AFCEA London

Almost 200 VIP Guests and Industry colleagues joined us in Founders' Dining Hall at Royal Holloway, University of London for our 70th Anniversary Dinner. This was the final event of our 2023 / 2024 season of meetings and events and we most definitely ended with a bang! Our thanks go to Mike Wilson London Chapter Presdent for hosting the evening; Erich Staudacher GM AFCEA Europe, for bringing a congratulatory message from Susan Lawrence - President AFCEA International and to Maj Gen (rtd) Bill Robins for a brilliant and well received after dinner speech. Many congratulations also go to Tom Ashbridge - not only for his recent promotion to AVM, but also on his Chairman's Superior Performance Award from #AFCEA International. Thanks also to the excellent events team and the whole crew at Royal Holloway for managing the evening so smoothly for us.

We look forward to hosting our members and guests to the Cyber Dinner 2024 tomorrow. A great evening at Royal Holloway, University of London is ahead - with Academia, Industry and Government coming together to discuss technological development and innovation in the sector. We look forward to seeing you there. Follow the page to hear about our upcoming London events from September onwards in our 24/25 season. #afcealondon #afcea

AFCEA London Chapter - 70th Anniversary Dinner - Royal Holloway - 26th June. As a result of the spreadsheet pixies undertaking a bit of dusting and cleaning, we have found four unallocated Individual seats for the dinner. If you haven't already booked to attend and would like to be there, please contact me ASAP. These are being made available on a first come first served basis. Member price - £130 ea; Non-Member price - £170 ea; Mil / gov price - £110 ea. As we were already "fully subscribed", the official event web registration / booking link has been disabled. Successful applicants will need to pay by credit card, using an ad-hoc payment link that I will provide.

Happy teams reaching the end of the Lockbox challenges set by our hosts at Garrison last evening.

A fantastic night at Garrison. Thanks to all those who came. For those who missed out... follow our page to make sure you don't miss future events. Thanks to Garrison for hosting our Emerging Leaders!

🌟 AFCEA London Emerging Leaders Networking Event: May 2, 2024 🌟 Dear AFCEA London Community, We’re thrilled to announce our upcoming Emerging Leaders Networking Event! Mark your calendars for Thursday, May 2, 2024, as we gather for an exciting evening of camaraderie, challenges, and networking. 📍 Venue: Garrison Technology Offices (Conveniently located near Waterloo Station) 🌐 Who Should Attend? Young Professionals: If you’re an Emerging Leader, Grad Trainee, or Apprentice, this event is tailor-made for you! Defence, Military, and Industry Enthusiasts: Join us to connect with like-minded individuals from diverse backgrounds. 🎟️ Limited Spaces Available: Due to venue capacity constraints, we can accommodate a maximum of 40 AFCEA members and guests. Don’t miss out—reserve your spot now! https://lnkd.in/eaKkwE78 📩 RSVP: Contact Todd Lynes, our AFCEA London Emerging Leaders lead, ASAP to express your interest in attending. Or comment below or follow the link! Let’s come together, learn, and forge meaningful connections. See you there! 🤝🌐🚀 #AFCEALondon #EmergingLeaders #NetworkingEvent #ProfessionalDevelopment

Hello all! We have a networking event coming up on 2 May - Hosted by Garrison Technologies in London Waterloo. There will be Pizza and Drinks available! There are limited spaces available, so please have a look at our website and or contact Todd Lynes to secure your place! This will be featuring some interactive technology challenges ahead of a networking session for people in the Defence Industry - a must attend! This is aimed at those in the Emerging Leaders category. Visit our website for more information, or contact Todd Lynes. https://lnkd.in/eaKkwE78

The guest speaker for our 1st February 2024 meeting will be Tim Erridge, EMEA Vice President of Services, Palo Alto’s Unit 42. The topic for Tim’s presentation will be “How to use Threat Intelligence to build sustainable cyber resilience”.  He will cover understanding what good cyber threat intel looks like; how to use it to define the requirements of a cyber resilience program from PIR’s; scenario analysis; Table Tops; control selection; SOC optimisation and crisis recovery planning. Unit 42 Vice President Tim Erridge is a highly accomplished cybersecurity innovator, who is a recognised expert in driving solutions that enable global organizations to protect their networks and data amid today’s ever-evolving threat landscape. For more than two decades, with his deep technical expertise and business acumen, he has advanced intelligence-led cybersecurity strategy and operations management across a variety of industries and within large, complex multinationals. He is also a distinguished thought leader in cybersecurity, frequently sharing his insights at industry events and in whitepapers and publications. PaloAlto are very kindly hosting us in their Executive Briefing Suite on the 55th Floor at  22 Bishopsgate, Liverpool Street  EC2N 4BQ. Registrations are open and the closing date for bookings will be Friday 26th January. Please note that numbers will be limited to 60 – first come first served. https://lnkd.in/euvKtxss

Transport update for those of you who have registered to attend the London Chapter Meeting on 11th Jan: The strike action planned for the London Underground has been suspended. That's good news for us, so we look forward to seeing you there!

AFCEA London Chapter - Secrets, Silk & Cyanide - Maj Gen (rtd) Bill Robins - RAF Club The AFCEA London Chapter will be marking its 70th Anniversary year in 2024. In 1954, the UK was still rebuilding after WWII; the Korean War had only just ended; conscription for National Service was in place; there was still some food rationing and we were in the early years of the Cold War.    Our 11th January 2024 meeting will be held in the Battle of Britain Suite in the RAF Club, when our guest speaker will be Maj Gen (Retd) Bill Robins. His talk, Secrets, Silk and Cyanide, will cover the clandestine agencies hosted in many of the great houses around Buckinghamshire during the Second World War. It will summarise the work of eleven of them and then focus on the Special Operations Executive (SOE), its wireless stations at Poundon and Grendon Underwood and their role in communicating with agents and resistance movements in Europe.  The talk will outline the vital role of the women of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) and will cover SOE’s frequently toxic relationship with its sister agency, the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS).    The talk highlights the primacy of HF radio and manual cryptography to support this work, and the mistakes which led to the tragic fate of both the French Prosper network and the Dutch network. It outlines the work of some of the FANY agents operating undercover in France: the gentle wireless operator Noor Inayat Khan, the feisty Violette Szabo and the redoubtable Odette Churchill. You will learn of the work by the young SOE Codemaster, Leo Marks, and of another FANY, the combat leader Pearl Witherington and her 2000 maquisards, as they battled to delay the German armour trying to get to the Normandy beaches to defeat the allied landings.  Finally, the talk will outline two opposing views of the morality of these subversive and pitiless operations.   Registrations are open and the closing date for bookings will be Friday 5th January. Please note that numbers will be limited to 50 – first come first served.