Cyber Expert Shares Real-World Experience With Students

Scott J. White, director of the cybersecurity program and Cyber Academy at George Washington University, gave a wide-ranging talk at the chapter's September kickoff luncheon. About 55 students listened to White speak about his path to becoming an intelligence officer Canadian Security Intelligence Service and his transition to academia. He stressed the need for individuals aspiring to join the intelligence community or security sector to incorporate security as a lifestyle and a way of thinking in their daily affairs and the importance of being grounded in some hobby or activity outside of work. Students also learned about the prevalence of spies in the Washington, D.C., area and the need to be especially guarded against potential recruitment efforts by foreign adversaries. The talk concluded with a brief question-and-answer session.

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