Cyber Defense News & Events

Center for Cyber Defense Director Dr. Kenneth Williams explains how attracting and retaining cybersecurity professionals is more critical now than ever. Security Magazine, March 1, 2018

National CyberWatch Center names Dr. Kenneth Williams to their Curriculum Standards Panel. APUS Newsroom, October 3, 2017

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CAE Sponsored Events

Traffic Analysis for Cybersecurity - FREE 2-day course May 30, 2018 | Online
NACE Workshop June 9 & 10, 2018 | New Orleans, LA
2018 CAE Virtual Career Fair October 5, 2018 9:00 am to 1:00 pm PDT | Online

2018 Industry Conferences

IEEE Cyber 2018 July 19 - 23, 2018 | Tianjin, China
Black Hat USA 2018 August 4 - 9, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
Security Awareness Summit & Training 2018 August 8 - Aug 15, 2018 | Charleston, SC
DEF CON 26 August 9 - 12, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
8th Annual Cyber Security Training & Technology Forum (CSTTF) August 22 - 23, 2018 | Colorado Springs, CO
9th Annual Cybersecurity Summit September 6, 2018 | Washington, DC
SecureWorld Detroit September 12 - 13, 2018 | Dearborn, MI
Hacker Halted 2018 September 13 - 14, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
The Diversity Gap: From Obstacles to Opportunities September 17 - 19, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
2018 IEEE AUTOTESTCON September 17 - 20, 2018 | National Harbor, MD
SecureWorld St. Louis September 18 - 19, 2018 | St. Louis, MO
2018 IEEE Cybersecurity Development (SecDev) September 30 – October 2, 2018 | Hyatt Regency Cambridge, MA
2018 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE) October 3 - 6, 2018 | San Jose, CA
(ISC)2 Security Congress October 8 - 10, 2018 | New Orleans, LA
ManuSec (Cyber Security For Critical Manufacturing) October 9 - 10, 2018 | Chicago, IL
International Criminology Conference Oct. 12, 2018. Washington, D.C.
Current AMU students interested in discounted attendance to this co-sponsored event, contact cyber@apus.edu for more information.
CSX 2018 North America October 15 - 17, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
LASCON 2018 October 25 - 26, 2018 | Austin, TX
SecureWorld Denver October 31 – November 1, 2018 | Denver, CO
9th Annual NICE (National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education) 2017 Conference & Expo November 5 - 9, 2018 | TBA
The Fourth International Conference on Information Security and Digital Forensics (ISDF2018) December 7 - 9, 2018 | Metropolitan College, Thessaloniki, Greece

Previous Conferences

Blockchain Protocol Analysis and Security Engineering 2018 January 24 - 26, 2018 | Stanford, CA
Threat Intelligence Summit 2018 January 29 - February 5, 2018 | Bethesda, MD
AFCEA West 2018 February 6 - 8, 2018 | San Diego, CA
16th USENIX Conference on File and Storage Technologies February 12 - 15, 2018 | Oakland, CA
NDSS Symposium 2018 February 18 - 21, 2018 | San Diego, CA
2018 DICE Summit February 20 - 22, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
UMSA Student360 2018 (Cyber Career Fair) February 24, 2018 | Richfield, MN
CSO 50 Conference + Awards February 26 - 28, 2018 | Scottsdale, AZ
Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) 2018 March 5 - 9, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
13th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security ICCWS March 8 - 9, 2018 | Washington, DC
CyberSecurity For Critical Assets USA (CS4CA) March 8-9, 2018 | Washington, DC
2018 31st Annual FISSEA Conference March 14-15, 2018 | Gaithersburg, MD
SecureWorld Boston March 14 - 15, 2018 | Boston, MA
2017 ISSA International Conference October 10, 2017 | San Diego, CA
Insider Threat 2018 Summit March 19 – 20, 2018 | Monterey, CA
8th ACM Conference on Data and Applications Security and Privacy March 19 - 21, 2018 | Tempe, AZ
InfoSec World 2018 March 19 - 21, 2018 | Lake Buena Vista, FL
Women in Cybersecurity March 23 - 24, 2018 | Chicago, IL
BloomCON March 23 - 25, 2018 | Bloomsburg, PA
17th Annual Security Conference March 26 - 28, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
Automotive Cyber Security Summit March 26 - 28, 2018 | Detroit, MI
Global Privacy Summit 2018 March 27 - 28, 2018 | Washington, DC
IT Security Entrepreneurs' Forum Bridging the Gap Between Silicon Valley & the Beltway March 28 - 29, 2017 | Mountain View, CA
SecureWorld Philadelphia March 28 - 29, 2018 | King of Prussia, PA
Coast Guard Intelligence Industry Day April 7, 2018 | Chantilly, VA
15th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation April 9 - 11, 2018 | Renton, WA
ISSA CISO Executive Forum: Emerging Technology April 14 - 15, 2018 | San Francisco, CA
RSA Conference USA April 16 - 20, 2018 | San Francisco, CA
2018 Integrated Communications, Navigation and Surveillance Conference (ICNS) April 10 - 12, 2018 | Herndon, VA
InfoSec Southwest 2018 April 11 - 13, 2018 | Austin, TX
CypherCon April 12 - 13, 2018 | Milwaukee, WI
Hak4Kidz Milwaukee April 14, 2018 | Milwaukee, WI
ISSA CISO Executive Forum: Emerging Technology April 14 - 15, 2018 | San Francisco, CA
34th Space Symposium April 16 - 19, 2018 | Colorado Springs, CO
2018 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf17) April 23 - 27, 2018 | Oklahoma City, OK
EnergySec Professional Education April 23 - 27, 2018 | Phoenix, AZ
Infiltrate April 26 - 27, 2018 | Miami Beach, FL
ITNG 2018 Information Technology: New Generations April 16-18, 2018, Las Vegas, NV
Dr. Kenneth Williams presented: The Role of CAE-CDE in Cybersecurity Education for Workforce Development
2018 North America CACS April 30 – May 2, 2018 | Chicago, IL
Interop Las Vegas April 30 – May 4, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
ISSA Los Angeles Security Summit May 2 - 4, 2018 | Hilton Universal City, CA
Thotcon May 4 - 5, 2018 | Chicago, IL
(ISC)2 Secure Summit DC 2018 May 7 - 9, 2018 | Washington, DC
The Rocky Mountain Information Security Conference May 8 - 10, 2018 | Denver, CO
SOURCE Boston May 9 - 10, 2018 | Boston, MA
Secure360 Twin Cities 2018 May 15 - 16, 2018 | Minneapolis, MN
AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium May 15 - 17, 2018 | Baltimore, MD
Symposium on Electronic Crime Research May 15 - 17, 2018 | San Diego, CA
SecureWorld Houston May 17, 2018 | Houston, TX
Hack Miami - HACKMIAMICON 6 May 18 - 20, 2018 | Miami, FL
NolaCon May 18 - 20, 2018 | New Orleans, LA
RECon 2018 May 20 - 23, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
39th IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy May 21 - 23, 2018 | San Francisco, CA
Enfuse 2018 May 21 - 24, 2018 | Las Vegas, NV
LayerOne May 25 - 27, 2018 | Los Angeles, CA
SecureWorld Atlanta May 30 - 31, 2018 | Atlanta, GA
2018 IEEE Conference on Communications and Network Security (CNS) May 30 – June 1, 2018 | Beijing, China
SC Congress New York May 31, 2018 | New York City, NY
CircleCityCon June 1 - 3, 2018 | Indianapolis, IN
Techno Security & Forensics Investigations Conference June 3 - 6, 2018 | Myrtle Beach, SC
2018 New York State Cyber Security Conference June 5 - 6, 2018 | Albany, NY
National Cyber Security Summit June 5 - 7, 2018 | Huntsville, AL
2018 National Homeland Security Conference June 9 - 8, 2018 | NYC, NY
NRF PROTECT 2018 June 11 - 13, 2018 | Dallas, TX
22nd Colloquium for Information Systems Security Education June 11 - 13, 2018 | New Orleans, LA
RESET: Exploring the Evolving Cyber Threat Landscape, Insights from 15+ Female Experts in Cyber Security June 14, 2018 | London, UK
Akamai Government Forum 2018 June 14, 2018 | Washington, DC
Cloud Identity Summit 2017 June 24 - 27, 2018 | Boston, MA
EDGE 2018 June 25 - 30, 2018 | Seattle, WA
Escar USA 2018 June 20 - 21, 2018 | Detroit Metropolitan, MI
17th Annual Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2018) June 18 - 19, 2018 | Innsbruck, Austria