Cyber risk in industrial environments carries consequences far beyond data loss—it can disrupt essential services, damage equipment, impact safety, and affect entire communities. In the utilities sector, this risk is operational, immediate, and escalating. Water treatment plants, electric grids, and energy distribution networks are now routine targets for adversaries seeking to exploit weaknesses in industrial control systems with tradit...

Cybersecurity policies are the foundation of any governance program, setting expectations for workforce behavior and establishing the rules that support compliance and risk management. But policies can quickly become outdated as new threats emerge, standards evolve, and regulators raise the bar. Each year, SANS, in partnership with the CRF, updates its library of cybersecurity policy templates to reflect current best practices and provide orga...

Geo Week, February 16-18, 2026 in Denver, convenes geospatial and mapping professionals from nearly a dozen vertical markets (e.g. AEC). It includes co-located user meetings (ASPRS, Reality Capture Network, WGIC and more to be announced). The 2025 event had 3,600+ registrants, and hosted a record 3,222 actual delegates onsite (up 8%+), including international attendees from 50+ nations. Geo Week 2026, with the theme Harness The Power Of Geospa...

Join more than 10,000 influential leaders from the cybersecurity community at CyberWeek, the nation’s largest week-long cybersecurity festival focused on digital threats, online privacy, security innovation and the U.S. government’s work to defend the nation's cyberspace. CyberWeek is an annual movement bringing together top C-Suite leaders, information security professionals, security researchers, state and federal officials and o...

Mark your calendars for the 36th Annual Special Operations Symposium, taking place Feb 17-18, 2026 in Washington, DC. Complex, dynamic, asymmetric, technological, and intense – all are adjectives commonly used to describe modern conflict. Importantly, these are all adjectives that play to the strengths of special operations. While the return to great strategic competition has changed the stakes and arenas of conflict, its fundamental nat...

Prepare yourself and your organization for an inspiring and strategic exchange of ideas at the 40th Annual National Logistics Forum, a premier event dedicated to driving Logistics Readiness through innovative AI applications and the foundational principles of the Warrior Ethos. This highly anticipated gathering provides a unique platform to engage with government officials, industry leaders, logistics experts, and Partner Nations/Allies commit...

The 2026 AFCEA North Carolina Innovation Summit (formerly the “TechNet Fort Liberty Symposium & Exposition”) will be held February 17–19, 2026 at The Crown Complex in Fayetteville, NC. The Summit offers a critical opportunity for experts and leaders from across the Army and Fort Bragg community to address various sides of the tough, controversial issues facing FORSCOM, USARC, USASOC, JSOC, NEC, and other communities on Fo...

Join NCSI for an In-Agency Event Ramstein AB Tech Expo February 18, 2026 Each year NCSI produces over 100 tabletop technology expos at U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence and Federal Agency locations around the world including the Pentagon, National Security Agency, Ramstein Air Base, and the Defense Intelligence Agency to name just a few. Our technology expos are typically four (4) hours in duration and attract 20 to 50 exhibitors. Th...

This webcast explores the evolution of machine learning context-based prompting, RAG, Agentic AI, and fine-tuning and associated risks. Learning ObjectivesUnderstand the architectural evolution from prompting to RAG to fine-tuningRecognize the technical and security risks at each layerGain practical insights into implementing secure fine-tuning Prerequisite KnowledgeCode samples in Python will be shown during the presentation. Basic knowledge...