The Real Deal Investment Club is a unique, one-of-a-kind Investment Club with an unwavering commitment to our Faith ~ Family ~ Community and Country. The Real Deal Investment Club proudly embodies the diversity of our members while strongly encouraging and promoting a positive results oriented real estate networking community. The Real Deal Investment Club embraces an atmosphere of uncompromising culture with an emphasis on the personal growth and professional development of each member. T …

DMV Poker welcomes new faces. Additional amenities include Internet access and 40+ inch Plasma television(s). Smoking is allowed on the balconies/decks and or smoking room. Our organization provides a well-organized upscale atmosphere.  There are dedicated professional dealers. Location, Stakes & Bonuses: We offer games in Rockville, Germantown, Silver Spring, Towson, Md and Southwest Washington, D.C., We offer the following stakes: 1-2NL, 1-3NL, 1-5NL, 2-5NL and 1-2PLO Player insurance is av …

The GLBT Capital Investment Club is a membership organization for Washington, DC area gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender professionals. An investment club is a group of people who pool their money to make investments. The club is organized as a partnership and members meet monthly to discuss investing in marketable stocks, bonds, and securities for the education and benefit of the partners. We also discuss a variety of related topics including financial and retirement planning, insurance nee …

The Christian Party of America (www.christianpartyonline.com) is a new, national third-party of Christian voters, dedicated to proclaiming that Jesus is Lord in the political arena. Our purpose is to bring our country back to being an unabashedly Christian nation, by offering and electing competent candidates who share and promote our vision. Please join us in our goal of uniting believers under the banner of Jesus Christ to bring constitutional freedom to all people of the United States. We bel …

Deploying and supporting mobile capabilities for an enterprise is easier when you know what works (and what doesn't). The goal for this meetup is to share notes, ideas and insight regarding deploying mobile capabilities for enterprises.

BELOW IS THE TEXT OF THE LETTER SENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY: I would like to announce the creation of the Anne Arundel Mental Health Alliance (AAMHA). The purpose of this alliance is to bring together a diverse group of mental health professionals: therapists, social workers, psychologists, academicians and psychiatrists. AAMHA will serve us all, individually, professionally, and socially, as well providing services and education to the community we serve. EDUCATIONAL ENRICHMENT:  Presentations …

This is the group of Apache Accumulo users and developers local to DC / VA / MD. Apache Accumulo is a scalable, open source BigTable implementation written in Java with cell-level security and server-side processing. Join us!

Welcome to the D.C Cyber Security Group. This is where network security professionals get together to discuss the latest security breaches, the latest unpatched vulnerabilities, threats and vulnerabilities at the unclassified level with a special focus on IPv6. This group of Cyber Warriors will keep you current, whether you are new to Cyber Security or a seasoned veteran. Self promoting is welcomed. If you have a new book, class, website or blog to discuss, you can have an opportunity to be a fo …

There are a number of really cool, informative graphic design, web design and technology driven groups out there and we wanted to bring the technology together. At the end of the day, a well designed graphic or website is useless without a powerful, stable, secure back-end and the most secure website is boring without a cool design and look. Let's bring the teams together and see how we could work together to create better designers and coders! This group is based on industry standards; new tech …

The Open Web & Application Security Project is a global non-profit dedicated to making the Internet a safer place by helping people build more secure applications. The DC Chapter is the local version for people in and around Washington DC who want to discuss application security or other related security topics. OWASP DC is open to all people with an interest -- you don't have to be a "security person" to attend, interact, join, or just drop by. The chapter web page with more details is at http: …

Membership is comprised of Women either in the Information Security field or wanting to enter the field. The purpose of this group is to advance women in Information Security by promoting networking, education, mentoring, resource-sharing, and opportunities. Regular workshops will be offered to bridge the gap of theory and/or minimal hands-on labs from a course you took or self-studying. You will get to learn and practice in an environment of like-minded women. Workshops will be led by SME's in …

A community where Digital Forensics and Media Exploitation professionals meet together to discuss challenges facing the community and work together to create innovative solutions.

We are the DC Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery.  We help advance computing as a science and a profession.  We do this offline through lectures, workshops, discussion panels, and professional development seminars.  We partner with ACM HQ, ACM Public Policy, ACM special interest groups (SIGs), DC area technical user groups, and area university Comp Sci and Info Tech departments. Join us if you like any of the following categories: http://acm.org/sigs Suggest a topic or speaker, w …

We're a bunch of hackers, inventors, engineers, techies, developers and makers who love all things IT and security. Everyone is welcome - from advanced hardware hackers to those who would like to learn what can be done with these new technologies in the arts, sciences, healthcare, gaming, academia, and business venture opportunities. Our meetups are totally informal and are a great opportunity to chat about projects, create new ones, solve problems, mingle, network and generally shoot the breeze …

A social group for helping connect busy techies, geeks and entrepreneurs who are also busy parents in the Baltimore area. We hope to meet every other month or so in an informal way to share our projects, compare notes on entrepreneurship, and support each other as we strive for that ever elusive "work/life balance." Babysitters encouraged, spouses welcome! (And non-parents are welcome, too -- we're inclusive.)

This group is for mothers 35+ and their daughters ages 8 and up to get some exercise and have some fun. I got the idea for this group while watching my 9 year old daughter's basketball games and thinking, 'I used to LOVE playing basketball! Why should the kids get all the fun?'. Don't worry if you haven't played in years. We are all trying something new! Our first couple of games were mothers versus daughters and at full court, it worked out great. They had the energy and we had some dormant ski …

We currently have a 1600+ SF space located in Severn, MD. This space is open to the public, anyone can join, and is available for people to come and collaborate on their projects. The motto of the space is Teach, Learn, Build! FYI most of our members don't use meetup.com, so it doesn't look like many people are registered, but nearly every event posted has had 10+ people.

Do you know your ways around systems? Do you know more than just performing vulnerability, network scans, password cracking, or using a sniffer to listen across the network wire, etc.?  Can you decrypt encrypted files on the fly? Today's network traffic is mostly encrypted, how do you analyze traffic?  Do organizations have a box or appliance to decrypt traffic?  What if you are an Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) Analyst, how would you examine the traffic -- if 80% to 90% of the traffic is enc …

Reverse Space (RS) is a maker community, with a ‘space’ in Herndon, VA, currently sponsored by Cortona Academy. The community began in October 2010 by accumulating members of the Information Technology field, such as Network Security, Information Forensics, and the like. Now, the community supports many subgroups, ranging from 3D Printing, CNC, and any MakerSpace project members would like to build. Revese Space has the largest 3D printing capabilities and technology for MakerSpaces on the east …

In honor of the CitySec movement started several years ago, this is a local infosec meetup run by NovaInfosec.com. We basically meetup in at a local bar every 2nd or 3rd Wednesday of the month and talk shop, drink a few good beers and maybe grab a bite to eat. It's the perfect way to wind down after a long hard hump day.

This is a group for anyone interested in Technology, IT, Cyber Security, Mobile Technology, Microsoft, Apple, Cisco, etc. Our goal is to connect with tech lovers like us and get together in great events such as Meetups, Seminars, Happy Hours (Yes, we love happy hours!) to share information, learn new technologies, discuss and network. We are looking forward to connect with you!

Study group for Cisco, Juniper Networks, Certified Ethical Hacker and CISSP. Use online study format but meet up once a month to talk about topics face to face. Study Topics - certification Internetwork Expert (INE) CCIE Routing and Switching Internetwork Expert (INE) CCIE Voice - Workbook Micronics Network (Narbik) CCIE Routing and Switching Certified Ethical Hacker Certified Information Systems Security Professional Lab by remote access CCIE R&S for both INE and Narbik track CCIE Voi …

Hello Fellow Change Agents, In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem. One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, "Do you know what I just heard about your friend?" "Hold on a minute," Socrates replied. "Before telling me anything I'd like you to pass a little test. It's called the Triple Filter Test." "Triple filter?" "That's right," Socrates continued. "Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter …

The OWASP Northern VA Local Chapter meetings are FREE and OPEN to anyone interested in learning more about application security. We encourage individuals to provide knowledge transfer via hands-on training and presentations of specific OWASP projects and research topics and sharing SDLC knowledge. The chapter is committed to providing an engaging experience for a variety of audience types ranging from local students and those beginning in app-sec, to those experienced and accomplished profession …

This is a networking group for people in the information technology industry. People looking to hear about the latest and greatest in our industry; as well as network with colleagues that share the same interests as other DMV Tech's. We will hold happy hours, guest/technology speaking events and more...

We are a community of software industry professionals in the Washington DC area meeting regularly to discuss the business of software. This group is the place for software developers, vendors, entrepreneurs, investors, executives, directors, and engineers to learn and share the most recent business and technical innovations, trends, experiences, challenges, and opportunities in the software industry.

The Open Web Application Security Project (OWASP) is an open-source application security project led by The OWASP Foundation, a professional association of global members that is open to anyone interested in learning more about software security. The OWASP community works to create freely-available articles, methodologies, documentation, tools, and technologies. There is no bar for entry. Whether you are interested in security, would like to hear from professionals in the industry, simply netwo …