Where You Want to Be This Week for 11-17-2014

Where do you want to be this week? Now you’ll always know with our “Where You Want to Be This Week” feature, which will tell you about infosec meetups happening in your local area as of Sunday night. If you would like your event listed in our Calendar and in this post, let us know through our Submit Event form or mention it to @grecs on Twitter. Another great week of a couple of meetups to look forward to. Start off with ISSA DC Meetup on Tuesday. Then finish socializing things out with ISSA NoVA Meetup and CharmSec Meetup on Thursday. As always if you are still looking for more to do, be sure to check out @grecs‘ Twitter feed as we might post something else you’d be interested in. With that said, here are your meetups for this week as well as a preview for next week.

This Week

Tuesday (11/18)

ISSA DC Meetup – “A (Brief) History of Computer Crime” by Mark Rasch at the Center for American Progress in Washington, DC (more info)

Wednesday (11/19)

International Cryptographic Module Conference – 3 day conference (through Friday). where experts from around the world will convene at ICMC 2014 at the Hilton Hotel in Rockville, MD (more info)
ISSA Baltimore Meetup – “Re-Writing History: Finding Balance in the Need to Control or Release a Vital Weapon” by Katrice Lewis at Parsons in Columbia, MD (more info)
NovaInfosec Meetup – West – this event is in honor of the CitySec movement at Lost Rhino Brewing Company in Ashburn, VA (more info)

Thursday (11/20)

ISSA NoVA Meetup – “Expert Panel Discussion on Encryption” by Expert Panel at Noblis in Falls Church, VA (more info)
CharmSec Meetup – an informal, all-ages, citysec-style meetup of information security professionals at Heavy Seas Alehouse in Baltimore, MD (more info)

Next Week

And for those who would like to plan ahead, here is a preview of events on our calendar for next week.

No event information for next week

Remember that Baltimore Node, HacDC, Nova Labs, Reverse Space, and Unallocated Space are four local hacker spaces that also hold several standard activities each week … so check them out for more fun stuff to do. And be sure to subscribe to our RSS feed or follow us on Twitter at @novainfosec and @grecs to be alerted about any last-minute events or to receive updates on the meetups listed above. Finally, check out our Calendar for a complete list of infosec events in and around NoVA, DC, and MD.