ISSA Sacramento Valley Chapter Meeting - 1/16/2026 - Cybersecurity Forecast 2026
2026-01-16 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento CA, Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento, CA, United States
Speaker: Zach Coker
Topic: Preparing for Threats to Come: Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 (Slides)
Synopsis: Every November, Google Cloud Security aims to equip organizations with the knowledge needed to stay ahead of threats it anticipates in the coming year. The Cybersecurity Forecast 2026 report provides comprehensive insights to help security leaders and teams prepare for those challenges. Google’s Zach Coker will give us a summary of the chief threats that Google Cloud Security anticipates our organizations will face in 2026.
Speaker Bio: Zachary Coker is a Security Customer Engineer for Google Public Sector. He specializes in guiding state, local, and education clients through the Google Cloud Security portfolio.
His career began in the US Navy as a Cryptologic Technician, supporting the National Security Agency. Prior to his current role, Zach served as a Mandiant MDR Consultant, where he provided incident response services and delivered threat intelligence briefings.
Zach holds a Master of Science in Management Information Systems (MS-MIS) from Florida State University, as well as several Google Cloud certifications, Certified Incident Handler (GCIH), and Penetration Tester (GPEN). He lives in Lincoln, CA with his wife and two sons.
Meeting Details: This will be a hybrid meeting (both in-person and on-line). You may attend remotely via Zoom (see below) or attend in person at Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento CA. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees.
Please register for the meeting below.
You don’t have to be a member of ISSA to attend our meetings (but we encourage you to join us!). Please share information about this meeting with your friends and colleagues who have an interest in information security.
This is hybrid meeting on Zoom and in-person.
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84186623031?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 841 8662 3031
Passcode: [REDACTED]

ISSA Sacramento Valley Chapter Meeting - 2/20/2026 - Future State Cybersecurity Program
2026-02-20 11:30 - 13:00 | ISSA Chapter Meeting, On-Line, via Zoom, CA, United States
THIS IS AN ON-LINE ONLY MEETING. (We could not secure a meeting location.)
Speaker: Paul Grabow, Principal Advisor, Cybersecurity Grant Advisors LLC
Topic: Towards a Future State Cybersecurity Program (Public Sector Edition)
Synopsis: Many public sector programs are still fighting today’s attacks with yesterday’s operating models. Paul Grabow will outline a near‑term, achievable future‑state model for public sector cybersecurity that fully leverages NLP, ML, generative AI, and semi‑autonomous agents, backed by strong governance and leadership. He’ll connect emerging AI‑driven tools with frameworks like NIST NICE, CSF, and ISO 27001, and highlight the leadership, structural, and vendor‑risk changes needed to make it real.
Public sector CISOs, program managers, and consultants will leave with a notional Future State Program and potential approaches to start modernizing their programs before the next budget and threat cycle hits. They will also be invited to work collaboratively to refine the Future State Program concept.
Speaker Bio: Paul is a principal cybersecurity professional with a decades long career evaluating, defining, advocating, and driving policies, programs, processes, strategies, and technologies to advance cybersecurity, strengthen the resiliency of computing ecosystems, increase awareness of threats, and manage risk factors across environments.
His background includes information security leadership positions for the US Senate, Office of the Sergeant At Arms and staff positions with the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System. Additionally, along with work at the Judicial Council of California and contract for a State of California startup agency, he may be the first (and at this point in time only) person in this field who has worked in all three branches of government! He also helped brainstorm the concept of a Federal Scholarship for Service program while serving in the White House PCAST working group.
He is currently working on how to incorporate AI technologies into the infosec/cybersecurity profession at the strategic/tactical/operational levels. He asks you to “Please contact me for further information and how we may collaborate in this technology!”
Meeting Details: This is an on-line meeting only. See the Zoom link below.
This will be a hybrid meeting (both in-person and on-line). You may attend remotely via Zoom (see below) or attend in person at Capsity, 3808 Broadway, Sacramento CA. Lunch will be provided to in-person attendees.
Please register for the meeting below.
You don’t have to be a member of ISSA to attend our meetings (but we encourage you to join us!). Please share information about this meeting with your friends and colleagues who have an interest in information security.
Zoom link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84186623031?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 841 8662 3031
Passcode: [REDACTED]
