The long awaited executive guidance on artificial intelligence has been released by the current administration and Federal agencies have wasted little time getting to work. With the frameworks outlined in the executive order, agencies have started implementing the guidance into their operational networks, recognizing the imperative of swiftly integrating AI-focused strategies to enhance the resilience and effectiveness of their cybersecurity m...

A collection of presentations covering various topics including: Evolution of IT Leadership: Navigating Technological Transformation Strategic Planning for Resilience: Federal Leaders’ Response to Cybersecurity Challenges Data-Driven Governance: Leveraging Analytics and AI for Informed Decision-Making Federal IT Leadership in 2024 and Beyond: C-Level Strategies and the CIO’s Role

ATARC Presents in Partnership with Zimperium An open discussion with experts from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the MITRE Corporation, and U.S. Department of Defense. The distributed workforce has changed the face of cybersecurity, bringing enhanced access controls like Zero Trust to the forefront, enabling employees to be productive anywhere in the world… even on BYO mobile devices. Recently, the National...

This ATARC Artificial Intelligence half day launch will examine ethics and responsible AI, as well as the impacts we can anticipate of AI on our labor market. The event will kick start the ATARC AI Working Group activities. You can expect to see speakers such as John Sprague, Deputy Associate CIO, NASA; Alexander Measure, Economist, Bureau of Labor and Statistics; Edward Dowgiallo, Office of the Chief Information Officer, DOT at the July 15 AT...

Proactive Approaches For Getting Ahead of Cyber Risk Defense and federal networks continue to be successfully attacked, often via cybersecurity blind spots that enable hackers and malware to gain entry to data. These blind spots consist of aging software and hardware assets that reside on federal networks and desktops that are end-of-life (EOL), not approved, or not properly configured. Illustrating the scale of the problem, Federal CIO Tony S...

Join MITRE and the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center on November 17 at the MITRE campus in McLean, VA for a morning of brainstorming and whiteboarding on Internet of Things topics of importance to the Federal Government. The MITRE-ATARC Internet of Things Collaboration Symposium will features IoT subject matter experts from government, academia and private industry. The outcomes of these interactive sessions will be compiled in a Wh...

Across the Department of Defense, Application Rationalization is playing a big role in helping enterprises improve their cybersecurity postures, lower IT costs, and streamline IT operating environments. Moreover, Application Rationalization is a key technical prerequisite for numerous IT modernization and standardization initiatives under way across the DoD. For example, Application Rationalization is a critical technical component of DoD...

An educational symposium for military personnel, this learning event will examine The Risk Management Framework (RMF) for DoD Information, as outlined in DoD Instruction 8510.01. The Federal Executive Briefing will be highlighted by a Keynote Briefing by a senior level DoD official, who will give an overview of RMF, discuss the transition from the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process (DIACAP) to RMF and provide a...