispatched as quickly as possible! Now lets say that an elderly member of your community receives an email from someone that claims to be Microsoft, and demands that they send thousands of dollars in “licensing fees” to avoid criminal prosecution, who ya gonna call? That last one is where people suddenly don’t have a good answer. During a cyber emergency, most people don’t have the luxury of figuring out how to call for help on their own. We will discuss a number of strategies that cybersecurity professionals can use to help answer this last question, and hopefully stimulate good discussions on how we can better protect our communities from the growing cyber threat!

Speaker: Colin Hamill – Founder & IT Solutions Designer, Sentinel Forge Technologies
Colin has always had a deep fascination and passion for working with computers and using them to solve problems. This passion led Colin to study Computer Science at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he first met his now-wife, Melanie. It led him to a more than 15-year career as an Enterprise Presales Solutions Designer, where he would build solutions for his clients using different pieces of technology as “building blocks” to solve their technical problems. Regardless of the specific technologies included, Colin strove to communicate his solutions & designs in a clear & comprehensible way, free of the jargon and alphabet-soup acronyms that can make the IT industry inaccessible for most of the population. His passion drove him to continue his education, and he attended night classes at Loyola University after work and he earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA), with a focus on Information Systems. Colin’s MBA showed him how he could use his “technology building blocks” to solve his clients business problems & their technical problems at the same time.
Colin recently started his own business, Sentinel Forge Technologies, after seeing the impact on fuel supplies after the Colonial Pipeline Cyberattack of May 2021. Colin has focused his efforts on combating the ever-increasing threat of Ransomware and Cyberattacks on critical US infrastructure and to help train the next generation of Cyber 911s. He believes that protecting America’s food supply is of utmost importance and that securing it will mean protecting every link in the agriculture supply chain, both large & small.

Used Electronic Collection
2023-04-22 | Winters Mill Hugh School, 560 Gorsuch Rd, Westminster, MD, 21157
Used Electronics Collection & Recycling – Carroll Technology Council
Celebrate the Earth and the life cycle of your used electronics by coming out to Winters Mill High School on Earth Day. Bring your electronics that have outlived your use…

Government Procurement Conference
2023-04-19
Join us at the Government Procurement Conference (GPC), a national event fostering small business success.
GPC will take place on Wednesday, April 19, 2023, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Learn more at the GPC Website.
Meet and network with hundreds of government and business exhibitors. Learn updated information about agency small business goals and priorities. Distribute information about your company. Find organizations looking to work with small, minority-owned, women-owned, service-disabled Veteran-owned, 8a, and HUBzone businesses.
Participate in 4 key activities:

Exhibit Hall: Meet government procurement personnel, small business specialists, prime contractors and small business partners;
Matchmaking: Participate in 1:1 matchmaking sessions with government buyers and prime contractors;
Education: Attend education sessions focused on small business topics;
Networking: Network with other attendees to develop partnership opportunities.

Girl Scout STEM Badge Event
2023-03-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Morgan State University, 1700 East Cold Spring Lane, Baltimore, MD, 21251, United States
Girl Scout STEM Badge Event!!
2:00-4:00 pm – March 25, 2023
Morgan State University
University Student Center; Room 316
1700 East Cold Spring Lane
Baltimore, MD 21251
March is Women’s History Month, a designated to celebrate the past, current and future achievements of women. In honor of this highly needed exposure, we are holding a FREE opportunity for Girl Scouts to earn the following STEM badges.

Making Games (Brownie)
Game Visionary (Senior)
Basic Cybersecurity Badge (Daisy, Brownie, Cadet and Junior)

Activities will be led by STEM Professional Women and Morgan State University students. There is not charge to participate and earn your badge, but space is limited. We will be providing a certificate of complettion, but not the physcal badge. Refreshments will be servied. Register by emailing mdstemfest@gmail.com. with the number of girls scouts, the level and which badge they will be working towards.

Membership Meeting 3/22/2023
2023-03-22 17:00 - 19:30 | Convergint | Federal, 6650 Eli Whitney Dr, Suite 400, Columbia, MD, 21046, United States
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: 2023-03-22 Meeting Slides
Speaker Slides: 2023-03-22 Security Architecture Post Covid

Topic: Security Architecture in the Age of Covid
Security Architecture was hard enough, but then Covid sent all of your employees home. A Remote Access infrastructure meant for a fraction of your employees now had to support everyone. Three years later no one wants to go back into the office. Your security architecture needs to adapt to secure your employees now wherever they may be, how are you going to do it?

Speaker: Christopher McGranahan, Director of Security Architecture at BackBlaze
Chris McGranahan currently works as the Director of Security Architecture and Engineering at Backblaze. He has more than twenty years of experience in cybersecurity in a wide variety of roles in multiple industries.

Beer N' Bots
2023-02-23 17:00 - 20:00
Beer N; Bots is a powerful, action-packed, hugh-energy, family-friendly business networking event that generates support for the Baltimore Robotics Center,
Robotics demos & Competitions | Live entertainment | Beer, Wine & Sodas | Lite Fare | Networking
