Coffee & Connections: Rethinking Security in the Age of AI
As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into business processes and critical infrastructure, it creates new opportunities to improve efficiency and decision-making. It also introduces new risks, expands the attack surface, and challenges traditional approaches to cybersecurity.
Join us for a discussion on AI and security, led by Dr. Massimiliano Albanese, the director of George Mason University’s Center for Infrastructure Security in the Era of AI (ISEAI).
You will learn how organizations can use AI to strengthen threat detection, automate security operations, and improve resilience. The session will also explore key risks, including adversarial attacks, data leakage, and misuse of AI technologies.
Whether you are actively integrating AI or just beginning to explore it, this talk will help you make more informed decisions and avoid common pitfalls.
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Date
- May 20 2026
Time
- 8:30 am - 10:30 am
Location
- 10930 George Mason Circle, Manassas, VA
Speaker
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Massimiliano AlbaneseProfessor, Associate Chair for Research, and Executive DirectorDr. Massimiliano Albanese is a Professor and the Associate Chair for Research in the Department of Information Sciences and Technology at George Mason University. He serves as the Director of the Center for Infrastructure Security in the Era of AI (ISEAI) and the Executive Director of the Institute for Digital Innovation (IDIA). Dr. Albanese received his Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering in 2005 from the University of Naples Federico II, and joined George Mason in 2011 after serving as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the University of Maryland, College Park. His research interests are in the area of Information and Network Security, with particular emphasis on Modeling and Detection of Cyber Attacks, Cyber Situational Awareness, Network Hardening, Moving Target Defense, Configuration Security, and Vulnerability Metrics. Dr. Albanese has participated in sponsored projects totaling $13.5M, with a personal share of $3.9M. He holds six U.S. patents and has co-authored two books and over 80 publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Albanese is a recipient of the 2014 Mason Emerging Researcher/Scholar/Creator Award, one of the most prestigious honors at George Mason. He has served on the technical program committee of numerous conferences, co-chaired several workshops, and chaired the 18th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks. He is a member of the Editorial Board of Elsevier Computer & Security, Springer International Journal of Information Security, and IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing.
