Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

5:30pm - 6:00pm - Networking and Pizza

6:00pm – 6:30pm - Business Meeting

6:30pm - 7:30pm - Cyber Crime Presentation by Special Agent Craigh Myers, FBI

Special Agent (SA) Craigh Myers began his career with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in December 1999, working with New York's Joint Terrorism Task Force. From 2002 to 2009, SA Myers worked National Security matters until he was assigned to work Cyber in the Norfolk Field Office.

SA Myers graduated with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and he uses his acquired knowledge to investigate cases involving computers and the Internet. Prior to working for the FBI, SA Myers served in the Naval Reserve for 12 years. 

Topic:  Cyber Crime 

The FBI's cyber mission is four-fold:  first and foremost, to stop those behind the most serious computer intrusions and the spread of malicious code; second, to identify and thwart online sexual predators who use the Internet to meet and exploit children and to produce, possess, or share child pornography; third, to counteract operations that target U.S. intellectual property, endangering our national security and competitiveness; and fourth, to dismantle national and transnational organized criminal enterprises engaging in Internet fraud.  Pursuant to the National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace signed by the President, the Department of Justice and the FBI lead the national effort to investigate and prosecute cybercrime.  SA Craigh Myers will discuss ways agencies can work together to prevent these cyber crimes from occurring and explain how the FBI handles such investigations.

Where: Suite 450 (adjacent to elevator) Booz Allen Hamilton, 5800 Lake Wright Drive, Norfolk, VA

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Doors to the building lock at around six pm.  If you arrive late, contact 757 892 6451 and we'll come let you in.

LAST MONTH's MEETING

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

Terrorism Presentation by Special Agent Pat Coureas, FBI

Special Agent (SA) Patricia Coureas has been with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for 25 years.  She started her career with the FBI out of the Milwaukee Division, continued her career in New York, and finally here in the Norfolk Field Office where she serves on the Joint Terrorism Task Force.  In her current role, SA Coureas has served overseas on additional assignments as an Advanced Police Instructor in Malaysia, Budapest, and Iraq.  SA Coureas graduated with a B.S. from The University of Virginia and earned her Master's Degree in Education from Virginia Commonwealth University.  Prior to working for the FBI, she taught middle-school Math in Richmond.