January 2026 Lunch N Learn
This event will be both educational and informative. Attendees are eligible to earn ISC2 and ISACA CPE credits by providing their membership numbers. Certificates for ISC2 and ISACA CPEs will be issued following the event.
Speaker:
G. Mark Hardy is the President of National Security Corporation and has been a trusted provider of information security expertise to government, military, and commercial clients for over 30 years. A long-standing industry veteran, he has led the information security consulting firm he founded in 1988.
G. Mark is the author of the Information Security Handbook for Enterprise Computing and the Client/Server Security Handbook, and he is a contributing author to Network Security Secrets. He has served on three ANSI committees responsible for developing security standards for the financial and e-commerce industries.
A retired Captain in the U.S. Navy Reserve, G. Mark is the former President of the 20,000-member Association of the United States Navy and has served in command nine times throughout his distinguished military career.
Event Sponsors: 
Title of Event: Defending Truth in an Age of Cyber Deception
Event Summary:
Join us at Charley’s for an engaging discussion with G Mark Hardy on how misinformation, disinformation, and cyber-enabled deception are accelerating at unprecedented speed. Distinguishing truth from manipulation has become a critical challenge for organizations and societies alike. This session explores how modern deception operates from state-sponsored information warfare and disinformation campaigns to AI-driven deepfakes and narrative manipulation and why traditional defenses are no longer sufficient.
Drawing on historical examples, contemporary cyber operations, and real-world case studies, this talk examines the mechanisms used to distort, suppress, and amplify false narratives. Attendees will gain practical insight into how deception exploits human and organizational vulnerabilities, and what leaders can do to establish effective “truth operations” that strengthen resilience, improve decision-making, and defend trust in an increasingly deceptive digital landscape.
The event will also feature a session with Cribl on observability and security data management, focused on helping organizations gain flexibility, reduce complexity, and control costs across logs, metrics, events, and traces.
Agenda: (Agenda time may be changed or updated – Lunch will be served during the presentation)
11:00 – 11:25 Registration
11:25 – 11:40 Welcome and Introductions
11:40 – 12:10 Cribl Presentation
12:10 – 12:50 G Mark Presentation
12:50 – 1:00 Q & A / Presentation Conclusion
