The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) first began its journey back in 2019. After long delays, lack of formal communications by the U.S. Government, and overall fatigue by industry on the topic of CMMC, many businesses remain unready to meet contractual obligations as defined by the FAR and DFARS. As of August 2024, the CMMC rule has now been fully vetted by the U.S. Government and is slated for adoption in CFR 32 and 48 this O...

AFCEA NOVA Naval IT Day 2024Delivering Warfighting Excellence at Speed Through Modernization, Emerging Capabilities, and World Class Talent With over 7,000 individual and corporate members, our chapter boasts the largest membership in the AFCEA International community. Our chapter is blessed with the hometown advantage of having the Pentagon in our back yard, the Nation's Capital right next door, and the backbone of the Internet at our center....

Advancing Innovation & Technology Solutions focusing on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics, Cybersecurity and IT Modernization.

Join us for our Annual Fall Golf Tournament! AFCEA Central Maryland Chapter (AFCEA-CMD) is a non-profit membership association dedicated to providing an ethical, interactive forum for sharing knowledge and building relationships across government, military, industry and academia. Our Chapter focuses primarily on enabling the intelligence missions of today and tomorrow through education and investment in talented people. We accomplish our goal...

This session focuses on discussing topics that affect the Central Virginia defense, intelligence, and veteran communities. We use this time to meet each other, share interests, and brainstorm ways to bring the community together. We learn more about each other's businesses and share ideas to use the chapter to better inform the community of topics related to national security.

We are continuing the Small Business Workshop series with a session focused on funding. How do you secure it, take advantage and responsibly use it to make your business better positioned to advance in today's environment? Lunch is included - Stay tuned for further information!

In order to maintain the strategic advantage of information dominance over near-peer adversaries, we must leverage cutting edge data transfer and collaboration capabilities across the connected battlefield with cybersecure solutions approved to protect sensitive and classified data.

Valuable professional networking opportunity hosted at company sponsor site. Beverages/appetizers are provided. AFCEA members and non-members of all work backgrounds are invited to participate. There is no cost required to attend this event.

Mr. Walt Jackim who is the Deputy Director at PEO Access and Space will provide an overview of What’s Next in Space. Come Learn how your organization can best support PEO Assured Access to Space. The event is free for AFCEA members, current government, and active military. The cost is $10 for all others at the door, so join today! AFCEA is a professional association based in Washington, D.C. and is an educationally oriented, non-profit,...

Government agencies are rapidly adopting Kubernetes security solutions, driven by the growing demand for robust security in containerized application development. Yet, as applications near the end of their software development lifecycle, they are often deemed "secure" simply because their artifacts, images, libraries and components have been scanned, checked for compliance with regulatory standards and possibly equipped with runtime security....