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2025 ISSA-NOVA Meeting Photographs

 
January 2025 – January 16th @5:30pm – Frank Duff on Attacking ATT&CK: A Practical Guide for Elevating your Threat-Informed Defense Strategy

February 2025 – February 20 @5:30pm – Michael Chipley on Cybersecuring DoD Facility-Related Control Systems

March 2025 – March 20 @5:30 PM – Dr. Margaret Leary and Dr. William Butler on Cybersecurity Educational Barriers

April 2025 – April 17th @5:30pm – Brian Hornak on Reverse Engineering/Vulnerability Research

May 2025 – May 15th @5:30pm – Supro Ghose on the Future of Cyber Risk and Compliance Leveraging GenAI

June 2025 – June 26th @5:30 PM – Greg Crabb on What If They’re Already In? Operationalizing Assumed Breach

July 2025 – July17th @5:30pm – Fireside chat with Chris Porter

August 2025 – August 21st @5:30 PM – Michael Carter on Understanding What’s What in the New FedRAMP World

September 2025 – September 18th @5:30pm – Jeff Nigriny on Non-Person Identity and Agentic AI (i.e., Digital Identity 501)

October 2025 – October 16th @5:30pm – Michael Browne on Developing a Federal Zero Trust Enclave for Cloud Services

November 2025 – November 20th @5:30pm – Tim Salvador on The Emergence of AI Model Context Protocol (MCP), Its Security Use Cases and Security Risks

December 2025 – December 11th @5:30 PM – Dr. Wade Baker on A Data-Driven Look Into Key Cyber Risk Trends

Upcoming Events

  • May 14th, 2026 @5:30 PM – Microsoft's Bob Peters and Michael Williams – From Standards to Strategy: Post‑Quantum Migration Playbook for Security Leaders
  • April 16th, 2026 @5:30 PM – Marc Bleicher on Threat Actor Economics: Understanding the Business of Cybercrime
  • Spring 2026 – CISSP Certification Prep Course

Board Members & Directors

  • President — Jim Wiggins
  • Senior Vice President — Ariel Huckabay
  • VP of Communications — Malik Lockett
  • VP of Education — Dr. Nima Zahadat
  • VP of Finance — Mike DiFonzo
  • VP of Operations — Emmanuel Wansi
  • VP of Membership — Brian Gallagher
  • VP of Programs — Inno Eroraha
  • VP of Sponsorship —Karen Frederick
  • VP of Technology — Gail Schnell
  • VP of Software Development / Data Science - Constantinos Doskas
  • Director of Software Development/Data Science — Brandy Derogene
  • Director Education — Dr. Sandra Fonseca
  • Director of Sponsorship — Veena Harish
  • Director of Technology — Jameson Schnell
  • President Emeritus — Michael D. Smith

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