BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P1H REFRESH-INTERVAL:P1H CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T170000 X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:October Monday Meet-up: IT/Cyber Security Career Exploration DESCRIPTION:Mentorship Monday: Careers & Community | Technology & Cybersecurity\nMonday\, October 5\, 2026 | 4:00 5:00 PM | Twistid Arts Initiative\, 208 W Highland Blvd\, Inverness\, FL 34452Ever wondered who keeps a sheriff's office's computers safe from hackers\, or what it takes to build the systems behind the apps we use every day? This month's Mentorship Monday is all about technology and cybersecurity\, and how you can get started right here in Citrus County.Local professionals will share how they got into the field\, what their work looks like day-to-day\, and what they'd tell a student who's curious but not sure where to begin. No slides and no lectures\, just real stories and your questions. You don't need to know anything about coding to walk in.Featured speakersEthan Paprzycki\, IT Security & Support Supervisor\, Citrus County Sheriff's OfficeTim Gilbert\, Principal DevOps/Platform Engineer\, ImprivataKeith Consol\, Applied Cybersecurity Instructor\, Withlacoochee Technical CollegeKevin Strickland\, Computer Science Instructor\, Withlacoochee Technical CollegeOpen to middle and high school students\, and parents are welcome. Food is provided by Sound Decisions\, and there will be giveaways at the end. Presented by the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce and Twistid Arts Initiative. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Mentorship Monday: Careers &\; Community | Technology &\; Cybersecurity
Monday\, October 5\, 2026 | 4:00&ndash\;5:00 PM | Twistid Arts Initiative\, \;208 W Highland Blvd\, Inverness\, FL 34452

Ever wondered who keeps a sheriff'\;s office'\;s computers safe from hackers\, or what it takes to build the systems behind the apps we use every day? This month'\;s Mentorship Monday is all about technology and cybersecurity\, and how you can get started right here in Citrus County.

Local professionals will share how they got into the field\, what their work looks like day-to-day\, and what they'\;d tell a student who'\;s curious but not sure where to begin. No slides and no lectures\, just real stories and your questions. You don'\;t need to know anything about coding to walk in.

Featured speakers

Open to middle and high school students\, and parents are welcome. \;Food is provided by Sound Decisions\, and there will be giveaways at the end. \;

Presented by the Citrus County Chamber of Commerce and Twistid Arts Initiative.



LOCATION:208 W Highland Blvd Inverness FL 34452 UID:e.3007.1650586 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20261003T093022Z URL:https://business.citruscountychamber.com/chamber-events/Details/october-monday-meet-up-it-cyber-security-career-exploration-1942450?sourceTypeId=Hub END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR