The Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce (GNFCC) recently hosted a Technology Summit. Company executives and other attendees engaged forty students from Georgia State, Gwinnett Tech, and local high schools including Cambridge, Centennial, Johns Creek, and Northview to work through a cyber challenge threat analysis activity where they evaluate which fictional employees are a security threat to their companies based on specific criteria. Chamber leaders provided an update on Talent Coalition lead initiatives, development efforts, and results to date.

GNFCCs Talent Coalition is a cross-discipline initiative of the Chamber that brings together education and business, which develops workforce strategies that fill jobs in the region, particularly in the technology and healthcare industries.

IT Summit attendees and participants included high-level technology, education, healthcare, and other industry leaders to discuss maintainable workforce tactics. The keynote speaker was Ronald W. Pontius of U.S. Army Cyber Command. He is a senior Army advisor on network operations, and is a leading voice in the U.S. Dept. of Defenses development of cyber capabilities and defensible network architecture.