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Fentanyl remains the leading cause of overdose deaths in the U.S., with DHS at the forefront of efforts to intercept the deadly drug at borders and within the country. From 2021 to 2024, DHS and its partners seized nearly 161,000 pounds of fentanyl and precursor chemicals, along with thousands of pill presses and related equipment. While agencies like CBP and HSI have launched operations, deployed technology, and built partnerships to disrupt trafficking networks, GAO found that DHS lacks a comprehensive program to measure how effective these efforts truly are. Strengthening data collection and performance goals would help DHS gauge progress and improve strategies to combat this ongoing crisis.

The AFCEA Las Vegas Chapter President, and the AFCEA Las Vegas Chapter Board, invite you to participate in the 5th Annual Cyber Awareness & IT Days at NNSS Nevada Field Office (NFO) - North Las Vegas. The event days will be co-hosted once again by the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS). 
The NNSS Cybersecurity Team will have an exhibit table,and will provide speakers at the event as well. 
About the NNSA/NNSS/DOE Nevada Sites
The NNSA’s Nevada Field Office (NFO) is responsible for operating and maintaining the 1,370-square-mile Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and other facilities across the United States that accomplish NNSA’s missions in stockpile stewardship, nuclear nonproliferation, counterterrorism, treaty verification, nuclear test readiness, national and international emergency response, environmental management, and science and technology development. The NNSS supports high-hazard operations, testing, training, diagnostics and instrumentation, data analysis, and materials storage; conducts criticality experiments; provides research test beds for nuclear nonproliferation and counterterrorism activities; and facilitates low-level radioactive waste material disposition. This complex employs approximately 3,000 people and has a budget of over $900 million. The complex also executes a significant Strategic Partnership Program mission, supporting such initiatives as threat reduction, first responder training, and sensor development.
About AFCEA – Las Vegas Chapter 
AFCEA is a professional association that connects people, ideas, and solutions globally.
We do that by developing networking and educational opportunities and providing them in an ethical forum. This enables the military, government, industry, and academia to align technology and strategy to meet the needs of those who serve. The AFCEA Las Vegas Chapter serves the intelligence and IT communities in the greater Las Vegas area to include Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, the Nevada Test, and Training Range, local contractors, and businesses. The chapter focuses on education for Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Intelligence.

The AFCEA Las Vegas Chapter President, and the AFCEA Las Vegas Chapter Board, invite you to participate i n the 5th Annual Cyber Awareness & IT Days at NNSS Nevada Field Office (NFO) - North Las Vegas. The event days will be co-hosted once again by the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) - Nevada National Security Sites (NNSS). The NNSS Cybersecurity Team will have an exhibit table,and will provide speakers at the event as well. About the NNSA/NNSS/DOE Nevada Sites The NNSA’s Nevada Field Office (NFO) is responsible for operating and maintaining the 1,370-square-mile Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) and other facilities across the United States that accomplish NNSA’s missions in stockpile stewardship, nuclear nonproliferation, counterterrorism, treaty verification, nuclear test readiness, national and international emergency response, environmental management, and science and technology development. The NNSS supports high-hazard operations, testing, training, diagnostics and instrumentation, data analysis, and materials storage; conducts criticality experiments; provides research test beds for nuclear nonproliferation and counterterrorism activities; and facilitates low-level radioactive waste material disposition. This complex employs approximately 3,000 people and has a budget of over $900 million. The complex also executes a significant Strategic Partnership Program mission, supporting such initiatives as threat reduction, first responder training, and sensor development. About AFCEA – Las Vegas Chapter AFCEA is a professional association that connects people, ideas, and solutions globally. We do that by developing networking and educational opportunities and providing them in an ethical forum. This enables the military, government, industry, and academia to align technology and strategy to meet the needs of those who serve. The AFCEA Las Vegas Chapter serves the intelligence and IT communities in the greater Las Vegas area to include Nellis AFB, Creech AFB, the Nevada Test, and Training Range, local contractors, and businesses. The chapter focuses on education for Cybersecurity, Information Technology, and Intelligence.

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Artificial Intelligence

Cybersecurity

Military

State and Local Government

Secret Sauce Events (SSE)

AFCEA Las Vegas

5th Annual Cyber Awareness & IT Days at NNSS Nevada

Join NCSI for a In-Agency Event
Joint Base Lindsey Graham Tech Expo
October 8, 2026
Each year NCSI produces over 100 tabletop technology expos at U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence and Federal Agency locations around the world including the Pentagon, National Security Agency, Ramstein Air Base, and the Defense Intelligence Agency to name just a few. Our technology expos are typically four (4) hours in duration and attract 20 to 50 exhibitors. These compact, yet potent, events are held on-site so that they are open and easily accessible to Senior Leaders and all other interested personnel. 
Benefits
<ul>
<li>Free admittance (Attendees must have their own access to the installation.)</li>
<li>An ethical forum to interact with the vendor community</li>
<li>Evaluate the latest emerging and mission related technologies</li>
<li>Satisfy your industry outreach goals and objectives</li>
<li>Efficient use of time…no travel involved</li>
</ul>
Innovate. Collaborate. Educate. 
The JB Lindsey Graham Tech Expo connects government and industry to collaborate on mission requirements and technology solutions. This free event, open to all JB Lindsey Graham, provides an opportunity to see the latest in emerging technologies and network with industry experts.

Join NCSI for a In-Agency Event Joint Base Lindsey Graham Tech Expo October 8, 2026 Each year NCSI produces over 100 tabletop technology expos at U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence and Federal Agency locations around the world including the Pentagon, National Security Agency, Ramstein Air Base, and the Defense Intelligence Agency to name just a few. Our technology expos are typically four (4) hours in duration and attract 20 to 50 exhibitors. These compact, yet potent, events are held on-site so that they are open and easily accessible to Senior Leaders and all other interested personnel. Benefits Free admittance (Attendees must have their own access to the installation.) An ethical forum to interact with the vendor community Evaluate the latest emerging and mission related technologies Satisfy your industry outreach goals and objectives Efficient use of time…no travel involved Innovate. Collaborate. Educate. The JB Lindsey Graham Tech Expo connects government and industry to collaborate on mission requirements and technology solutions. This free event, open to all JB Lindsey Graham, provides an opportunity to see the latest in emerging technologies and network with industry experts.

Expo / Tradeshow

Technology

Air Force

National Conference Services, Inc. (NCSI)

Joint Base Lindsey Graham Tech Expo (Formerly Joint Base Charleston)

<div style="color: #242424; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; border-image: none;">The electrical grid underpins all of the systems that support our lives, but it rarely gets the level of attention it deserves for its role in national security. In this session, Jon Monken will lay out how electricity is generated, moved, and delivered, going deep enough to be genuinely useful rather than a surface-level pass through the basics.</div>
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<div style="color: #242424; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; border-image: none;">The grid isn't background noise for the Department of War. It's critical infrastructure that every installation, every mission, and every weapons system depends on, and the vulnerabilities aren't hypothetical. Drawing on years of work bridging the energy and national security worlds, Jon will walk through where those vulnerabilities actually sit and what they cost when they're ignored.</div>
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<div style="color: #242424; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border-width: 0px; border-style: none; border-image: none;">This session will highlight what's being done about it right now at the federal level, and where the real gaps still are between what the Department knows and what it's actually doing. There will be a moderated Q&A at the end, pulling questions from the Zoom Q&A box, so attendees should come ready to interact.</div>

The electrical grid underpins all of the systems that support our lives, but it rarely gets the level of attention it deserves for its role in national security. In this session, Jon Mon ken will lay out how electricity is generated, moved, and delivered, going deep enough to be genuinely useful rather than a surface-level pass through the basics. The grid isn't background noise for the Department of War. It's critical infrastructure that every installation, every mission, and every weapons system depends on, and the vulnerabilities aren't hypothetical. Drawing on years of work bridging the energy and national security worlds, Jon will walk through where those vulnerabilities actually sit and what they cost when they're ignored. This session will highlight what's being done about it right now at the federal level, and where the real gaps still are between what the Department knows and what it's actually doing. There will be a moderated Q&A at the end, pulling questions from the Zoom Q&A box, so attendees should come ready to interact.

Virtual / Online

Security

Utilities

National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA)

Tech 101: How the Grid Works

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