Mid-Atlantic Quarterly Meeting
2022-09-15 17:30 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | MD
Hosted by ISSA Northern Virginia (NOVA) Chapter
Speaker: Ms. Victoria Yan Pillitteri, NIST Computer Security Division
Topic: Control Automation NIST 800-171, 800-53
REGISTER: This is a Mid Atlantic Summit for the ISSA Nova, Central Maryland, and DC Chapters. This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu TBD). REGISTER HERE IN PERSON & ONLINE ZOOM Location: MITRE, 7525 Colshire Dr, McLean, VA 22102.
Abstract: Victoria Yan Pillitteri will present on Automation with controls and NIST 800-171 and the Future of NIST SP 800-53. NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-53, Security and Privacy Controls for Information Systems and Organizations, provides a comprehensive set of countermeasures to protect systems and organizations and manage cybersecurity, privacy, and cyber supply chain risk. Each revision of SP 800-53 is the most downloaded publication from the NIST Computer Security Resource Center. SP 800-53 is used by organizations small and large, public and private, and across all sectors of the U.S and international economy. As organizations leverage more and more automation to make informed cybersecurity and privacy risk management and operational decisions, it is imperative that NIST also integrates automation into the development and release of updates to the security and privacy controls. NIST now offers the SP 800-53 controls in multiple formats, from PDFs /spreadsheets to various machine-readable formats, and also has a new tool to keep the control up-to-date and allow stakeholders to submit their ideas and feedback any time, from anywhere. Learn more about NIST’s new resources – the SP 800-53 Controls Release Search and SP 800-53 Public Comment Tool – and what’s in store for future revisions of the security and privacy controls.
About the Speaker: Ms. Victoria Yan Pillitteri is a supervisory computer scientist in the Computer Security Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Ms. Pillitteri is the Acting Manager of the Security Engineering and Risk Management Group and leads the Risk Management Framework team/Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Implementation Project. The group conducts the research and development of the suite of risk management guidance used for managing cybersecurity risk in the federal government, and the associated stakeholder outreach and public-private coordination/collaboration efforts. She serves as the lead of the Joint Task Force working group, a partnership with Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community and Civilian Agencies to develop a unified security framework to protect USG from cyberattacks, and also co-chairs the Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum. Ms. Pillitteri is the co-author of multiple NIST publications, including Special Publications (SP) 800-53, SP 800-53A, SP 800-53B, 800-37, 800-171, 800-171A, 800-172, and 800-172A. MS. Pillitteri holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland, a M.S in Computer Science, with a concentration in Information Assurance, from the George Washington University, completed the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University, and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). She has completed a Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program and is SES certified by the Office of Personnel Management Qualifications Review Board.

SANS Cybersecurity Leadership Summit (Virtual + free)
2022-09-16 | MD
Summit: Sep 16 | Training: Sep 14-15 & Sep 19-23 | Summit Co-Chairs: Frank Kim and Jerich Beason
Learn, share, and engage with fellow cybersecurity leaders

Whether you are a CISO, manage a SOC, or lead an incident response team, you have the daunting responsibility of protecting your organization’s assets from ever-evolving threats. To succeed as a cybersecurity leader, you need both technical knowledge and management skills to communicate effectively with key stakeholders, gain the respect of technical teams, and align your security initiatives with business objectives.

Join cybersecurity leaders representing a variety of industries and organizations for SANS’ Cybersecurity Leadership Summit. Attend the Summit in Arlington, VA or join us live online for free! In-person and virtual attendees will enjoy the keynote presentation and several presentations throughout the day. For those attending in-person, except to take part in workshops, candid discussions with fellow cybersecurity leaders, and an evening social event.
The Cybersecurity Leadership Summit will address a wide range of topics, including:

Manage and lead technical teams and security projects
Effective communication with the executive team and business leaders
Assessing threats and analyzing risk
Implementing successful project management of security initiatives
Building and leading a cloud security program
Aligning security initiatives with organizational culture
Handling positive negotiations with vendors
Creating a talented team that includes selecting a managed service to supplement
Gaining familiarity with legal and regulatory requirements

Rosh Hashanah
2022-09-26 | MD

Insider Risk Summit 2022
2022-09-27 - 2022-09-29 | Virtual
The Insider Risk Summit, the industry’s leading conference on Insider Risk Management (IRM), brings together security leaders and practitioners and industry experts to learn, interact and share best practices in the IRM space. More than just one moment in time – the Insider Risk Summit is a community of organizations and security professionals that understand collaboration, productivity and enablement of users while meeting data security challenges.

Membership Meeting 9/28/2022
2022-09-28 17:00 - 19:30 | HubSpot—The Gathering Place on the Gateway, 6724 Alexander Bell Drive Hub Spot, Suite 105, Columbia, MD, 21046
The September ISSA Membership Meeting is sponsored by:

https://bigid.com
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: 2022-09-28 Meeting Presentation
Speaker Slides: 2022-09-28 DIVERSITY, PIPELINES, BARRIERS

Topic: DIVERSITY, PIPELINES, BARRIERS

Speaker: Martha Laughman

First Cybersecurity Mil Skillbridge Program
First DOL Cyber Apprenticeship in MD
First All-Female Cyber Apprenticeship
Founding Board Member of WiCys Mil Affiliate
NICE Working Group Member
Executive Director of GA Cyber Bootcamp
Served on 4 boards of Tech Start Ups
Co-Founded Esport Non-profit for Mil Kids
BS + MS Industrial Organizational Psyc
PhD (ABD) Organizational Psychology
Selected for Maryland DOL Gov Board

SANS Blue Team Summit (Virtual + free)
2022-10-03 - 2022-10-04 | MD
Join us in-person in Scottsdale or attend the Summit Live Online for FREE
Summit: Oct 3 – 4 | Training: October 5th – 10th | Summit CPE Credits: 12 | Summit Co-Chairs: John Hubbard, Justin Henderson
Level Up Your Blue Team Skills
The blue team represents information security professionals on the front line of defending an organizations critical assets and systems against attacks and threats from adversaries. Defending against attacks is an ongoing challenge with new threats emerging all the time. At the SANS Blue Team Summit, enhance your current skill set and become even better at defending your organization and hear the latest ways to mitigate the most recent attacks!
Blue team professionals are highly skilled at deploying actionable techniques for timely detection, responding to compromises, and monitoring adversary activities to maintain and improve security over time. Its an ongoing effort, day in & day out. Whether hunting for threats, designing a defensible security architecture, or analyzing log data, its the skills and agility of blue teams that enable world-class detection and defensive capabilities.
Attend Blue Team Summit to experience:

Highly technical talks and panel discussions – The industry’s top practitioners will share their latest cyber defense research, solutions, tools, and case studies.
Exclusive networking opportunities – Connect with your fellow blue teamers and the wider cyber defense community via virtual chat rooms. For in-person attendees, enjoy the exclusive evening receptions in Scottsdale to network with speakers and attendees!
Hands-on workshops – Available for those attending the Summit in Scottsdale, you’ll choose between several practical, cyber defense focused workshops.
Closely aligned SANS Cyber Defense courses – Following the Summit, enhance your knowledge base with an in-depth, immersive course taught by top SANS Instructors.

Over two days, Blue Team Summit talks will deliver diverse viewpoints and actionable advice on key topics, including:

Detecting advanced post-exploitation
Modern security architecture (zero trust and micro segmentation)
Log analysis and anomaly detection at scale
Network security monitoring in an increasingly encrypted world
Operationalizing endpoint detection
Cloud security monitoring tools and techniques
Threat hunting techniques and tools
Managing, measuring, and improving security operations
Leveraging industry frameworks to improve and measure detection, prevention, and response (ATT&CK, etc.)
How to jump-start a career in blue teaming
Securing an increasingly remote workforce
Blue teams & IT leadership

Yom Kippur
2022-10-05 | MD

ISSA DC Hosts: Cloud Security with MITRE ATT&CK
2022-10-06 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual
Cloud security is a significant challenge, and few businesses today are capable of utilizing the native security controls and capabilities provided by cloud platforms. How can you ensure that your cybersecurity capabilities are working to defend your organization’s data as best they can?
Many security operations centers (SOCs) are typically uniformed in their knowledge of the security solutions available in Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), or Google Cloud Platform environments. The MITRE Adversarial Tactics, Techniques, and Common Knowledge (ATT&CK) framework helps towards this as it is a clear, standardized method for organizations to address complexity in their cloud environments and increase their cloud cybersecurity efficiency.
This session with AttackIQ Academy instructor Jose Barajas will cover practical steps for deploying the ATT&CK framework to maximize your cloud security effectiveness.

Columbus Day
2022-10-10 | MD

MD STEM Festival - Day of Cyber
2022-10-15 09:30 - 13:00 | MD
October 14 – November 13
Theme: Cybersecurity and Information Technology
October 15th- Day of Cyber​
9:00 am -1:00 pm​
Bowie State University
https://marylandstemfestival.org/
If you are interested in volunteering, contact Phil at mdstemfesti@gmail.com

Securing The IT Supply Chain
2022-10-17 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
A modern IT supply chain, much like any other, is only as strong as its weakest link. With increased threats and growing cybersecurity challenges across the board, identifying these areas for improvement is no longer optional, but mandatory. Successful IT supply chain management requires equal parts visibility and collaboration with external entities to maximize an organization’s resources and growth, which means organizations need a streamlined approach to supply chain management to optimize their cybersecurity standards.
In this webcast, join GovExec and Okta as they explore topics in IT supply chain management, the cybersecurity behind it, and how new innovations in areas like CMMC, identity management, and zero trust architecture can benefit internal and external stakeholders seeking to become partners in the mission to deliver success.

From Mandate to Execution: Building a Modern Cybersecurity Strategy
2022-10-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual
Cyber attacks are becoming more and more uninhibited and boundless, which means cybersecurity efforts have to evolve their complexities to be able to keep up.

The White House issued an Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity and mandates like M-21-21 to push government agencies towards zero trust, but this effort is a marathon, not a sprint. Crucial information needed for important security decisions can be costly and untimely.

Join Cribl on October 18th for From Mandate to Execution, a FREE virtual event! Hear from cybersecurity experts about the steps you and your agency can take when it comes to zero trust architecture and what it can do to bolster your security efforts.

Register to hear from:

Nick Marinos, Managing Director, Information Technology and Cybersecurity, GAO
Sean Connelly, Trusted Internet Connections Program Manager, CISA, Department of Homeland Security
Sean McIntyre, Director, ADE-1, Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
Jackie McGuire, Senior Manager, Makret Strategy, Cribl

ISSA DC Hosts: FedRAMP: Breaking the Barrier for Government Compliance
2022-10-18 18:30 - 20:00 | Virtual via Go To Meeting, MD
ISSA DC Hosts: FedRAMP: Breaking the Barrier for Government Compliance, Presented by Alexis Robinson & Nichole Becknel

Membership Meeting 10/26/2022
2022-10-26 17:00 - 19:30 | HubSpot—The Gathering Place on the Gateway, 6724 Alexander Bell Drive Hub Spot, Suite 105, Columbia, MD, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: October 26, 2022 ISSA Central MD Membership Meeting
ISSA International Welcome: ISSA Chapter Welcome 2022 Dr. Murray
Speaker Slides: S3_GSG_ACTIVE SHOOTER PREPAREDNESS_2022
Meeting Recording: October 26, 2022 Membership Meeting and Speaker Recording

Topic: Active Shooter/Assailant Preparedness for Business and Schools
The world seems to have gotten more intense and scarier since the pandemic started in early 2020. Although we have seemed to have come back to some sense of normalcy in 2022, there is also a cloud of uncertainty and fear that has even the best of us feeling vaguely unsettled. Unfortunately, this type of social environment can breed the worst type of criminal mind; a psychopathic one, that has rationalized people unlike them, or because of “them” have to die. This means that these cowardly and mentally disturbed individuals may attack areas of our society that National Security experts deem as “soft targets”, that being grocery stores, malls, retail businesses, and community organizations such as schools and parks. What can we do to defend against the unthinkable? What this conversation will propose are well-thought-out tactical and strategic methodologies borne from anti-terrorism, force protection, and the intelligence community; to help everyday business people and citizens prepare for an Active Shooter/Assailant when necessary.
Speaker: Bobby Sheppard, S3 Global Security Group LLC (S3 GSG)
Mr. Bobby L. Sheppard delivers over 26 years of combined experience in law enforcement, intelligence, and cybersecurity. For the last 17 years, Mr. Sheppard has worked within the intelligence community, serving as a Team Leader, Senior Intelligence Analyst, and Program Coordinator, providing Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence and Cyber Threat Intelligence analysis, and operations in support of highly classified missions abroad and at home. Prior to Mr. Sheppard’s serving within the Intelligence Community, he served as a federal law enforcement officer and Executive Protection agent for 9 years with the U.S. CAPITOL POLICE AND CIA respectively. Mr. Sheppard has received extensive training and experience in Anti-terrorism/Force Protection, surveillance, counter-surveillance, surveillance detection, Incident Management Response; CBRN detection and response; as well as COOP AND COG operations for federal government entities to include the Department of Homeland Security.

MD STEM Festival Cybersecurity Talk
2022-11-10 16:30 - 18:00 | 7021 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, MD 21046, 7021 Columbia Gateway Dr, Columbia, MD, 21046
Data Care, It’s your data it’s your responsibility
Please join us for this MD STEM Festival Cybersecurity talk presented by the AFCEA Central Maryland Chapter where Bruce Morgenstern will provide practical advice to protect your family’s data online. Light refreshments will be served.

Veterans Day
2022-11-11 | MD

WomenHack - Baltimore
2022-11-15 06:30 - 20:30 | Virtual
You’re invited to our WomenHack Virtual Event!
Our online invite-only recruiting events for developers, designers, and product managers are just a rewarding as our in-person events.
You’ll get to experience our signature rapid-interviews through our online video matching platform. Meet up to 20+ companies in just two hours from the comfort of your home as well as networking with other attendees at the event.
Whether you are actively looking for your next challenge, curious about other opportunities, or just interested in networking with other companies and individuals who support gender diversity – we’d love to see you there!
Learn more about your city’s hiring landscape and current opportunities from the comfort of your home as well as network fellow attendees at the event.
MEET INDUSTRY PLAYERS
WomenHack gives you face-to-face virtual meetings with local companies and industry players in your city. Our events are organized in a rapid rotations format (5 minutes each) to keep things fun and engaging.

Membership Meeting 11/16/2022
2022-11-16 17:00 - 19:30 | HubSpot—The Gathering Place on the Gateway, 6724 Alexander Bell Drive Hub Spot, Suite 105, Columbia, MD, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: Membership Meeting, November 16, 2022
Speaker Slides: 2022-11-16-Cyber-CSI-Ford
Meeting Recording: November 16, 2022 Membership Meeting and Speaker Recording

Topic: CSI:Cyber – What did they get wrong and right?
In 2015, CBS launched the 4th spin-off of the original CSI TV show called CSI:Cyber. The show focused on an FBI unit that worked to solve various cyber-crimes such as theft, hacking, extortion and even murder. The series lasted only two seasons and quickly became a running joke among the cyber security community due to outlandish, impossible, and unrealistic scenarios. However, the show got some things right which we will talk about and explore things that just didn’t quite hit the mark in an episode from season 2.

Speaker: Rebecca Ford
Rebecca Ford is a senior cyber threat intelligence analyst at a Fortune 50 Media & Entertainment company where she built and runs their cyber threat intelligence program. Rebecca has over 15 years of experience in cyber security and intel working for the US government as a North Korea cyber subject matter expert and is now in the private sector focusing on cyber threats targeting the media & entertainment business, retail and hospitality, cruise lines and theme parks.
When Rebecca isn’t studying cyber criminal activity, she and her husband like walking their French Bulldog FiFi, volunteering at veteran transition organizations, and working on puzzles.

Thanksgiving
2022-11-24 | MD

ISSA Central MD Holiday / Social Celebration
2022-12-08 16:30 - 20:00 | Stumpy’s Hatchet House, 6695 Dobbin Rd,, Columbia, MD, 21045
ISSA Central MD Holiday / Social Celebration
Sponsored by

Stumpy’s Hatchet House
6695 Dobbin Rd, Columbia, MD 21045
Thursday, December 8, 2022
4:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Agenda
4:30pm – 4:45pm – Exabeam and Corelight
4:45pm – 5:35pm – Hatchet Throwing
6:00pm – 8:00pm – Join us for Happy Hour at Pub Dog Pizza and Drafthouse, 8865 Stanford Blvd #101, Columbia, MD 21045. Pizza and Beer will be provided.
Corelight has partnered with Exabeam, the Smarter SIEMTM company, to combine Corelight’s proven network security monitoring (NSM) capabilities with Exabeam’s advanced user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) and automated incident response capabilities. This integrated solution streams Corelight’s rich logs directly to Exabeam so security teams can obtain faster, more actionable network insights, and use the rich data as a building block for advanced security analyses via the Exabeam platform.
Click HERE to Register. See you there!

Membership Meeting 12/14/2022
2022-12-14 17:00 - 19:30 | HubSpot—The Gathering Place on the Gateway, 6724 Alexander Bell Drive Hub Spot, Suite 105, Columbia, MD, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: Membership Meeting, December 14, 2022
Speaker Slides: Supply-Chain-Security_Supplier-Contractor-Relationships-in-Negotiated-Contracts-12-14-2022

Topic: Supply Chain Security: Supplier/Contractor Relationships In Negotiated Contracts
Over the past 5 years, the world has seen unprecedented interest-in and allocation-of resources toward Cyber Security in both the public and private sectors. The Supply-Chain has been stressed to its very limits and Third-Party relationships have been similarly stressed with the “trust but verify-verify-verify” protocol meaning more today than ever before. Pre- and Post- Covid, our relationships with our Business partners have taken on never before seen uncertainty in supply categories for security, reliability, and visibility, as to who is providing what and how secure it will be upon arrival. At the heart of these Business partner relationships are Contracts … and provisions within Contracts which stipulate 1) information and product security requirements; 2) adherence to Cyber Security Frameworks (CSFs), and 3) the providing of evidence (proof) which demonstrates the “Cyber Maturity” of a counterparty. During the December 14th 2022 presentation to ISSA-Md, the Information Systems Security discussion will center on Standard Cyber Security Contract Provisions which have been dictated by Risk Analysis Tenets and overlapping Cyber Security Frameworks (such as NIST, ISO, Cobit, etc.) as well as legal requirements in the FAR, the DFARS, and CMMC 2.0, which will affect U.S. Government contractors and private sector stakeholders.

Speaker: Todd Hinson – Constellation Energy
Mr. Todd Hinson is a Cybersecurity Contracts Principal with Constellation Energy in Baltimore, Maryland.
Todd began his career in the U.S. Army Intelligence Corp as part of Electronic Warfare Operations in Europe before becoming a U.S. Government Contractor with Contel and GTE serving at the Pentagon-JCS, NSA-HQ, DIA-HQ, and in South Korea with the Korean Intelligence Support System (KISS). After having taken a sabbatical to raise five children (two sets of twins), Todd returned to U.S. federal service with the DOJ/U.S. Attorneys Office-Baltimore, followed by stints with “Top-10” international Banking and Finance law firms Weil, Gotshal & Manges and Allen & Overy in Washington, D.C. during the fall-out from the 2007-2008 Global Financial Crisis. Todd has also served the Office of General Counsel of the American Bankers Association, T. Rowe Price, Exelon Corporation, and currently Constellation Energy.
Todd’s Cybersecurity professional development began with NOC and Data Center operations, then diverted into Law and Banking from a systems resiliency perspective, and has returned to the assurance of Information Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability (CIA) within Supply-Chain and Third-Party contracts, after having completed his M.S. in Engineering (Cybersecurity Policy & Compliance) from The George Washington University in 2021.
LinkedIn Bio: https://www.linkedin.com/in/todd-hinson-05607534

Click Here to register for the December 14, 2022 ISSA Membership Meeting.

Christmas Day
2022-12-25 | MD

Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2023-01-16 | MD

Membership Meeting 1/25/2023
2023-01-25 17:00 - 19:30 | HubSpot—The Gathering Place on the Gateway, 6724 Alexander Bell Drive Hub Spot, Suite 105, Columbia, MD, 21046
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: Membership Meeting, January 25, 2023

Speaker Slides: Ransomware A Risk Management Strategy Jan 2023

Topic: Ransomware: A Risk Management Strategy
Organizations’ globally are dealing with a scourge in ransomware. Just note the following statistics:

Experts estimate that a ransomware attack will occur every 11 seconds in 2021. (Cybercrime Magazine, 2019) and
The average ransom fee requested has increased from $5,000 in 2018 to around $200,000 in 2020. (National Security Institute, 2021)

It is clear the ransomware is here to stay. So the strategy must move beyond just prevention, to How do you manage the inevitable ransomware event? Our discussion will look at some key pillars of cybersecurity risk management and a few practical things to have in place preferably before you are a victim. Attendees will obtain tools, steps and processes necessary to ensure a ransomware event does not leave them without a way to continue operations.

Speaker: Danyetta Fleming Magana, Covenant Security
Danyetta Fleming Magana is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), F. ISRM whom founded Covenant Security Solutions in 2003. Her goal is to push the envelope regarding how we think about our information and find new and innovative ways to secure our digital way of life. Mrs. Magana is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) a globally recognized certification in the information security arena. She has been published in the and interviewed as an expert on Federal News Radio’s “Mark Amtower Show.” In 2001, Mrs. Magana received the Black Engineer of the Year Award for the “Most Promising Engineer in Government.” Mrs. Magana presently serves on several advisory boards and also previously served as a Fellow with the Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT), a Washington DC based think tank that briefs Congress, Senate and the Senior Executives of the U.S. Federal government on matters related to Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure. In addition, Mrs. Magana was a recipient of the Army’s Achievement Medal for Civilian Service. Her company was recognized by Diversity Business for 2014, 2012 and 2011 as one of the “Top 500 African American Owned Business’ in the US”. In addition her company was honored in the Inc. 5000, as one of America’s Fastest Growing Companies for 2014. Lastly, her company was recognized by CIO Review Magazine as one of the “20 Most Promising Enterprise Security Companies in 2015″. Mrs. Magana is a graduate of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign with a B.S. in Engineering.

Membership Meeting 2/22/2023
2023-02-22 17:00 - 19:30 | Convergint | Federal, 6650 Eli Whitney Dr, Suite 400, Columbia, MD, 21046, United States
Click Here to register for the February 22, 2023 ISSA Membership Meeting
Chapter Business Meeting Slides: Membership Meeting, February 22, 2023
Speaker Slides: 2023-02-22 Making the Shift to Risk-Based – Brown

Topic: Risk-Based Security
With so many cybersecurity technologies and services available, how do organizations get started with evaluating the managed detection and response (MDR) option that is right for them? Lyndon Brown, Pondurance Chief Strategy Officer weighs in on how to select the MDR provider that fits your needs best. In this session, Brown will discuss:

How to shift to risk-based security.
The ongoing evolution of the MDR space .
Questions to ask MDR providers during the selection process.

Speaker: Lyndon Brown
Mr. Lyndon Brown brings a career focus in building high-growth technology companies to Pondurance where he is responsible for Product Management, Corporate Development, Marketing and driving cross-functional performance. Prior to joining Pondurance, Lyndon served as Vice President of Business Development at FireEye Mandiant, where he focused on strategic growth initiatives. As an executive, Lyndon has successfully led product management, M&A, and global partnerships at firms such as Verodin (acquired by FireEye) and Endgame (acquired by Elastic).

Click Here to register for the February 22, 2023 ISSA Membership Meeting

Beer N' Bots
2023-02-23 17:00 - 20:00 | MD
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

ISSA Chapter Leader Meeting
2023-03-17 13:00 - 14:00 | MD

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.

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.

Government Procurement Conference
2023-04-19 | MD
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.
