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San Diego Event On-Person and Online:

  • USD Belanich Engineering Center - Room 004 5998 Alcala Park San Diego, CA, 92110 United States (map)

PLEASE NOTE!
Effective January 2023, On-premises meetings are now at the USD Belanich Engineering Center and online via Zoom. Please contact us at isacasandiego@gmail.com with any questions.


TOPIC:
Introducing the San Diego Regional Cyber Lab!

DESCRIPTION
The San Diego Regional Cyber Lab’s mission is to provide the greater San Diego region with coordinated cybersecurity awareness through collaborative access to tools, intelligence, and a trained and capable workforce. This group – consisting of cybersecurity experts, academics, local CEOs and public officials – works together to enhance cybersecurity resilience through timely sharing of information and analysis, and provides specialized training with safe environments to simulate and defend against cyberattacks.

 Join us as Darren Bennett and Ian Brazill discuss the newly launched Regional Cyber Lab in Downtown San Diego and its many physical and virtual offerings to the region, including what YOU can do to participate in the lab’s efforts to lift up the cyber maturity of the San Diego region.

SPEAKERS:

  • Darren Bennett - Chief Information Security Officer (City of San Diego)
    Darren Bennett is a global information and cybersecurity leader with more than 20 years experience in information security, focusing on all aspects of cyber, information and physical security. As the Chief Information Security Officer for the City of San Diego, Bennett is responsible for the security of all information systems used by the City. As the Regional Coordinator for the FBI Computer Science Program, Bennett served as a trusted adviser for the FBI and provided leadership and guidance regarding cyber-investigations to more than 25 computer scientists across 15 separate FBI divisions located across the western United States.
    Visit Darren on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darren-l-bennett/

  • Ian Brazill - Program Manager & Cyber Lab Lead (City of San Diego)
    Ian Brazill is a Program Manager with the City of San Diego’s Department of Information Technology. Working primarily with the Department’s Architecture & Engineering Division, Ian’s core areas of responsibility include PCI compliance, financial management, the San Diego Regional Cyber Lab, and more. Ian has worked for the City of San Diego for close to 7 years and is currently a graduate student at San Diego State University.
    Visit Ian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ianbrazill/

DETAILS:
Date: Thursday, January 19
Time: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.
Location: On-Premises and Online via Zoom
CPE: 1

ON PREMISES
USD Belanich Engineering Center - Room 004 (in the basement)
5998 Alcala Park
San Diego, CA 92110

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Attendance capacity is limited to 32
Note: There is a $1.25 per hour charge or so for parking

ONLINE
Online access is available via the chapter’s Zoom account (registration below).
Attendance capacity is 500