Cyber-Tech Advisory Council Meeting

The Cyber-Tech Advisory Council is dedicated to spreading awareness on the future of technology and cybersecurity in our community. This council aims to foster a robust and secure digital environment for businesses, organizations, and individuals by collaborating with elected officials, community leaders, Chamber Members, technology experts, and relevant stakeholders. 

Upcoming Meeting: Tuesday, February 3rd, 2026
 

Speaker: Rusty Sailors
Topic: From Protecting the Country, to Protecting Your Business

Key areas:

• Review of challenges in designing, developing, and deploying highly classified and high-performance systems successfully.
• Why small and medium sized businesses (SMBs)?
• SMBs' challenges with evolving technology and cyber-attacks

Mr. Sailors began his professional career in the US Armed Forces (USAF) supporting launches and downloads for the Defense & Intelligence Community spacecraft. He then served as the US representative to many countries and supported several space agencies and space technologies. He later worked at Lockheed Martin and BAE Systems to develop some of the highest performance and strongest security systems in the world. He applied his skills in large scale cybersecurity and information systems to develop integrated cybersecurity and IT solutions specifically for small & medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Finally, he and his son founded Secure Smart Office in 2017 to help today’s SMBs.