| Women in AFCEA End of Summer Picnic - 08/09/2024 - Eagle Pride Golf Course, Dupont, WA The AFCEA Pacific Northwest Chapter's Inaugural Women in AFCEASocial Event! This is going to be a family friendly event with food and activities for attendees. We'd like for this to serve as a socializing event for all AFCEA members and their families. |
| How to Protect Military Base Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threats - 07/17/2024 - Tin Hut BBQ, Eagle Pride Golf Course, Dupont, WA This month's speaker is Claroty's Federal Director, Ryan Welch. He is renowned speaker on Operational Technology (OT) and Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI) cybersecurity, most recently speaking at Society of American Military Engineers JETC, Hack the Building, Splunk .conf and much more. He currently leads Claroty's efforts to secure DCI from cybersecurity attacks. His current work spans Air Force, Army, Space Force, Pentagon, NASA and much more. He is considered a leading speaker and author on topics related to OT and control system cybersecurity. His breadth of experience comes from nearly 20 years in critical infrastructure sectors where he originally got his start in space launch as an Air Force Officer out of Los Angeles Air Force Base. Since then, he has over 16 years working in the Nuclear Industry, National Labs, DoD, and most recently the tech industry protecting DCI from cybersecurity threats. |
| How to Protect Military Base Critical Infrastructure from Cyber Threats - 07/10/2024 - TBD, Tacoma, WA, WA Claroty's Federal Director Ryan Welch will be presenting on how the DoD can protect their Defense Critical Infrastructure (DCI) and Weapon Systems (WS) from Cybersecurity Threats. |
| 2024 Annual Meeting - Emerging Cyber Threats & Vulnerabilities in 2024 - 06/12/2024 - Eagle's Pride Golf Course, DuPont, WA This luncheon will serve as our Annual meeting, include the installation of newly elected officers by the RVP and provide a moderated panel of various industry experts: One from military, one from higher ed, and one from the private sector. The intent is to provide an overview of the threats that each vertical is facing, and the top threats to look out for. It will also touch on how we can collectively manage them. We will include questions on career journeys to support the attendees with future planning. Lunch will be provided and id sponsored by one of our Corporate members, Oxford Computer Group.https://oxfordcomputergroup.com/solutions/Location: Eagle's Pride Golf Course (1529 Mounts Rd SW, Dupont, WA 98327) |
| Bringing Mission-Critical Connectivity to Every Military Base - 05/15/2024 - Online, Web Boldyn Networks is a Corporate Member of AFCEA. Their mission is to provide connectivity on every military base in the USA, as well as provide special services such as Private 5G and Smart Base. |
| Wireless Priority Services for State/Fed Gov - 04/10/2024 - WA Wireless Priority Service (WPS) is a free program that provides priority access and preemption for voice and data services in emergencies. It's important for national security and can be especially useful during disasters or attacks when public telecommunications networks are congested. |
| Protecting Educational Infrastructure - 03/06/2024 - McChord Club, Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA Microsoft's Rob Thompson will be speaking on cybersecurity and how to manage the data risks within the world of education. |
| 2nd Annual Enabling Distributed C2 Symposium - 01/31/2024 - 02/01/2024 - American Lake Conference Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Tacoma, WA, WA The Pacific Northwest Chapter invites you to join us as a member, sponsor, exhibitor, or guest at our 2nd Annual C2 Symposium to enhance overall knowledge of cyber, IT, and communications warfighters serving in or focused on teh Pacific theater of operations with topics related co C2, cybersecurity, and contested logistics. |
| Social Call - 01/17/2024 - Farrelli's Pizza, DuPont, WA The 201st E-MIB Brigade Commander, COL Dave Hazelton, will present an Info Brief on the mission of 201st E-MIB during an evening social. |
| PNW Chapter President's Holiday Social - 12/27/2023 - TBD, TBD, WA Holiday Social organized by the Chapter President. |
| Cyber Resiliency and the WA ARNG Joint Operations Center - 11/29/2023 - Camp Murray, Tacoma, WA Luncheon on Cyber Resiliency and includes a walking tour of the WA Army National Guard Joint Operations Center at Camp Murray. |
| Chapter Luncheon for OCT Featuring I Corps G6 - 10/04/2023 - McChord Club, Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA I Corps ACofS G6 provides and update to what I Corps is experimenting with in the Pacific Theater regarding Distributed Command and Control Nodes (DC2N). |
| International Cyber Law and Policy - 09/13/2023 - Joint Base Lewis McChord, WA International Cyber Law and Policy. Professor Sean Watts is a professor at West Point and a former Tank Commander Executive Officer. He is also Cyber Defense specialist and lives a few miles east of JBLM. https://www.westpoint.edu/law/profile/sean_watts |