Join us for the 9th Annual Public Sector Day event at RSA Conference! Learn from government IT luminaries and industry executives on the issues that matter most to the public sector. Topics from ransomware and resiliency to grants and cyber risk challenges will be covered by speakers from the Department of Defense (DoD), National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST), and more! Don't miss out on this free opportunity, register today! You...

Launched by Second Front in 2017, the Offset Symposium promotes constructive engagement between the venture-backed innovation ecosystem, traditional defense base, and national security mission users in order to accelerate discovery of and access to emerging commercial technologies. This year's Offset Symposium theme is China, Silicon Valley, and National Security. Keynote speakers this year include Michele Flournoy (co-founder and managing par...

Top leadership in the DoD has laid the foundations for an alternative acquisition system using other transactions (OTs) and related authorities. In the 2018 NDAA, Congress asked DoD to develop a preference for using these authorities for R&D, experimentation and prototyping. New Pentagon guidance strongly urges thinking about problems, potential solutions and win/win business arrangements using OTs. The stage is set, the light is green, th...

To restore its comparative advantage against emergent threats and offset force shortfalls, the U.S. Defense Department seeks strategic investments, creative partnerships and agile mechanisms to facilitate the rapid integration of promising and potent technologies. Like the offset strategies before it, the Third Offset Strategy combines the creative energies of industry and government to augment the United States' capability and capacity to def...