AFCEA Calendar https://www.afcea.org/calendar/ en-us Copyright AFCEA International AFCEA International Calendar http://www.afceabethesda.org/bigdata AFCEA Bethesda's Big Data Technology Symposium - 01/14/2014 - The Mayflower Renaissance, Washington, DC http://www.afceabethesda.org/bigdata Big Data is exponential growth of data being collected today. Last year IBM reported that 2.5 exabytes of data was being created on a daily basis. As massive amounts of information become more readily available, the government has the opportunity to transform this data into intelligence, enabling agencies to make better decisions and meet their mission objectives. In today s budget-constrained environment, a Big Data strategy can help government identify insights, trends and patterns that can create greater operational efficiencies, while providing better customer service and lower an agency s costs . However, along with the enormous amount of disparate data sets produced by a variety of sources and devices, comes a multitude of challenges.Join AFCEA Bethesda for the 3rd Annual Big Data Symposium on Tuesday, January 14, 2014 at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC to hear leading industry and government speakers and panelists discuss lessons learned from the implementation of their big data projects. https://www.afcea.org/calendar/eventdet.jsp?event_id=31236 Monthly AFCEA Hampton Roads Chapter Luncheon with Rear Admiral Scot Jerabek, Commander Navy Warfare Development Command (Confirmed) - 01/14/2014 - Hilton Norfolk Airport, 1500 N. Military Highway, Norfolk, VA https://www.afcea.org/calendar/eventdet.jsp?event_id=31236 A monthly luncheon attended primarily by military (mostly Navy, but the other Services, including the USCG, are represented), and many contractor organizations, the focus of AFCEA Hampton Roads monthly luncheons is on topics related to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Military membership, interested in the direction of technology and policy evolving for the out years; and corporate attendees, interested in potential developments in technology, understanding the drivers and policy dictating the direction the Department is headed, and getting insight into where they need to focus their R&D and corporate efforts in general, and in the Hampton Roads area specifically are offered presentations by military and government leadership from across the region. http://oklahoma.afceachapter.org/events.php Breaking TOR Anonymity - 01/14/2014 - Tinker Club Ballroom, Tinker AFB, OK http://oklahoma.afceachapter.org/events.php The TOR network (onion routing) provides anonymity, has wide support and enjoys great popularity. TOR is often used for malicious activities such as network attacks or SPAM. The goal of TOR is to provide anonymity but also security on the internet. The TOR project began in the year 2000 at Cambridge University and was supported by the Office of Naval Research and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). TOR is used by governments, businesses as well as private citizens who want to stay anonymous for various reasons.