Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Workshop – July 13th and 15th – 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm ET
Course Level: FoundationalDuration: Two Evenings (7 Hours Total)Delivery: Virtual – Live via Microsoft TeamsCPEs: 7 Course Overview Join ISSA-NOVA for an intensive two-evening virtual “Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Workshop,” designed to provide federal employees, contractors, and supporting organizations with a practical understanding of the Federal government’s Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) Program. This workshop introduces participants...
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Fall 2026 – CISSP Certification Prep Course – August 12th thru November 18th – 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm ET
ISSA-NOVA is hosting a comprehensive preparation course for the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) exam. This course covers all 8 domains of the CISSP Common Body of Knowledge (CBK) and is designed for experienced security professionals seeking to validate their expertise. Learning ObjectivesMaster all 8 domains of the CISSP Common Body of KnowledgeApply security...
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August 20th, 2026 @5:30 PM – Kevin Latchford – Cracking Claws: A Study of Autonomous Agent Runtimes
Register:This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu &pizza). REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON & ONLINE via MS Teams. Location: Microsoft Reston 11955 Freedom Dr., Reston, VA 20190Location: Floor 2, Rooms 2.2C, 2.2D. Free garage parking directly across from location. Metro Station Accessible. In-person registration closes on Tuesday, August 18,...
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July 16th, 2026 @5:30 PM – Dr. Michaela Iorga – From Digital DNA to Digital Immunity with OSCAL
Register:Register: This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu TBD). REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON & ONLINE MS Teams, Location Broadcom Office 12100 Sunset Hills, 4th Floor Suite 400, Reston, Virginia 20191 United States. Metro Station Accessible. Registration closes on Wednesday 07/15/2026. Abstract:Why are we still using 900-page PDFs to defend cloud-scale infrastructure? It’s time...
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June 18th, 2026 @5:30 PM – Brian Schultz – CMMC – F-35s & $320B Annual DoW Contracts – O-My
Register:This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu TBD). REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON & ONLINE Zoom, Location Marymount University Ballston Center 1000 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22201. This will be in room: BALL 3018. Metro Station Accessible. Registration closes Wednesday, 06/17/26. Abstract:October 1, 2025 – “shields up” to protect the IP...
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Generative AI for Cyber Operators Workshop – May 26th and 28th – 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm ET
Course Level: FoundationalDuration: One Day (7 Hours Total)Delivery: Virtual – Live via Microsoft TeamsCPEs: 7 Course Overview Join ISSA-NOVA for an intensive one-day virtual workshop, “Generative AI for Cyber Operators,” designed to provide cybersecurity and IT operations personnel with a practical foundational understanding of how generative artificial intelligence is transforming cyber operations, security workflows, and...
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May 14th, 2026 @5:30 PM – Microsoft’s Bob Peters and Michael Williams – From Standards to Strategy: Post‑Quantum Migration Playbook for Security Leaders
Register:This is a Hybrid meeting. A dinner meal will be served (Meal menu &pizza). REGISTER HERE for IN PERSON & ONLINE via MS Teams. Location: Microsoft Reston 11955 Freedom Dr., Reston, VA 20190Location: Floor 2, Rooms 2.2C, 2.2D. Free garage parking directly across from location. Metro Station Accessible. In-person registration closes on Tuesday, May 12,...
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Agentic AI for Cybersecurity Professionals Workshop – April 27th and 29th – 6:00 pm to 9:30 pm ET
Course Level: FoundationalDuration: Two Evenings (7 Hours Total)Delivery: Virtual – Live via Microsoft TeamsDates: April 27th and 29th, 2026 (6:00 PM – 9:30 PM ET each evening)CPEs: 7 Course Overview Join ISSA-NOVA for an intensive two-evening virtual workshop, “Agentic AI for Cybersecurity Professionals,” designed to provide a foundational understanding of how agentic AI systems are...
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18MAR First Mid-Atlantic Quarterly Summit Wrap Up:

National Cybersecurity Budget Priorities and Operational Objectives Mark Weatherford and Riley Repko Post-Event Wrap Up With over 100 people registered, our first Mid-Atlantic ISSA Meeting was a big success. We heard interesting insights from Mark Weatherford and Riley Repko on…
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16FEB (TUE) 6:30PM Chapter Meeting — EU voids US-EU Safe Harbor with K Royal

Virtual Meeting — Register Here. On July 16, 2020, the Court of Justice for the European Union published their opinion on Case C-311/18 Data Protection Commissioner v Facebook Ireland Limited and Maximillian Schrems (called “Schrems II”). This decision invalidated the…
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21 JAN Chapter Meeting — Detecting Lateral Movement in Windows Environments with a look at Solar Winds hack

Casey Priester, VP for Client Services, AtomiCorp 21 January 2021 @ 6pm — Virtual Meeting with Goto Webinar To register, click here. Join us for a timely assessment of lateral movement techniques in the Windows environment, including those leveraged in…
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Vote for the 2021 ISSA-NOVA board

Candidates have been finalized and voting is ready to begin. To vote, you must be an ISSA-NOVA chapter member in good standing. Vote here! Voting ends on November 30, 2020.

DEC16@5PM: Just enough PowerShell JEA

Chapter Meeting on December 16 @ 5:00 pm – 7:30 pm Topic: PowerShell JEA PowerShell JEA allows us Systems Administrators to empower our fellow admins, developers, and security personal to accomplish what they need to on our systems. Give them…
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16DEC@noon: Red Team Cloud Attacks

Virtual Brown Bag on Dec 16, 2020 12:00 PM ET Register here. Hosted by our sister chapter of Central Maryland, particpants will navigate through uncharted security territory by analyzing the attack lifecycle in the cloud and dissecting a real-world attack….
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NOV 13: Cyber Apprenticeship Opportunities

In honor of the Sixth Annual National Apprenticeship Week, Cyber apprenticeship advocate, Smoothstack, will be hosting an Industry Webinar. We invite you to learn more about how your organization can participate in cybersecurity apprenticeship. Date: Friday 13th of November 2020 Time: 12:00 PM EST…
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NOV 19 WRAP UP for Dr. Michaela Iorga on NIST’s Open Security Controls Assessment Language (OSCAL)

Presenter’s slides from Thursday, November 19 @ 6pm We had a great meeting on Thursday with 30 members in attendance. Dr. Iorga is the project lead for OSCAL and gave us a great overview not only about what OSCAL is…
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NOV 5 @ 1pm: Brian Krebs Q&A Session

Thursday, NOV 5 @ 1PM Our platinum sponsor, Avanan, is hosting a Q&A session with Cybersecurity expert, Brian Krebs. Krebs covered the Cyber beat for WaPo before starting his own oft-bookmarked website, the oft-bookmarked krebsonsecurity.com. Ask Brian Krebs anything about…
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OCT 15 Rick Howard from CyberWire presents at chapter meeting

History of Cybersecurity by Rick Howard, Chief Analyst, CSO, Senior Fellow at The CyberWire (as well as former Palo Alto CSO and Army CERT commander). Rick will cover the history of the cybersecurity landscape from the early 1990s to the…
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