Guarding the Digital Frontier: Best Practices in Security for a Safer Tomorrow

Join us on January 9, 2024 for our next Loudoun Cyber Meetup!

December Review
Thank you again to our hospitality sponsor for our December Meetup, ExtraHop.

On December 5, we had another impressive turnout at our Meetup, so thank you to all of you who came. Our speaker was David Crawford from CGI Federal on the topic of “Securing the Forgotten Risk Vector: Firmware.” David presented a compelling overview of this topic and outlined the threat (Where is it? Why does it matter?) and best practices to deal with the threat. There were lot of compliments for David after his talk, so great job!

January 9 Details
We are happy to announce that our featured speaker on January 9, 2024 will be Anil Varma, Founder and President of InterSec, a Leesburg-based cybersecurity service provider to small and medium-sized businesses.

Anil is a seasoned cybersecurity professional with nearly 30 years of experience in both public and private sectors. His areas of specialty include cybersecurity program development; Security Engineering and Architecture; Threat and Vulnerability Management; and Governance, Risk, and Compliance.

Anil holds a MS in Computer Science from Bombay University and holds various cybersecurity certifications, including CISSP, CISM, CCSP, and CEH, among others. He is involved in various NIST Communities of Interest including Secure Software Development Framework (SSDF), Cybersecurity Supply Chain Risk Management (C-SCRM), and Zero Trust (ZT).

Anil will be joined by Nick Mistry, SVP & CISO at Lineaje, a Software Supply Chain Security provider. At Lineaje, Nick is driving methods to address the multiple challenges in securing the software supply chain including how organizations adopt secure coding practices with the aid of advanced AI technologies. Nick has experience leading cloud security, application security, and cyber initiatives at multinational corporations and government agencies including Fannie Mae, Wells Fargo, eGlobalTech, and Symantec.

Please join us on January 9 and bring a friend!

Agenda
5:30 Social hour and networking begins
6:10 Welcome and Opening remarks – Loudoun Economic Development and ATARC
6:20 A word from our sponsor
6:25 Featured Speakers – Mr. Anil Varma, President at InterSec
6:55 “Open Mic” time (brief audience announcements)
7:00 Networking continues
7:30 Adjourn