DOE Germantown Cybersecurity Awareness Day

On October 22rd, the Department of Energy Germantown Building will be hosting a Cyber Security Awareness Day featuring a technology expo. DoE will be looking for a wide range of cyber security industry experts to showcase their latest technologies. Reaching the professional community within this location can be extremely challenging and this event will provide a great opportunity to provide product demonstrations to this hard-to-reach group, as well as position your company's information to the Department of Energy.

About the Agency:

DoE Mission: The mission of the Energy Department is to ensure America’s security and prosperity by addressing its energy, environmental and nuclear challenges through transformative science and technology solutions.

The Office of the Chief information Officer (OCIO): Has forged valuable partnerships by bringing together internal information technology (IT) resources, our national laboratories, and strategic networks—both within and outside of the Department—to promote agency-wide innovation and effective operations that provide tangible, positive, high-value outcomes for our nation.  We have an aggressive agenda to accomplish and are operating with urgency to enable the Departmental mission.  The IT strategy has been transformed to meet the Department’s demanding need.  The strategy is designed to:

• Leverage existing information technology and expertise to maximize mission accomplishment and reduce costs
• Identify and foster new and emerging information technology to maximize mission accomplishment and reduce costs
• Provide Departmental it governance, policy, and oversight processes to ensure secure, efficient, and cost-effective use of it resources
• Ensure acceptable risk-based cybersecurity through enhanced enterprise situational awareness, development of near real-time risk management, and combating advanced persistent threats

The Department: Expends approximately 90% of its budget through a variety of contracts and financial assistance agreements making it one of the largest civilian departments in the federal government.  Through these expenditures we impact a variety of industries and individuals across the nation.  Our operations are nation-wide. The majority of our contract dollars are expended through a relatively small number of large Management and Operating (M&O) contracts (including Federally Funded Research and Development Centers) as well as large site and facility environmental cleanup contracts.