GW SSL and Cyber Programs | Panel Discussion and Reception

The College of Professional Studies (CPS) Office of Alumni Relations was launched in January 2013 with the mission of building mutually supportive, lasting and professionally rewarding relationships between the College and our alumni and fostering the same among our members within our alumni community.The Master of Professional Studies degree in Homeland Security (formerly Security & Safety Leadership) provides a pioneering education on counter-terrorism, intelligence analysis, emerging security threats, and relevant legislation, enhancing the implementation of security practices in both public and private sectors.

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---  National Security Threat Convergence:  Violent Extremism and Cybersecurity is a FREE event and reception but you must REGISTER here to attend.  Stay for the reception that will immediately follow.  ---
Violent extremism has become more sophisticated, more targeted and potentially more formidable as it fully embraces and leverages the power and reach of the web.
Join us on Wednesday, October 12 and hear leading security experts explore the threat convergence of violent extremism and cybersecurity and the implications on national security.
Agenda
*  John Perren  |  Terrorism and Radicalization
Current and emerging trends in violent extremism and how terrorist groups exploit cyber space, social media networks and other online platforms to direct political violence, and inspire and radicalize individuals around the world
*  Scott Appelgate  |  Challenges of Modern Cyber Warfare, Presenter 
Terrorism and non-state actors
*  Charles Brooks  |  The US Critical Infrastructure Sectors as Targets and Recent Examples
How government and industry are increasing cooperation to address cybersecurity threats to the US Critical Infrastructure of which 85% is owned and/or operated by the private sector. Threats include state sponsored and rogue cyber intrusions with potential political ramifications. Addresses prevention and response strategies required for a successful public/private cybersecurity partnership.  
*  Reception - complimentary food and beverages served
Speaker Biographies
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John Perren
Mr. Perren has 44 years of law enforcement and national security experience.  Mr. Perren served as the Assistant Director for the FBI’s Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate.  Mr. Perren was also the Special Agent in Charge of the FBI’s Counterterrorism Program with the responsibility to prevent and respond to all terrorism and weapon of mass destruction incidents in the National Capitol Region. In this capacity, he was in charge of the FBI’s rapid deployment teams for the Middle East. 
Prior to his appointment to the FBI in 1987, Mr. Perren was a 14 year member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC, working as a patrol officer, undercover officer and detective. 
Mr. Perren is also an Adjunct Professor with George Washington University, College of Professional Studies Master’s Program in Homeland Security where he teaches intelligence/ strategic analysis and emergency management /crisis communication. He has a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology at American University and a Master’s Degree in Criminology with a leadership emphasis in WMD at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
 
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Lieutenant Colonel Scott Applegate
Lieutenant Colonel Scott D. Applegate is an Adjunct Professor in the College of Professional Studies, instructing PSSL 6244 Information Systems Protection and PSCS 6248 Introduction to Cyber Conflict. A career military officer with more than 24 years of experience in leadership, management, communications and security, LTC Applegate has served in a variety of positions in peacetime and war including two combat tours in Iraq. 
Among his assignments, LTC Applegate served as the Chief of Defensive Cyberspace Operations for the US Army and Chief of the US Army Information Warfare Red Team conducting multidisciplinary, information warfare based vulnerability assessments of major military commands on three continents. 
LTC Applegate's professional certifications include the GCIH, CEH, CISSP, CISSP-ISSMP and NSSTI/CNS 4011 certifications. LTC Applegate holds two Masters Degrees, one in Military Studies and one in Information Technology and Information Assurance, and is currently a PhD Candidate in Information Technology at George Mason University.  He is a published author and a past speaker at a number of conferences including Hacker Halted and the International Conference on Cyber Conflict. LTC Applegate currently serves as a strategic planner and action officer for the Cyber Policy Division, J-5, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
 
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Charles Brooks
Charles (Chuck) Brooks serves as Vice President of Government Relations &amp; Marketing for Sutherland Government Solutions. He is also Chairman of the CompTIA New and Emerging Technologies Committee. Chuck has served on numerous advisory boards, including as a Technology Partner Network Advisor to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He is a subject Matter Expert to The Homeland Defense and Security Information Analysis Center (HDIAC), a Department of Defense (DoD) sponsored organization through the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC). 
Chuck served in government at the Department of Homeland Security as the first Director of Legislative Affairs for the Science &amp; Technology Directorate. He also spent six years on Capitol Hill as a Senior Advisor to the late Senator Arlen Specter and was Adjunct Faculty Member at Johns Hopkins University where he taught homeland security and Congress. 
Chuck has an MA in International relations from the University of Chicago, and a BA in Political Science from DePauw University. Chuck has been widely published on the subjects of innovation, homeland security, emerging technologies, and issues of cybersecurity in media such as FORBES, Information Week, ComputerWorld, The Hill, Federal Times, Government Security News, Homeland Security Today, MIT Sloan, and NextGov.
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