AFCEA Nova Luncheon

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About this Event

In response to the Trump Administration’s 6 June 2025 Executive Order: Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Reprioritizes Cybersecurity Efforts to Protect America – The White House. This event will host Government, Academia, and Industry Leaders to discuss both critical requirements and proposed approaches for enhancing DoD Critical Infrastructure Cyber Defense against growing attacks from Nation State Cyber Actors. 

Location

George Mason University - FUSE Mason Square

 ​​​​​​(GPS Address: Founders Way North, Arlington VA 22201)

Registration Fees

Not a AFCEA NOVA member? You can join AFCEA for $75 year! Follow this link to become a member: 

https://www.afcea.org/portal/imemb/newmembexp.jsp

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Registration will close three days prior to the event.

*Reserved for current government and active duty military – excludes government contractors. Must have a valid .gov or .mil email address.

Agenda

AFCEA NOVA, has organized this event making a good-faith effort to meet the requirements of a “widely attended gathering,” (WAG) as defined in federal government ethics regulations applicable to executive agency employees and officials. It is recommended that federal government invitees receive written authorization from their agency designee prior to attending this event.

Keynote

John Garstka, SES

Director, Cyber Warfare
Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management (PWPM), Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment (OUSD(A&S))

Mr. John Garstka, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Director for Cyber Warfare within...(read more)

Panelists

CAPT Derek Dye, USN

Cyber Capabilities Branch Head
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Naval Operations for Information Warfare, Cryptologic, Electronic, and Cyber Warfare

CAPT Derek Dye, a native of Maryland, was commissioned in 2002 from Officer Candidate School. CAPT D...(read more)

Dr. Georgiann (George) Shea

Chief Technologist, CCTI’s Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab
Foundation for Defense of Democracies

Dr. Georgianna “George” Shea is a nationally respected cybersecurity leader and Chief Technologist a...(read more)

Dr. Matthew Jablonski

Assistant Professor, Department of Cyber Security Engineering
George Mason University

Dr. Matthew Jablonski is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cyber Security Engineering at G...(read more)

Moderator: Ms. Nirali Chawla

VP, Programs
AFCEA NOVA