SWLA Cyber Club

04/27/2026

Get your BSides NOLA tickets now! https://bsidesnola.notion.site/Home-315249e7315f802298e5c97d61538355

What makes BSidesNOLA so special to me is the people. Full stop.

The Louisiana cybersecurity connections and friendly atmosphere at BSides NOLA means the world to me. Supporting my friends like Najo Ifield and Chris "Cpat" Patteson 🤠 is important to me too because they do the same for me.

And this year will be my first time attending as the Commander of the Louisiana State Guard Cyber Reserve Team, the VP of SAFE Net - Scam Awareness & Fraud Education Network and as the Cybersecurity Manager at Bollinger Shipyards. All are wonderful Louisiana based home grown organizations.

These three new roles are in addition to the long standing roles of President of the Louisiana Chapter of the Cloud Security Alliance and a VP of the Louisiana Chapter of InfraGard. Can you tell I am “State-triotic”? LOL.

Looking forward to hanging out with my friends and co-workers from my various Louisiana based cybersecurity organizations on May 12th. Can’t wait to see yall soon!

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04/26/2026

Louisiana is investing in the talent that powers its growth.

The LNG Center of Excellence at McNeese strengthens workforce development and prepares students for careers in the state’s expanding LNG sector.

Learn more: https://www.theadvocate.com/lake_charles/lng-center-for-excellence-opens-at-mcneese-state-university/article_2e00e005-c434-4345-88d8-1631b0fc8806.html

04/25/2026

Seems like Nebraska senior citizens need what SWLA has, SAFE Net - Scam Awareness & Fraud Education Network. SAFE Net strives to raise awareness of online fraud and scams and educate our senior citizens to help them protect themselves. SAFE Net realizes senior citizens are our most susceptible demographic to fraud and scams and they are doing something about it. But they need your help. Please consider donating to the non-profit organization today! Just browse to the bottom of the webpage and donate what you can. Please and thank you.

https://safenetswla.org.

Nebraska seniors lose more money per scam than any other state

04/01/2026

Patching is overrated, so don’t waste your time maturing your vulnerability management program.

AI will protect us all!

April fools!!!!

03/24/2026

Please make plans to join us at the March SWLA Cyber Club meetup at Walk-Ons in Lake Charles at 6pm. We will be talking AI and thanking our sponsor LRC Wireless.

Get your free tickets here:

The Lake Area’s premier IT networking group!

02/28/2026

If you know of any IT, cybersecurity, or tech jobs in SWLA, please post them here. I know I saw one for Memorial Health Ststems for Help Desk. Anything else?

We have some people looking for work is why I am asking.

Thanks,
JTan the Cybersecurity Man

02/03/2026

What’s going on in February????

01/27/2026

Apex Systems from New Orleans is sponsoring our January SWLA Cyber Club meetup tomorrow. McNeese State University and SOWELA students will definitely not want to miss this.

Reminder: due to rodeo, we will be meeting at Fat Pats tomorrow night. Not our usual location.

01/10/2026

New year, new budgets! Anyone willing to sponsor and present at the January 2026 SWLA Cyber Club meetup?

Last Wednesday of the month at Walk-Ons at 6pm.

Let me know if you can help us out this month or any month.

Thanks,
JTan the Cybersecurity Man

January Meetup

12/16/2025

SAFE Net - Scam Awareness & Fraud Education Network