Atlanta Chapter

Atlanta Assures Everything.

A practitioner community for people in Atlanta and surrounding areas, dedicated to shifting cybersecurity compliance toward more automated and accountable ways to build trust.

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Why Atlanta

Not just another meetup.

"Atlanta Assures Everything #AssureTheA"

Atlanta’s technology, fintech, healthcare, and enterprise communities create the perfect proving ground for practical compliance engineering. This chapter is where practitioners can turn shared challenges into repeatable systems.

Build in public

Turn GRC concepts into working systems through practical labs, demos, and peer-led build sessions.

Find your local crew

Meet Atlanta practitioners who are moving beyond manual evidence collection and checkbox compliance.

Grow the practice

Share what works, sharpen your engineering mindset, and help define what modern GRC looks like in Atlanta.

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Who Atlanta

#AssureTheA

Atlanta's chapter starts with the people who show up.

The 'Assure the A' mission is our shared commitment to strengthen Atlanta's GRC community through practical learning, meaningful relationships, and respect for every person who takes part.

Who belongs here

Our chapter values.

We are building an inclusive community. Bring a connection to Atlanta, curiosity about the work, respect for every member, and a willingness to help others grow. That is enough to get started.

Atlanta connection

You live, work, study, or have a meaningful professional connection to the Atlanta-area community.

GRC + technology curiosity

You are interested in GRC, cybersecurity, privacy, audit, risk, compliance, or the technology that supports them. Experience is not required.

Learn + contribute

You come ready to learn, share knowledge, support others, and help maintain a welcoming professional community.

Respect + repair

You respect every member, engage across differences in good faith, and are willing to work through conflict constructively whenever it arises.

Leadership

How we lead

Leadership is a team sport.

The Atlanta chapter is built by volunteers who turn community ideas into useful programs, welcoming spaces, and practical opportunities to learn. The Atlanta chapter is starting with a small, intentional group of changemakers who lead by serving, share responsibility, and make room for others to grow.

How to get involved

Own a useful piece of the mission.

We don't need more chiefs. We need people willing to hold a seat so the work has a home, then make everyone else's path lighter.

Treasurer

Track the chapter budget, receipts, reimbursement requests, and sponsor routing without holding or spending chapter funds directly.

Director of Practitioner Development

Shape practical learning, mentorship, labs, and opportunities that help members grow their craft.

Director of Marketing

Own the chapter voice across announcements, event promotion, recaps, and other approved communications channels.

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Events in the A

The Atlanta Chapter grows when people show up for GRC Engineering events, learn together, and build relationships around work that matters.

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FREEATL

Build Your First Compliance Pipeline

with Nick McLaren

What if your audit evidence collected itself? Nick McLaren will walk the Atlanta chapter through building an automated compliance evidence pipeline from scratch: pulling audit evidence from AWS and Azure APIs with Python, packaging it in Docker, and wiring it into CI/CD so evidence refreshes on a schedule instead of being collected by hand.

Thursday, October 15, 2026 · 6:00-7:00 PM ET

PROATL

Live Founder Q&A

with AJ Yawn

A weekly conversation with AJ Yawn, founder of the GRC Engineering Club. Bring questions, get unstuck, and hear how the club is thinking about GRC engineering.

Mondays · 11:00 AM ET

PULL UPExternal event

Atlanta Developers' Conference 2026

A community-led developer conference

Atlanta Developers' Conference brings local and regional developers, architects, and technology experts together to share practical experience across AI application development, agentic coding, software security, languages, frameworks, and career growth.

Saturday, October 17, 2026 · 8:00 AM-6:00 PM ET

Growing network

Built together

Atlanta is one chapter in a connected practitioner network.

We collaborate with nearby chapters and regional communities without losing the Atlanta center of gravity.

West GeorgiaChapter community

AtlantaLocal anchor

AugustaChapter community

Regional collaboration happens through Secure the South; national subject matter lives with the GRC Engineering Club.

From the A

Chapter news and resources

Latest from the A.

Permanent updates on chapter milestones, event happenings, and practical resources for Atlanta GRC Engineering practitioners.

October 14, 2026Resources

Anatomy of a GitHub Repository: Where to Look and What to Check

Learn to scan a GitHub repository, understand its files and programming languages, examine issues and pull requests, and assess trust and licenses.

October 13, 2026Resources

Your AI Projects Need a Knowledge Base

Already building with AI? Learn why context engineering, RAG, and a connected personal knowledge base can help you reuse decisions, lessons, and projects.

October 10, 2026Chapter

State of the A: Thank You for Building With Us

Dara Thomas thanks the Atlanta chapter community after State of the A and shares our next events, new leadership, and ways to participate.

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Anyone can attend chapter events. Join the official roster, contribute your perspective, or help make Atlanta's next gathering possible.

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