U.S. Intelligence: An Introduction, provides a broad overview of the roles, functions, activities and current issues facing the U.S. intelligence community (IC). This class is specifically designed to provide government, military, academic and contractor professionals working with the IC a firm basis for understanding the community’s roles, needs and culture. This class places special emphasis on the ongoing changes in intelligence, the...

Join us on Tuesday, August 20, from 9:00-10:00 am ET for Beyond the Big Six: The Pivotal Roles of Lesser Known IC Agencies, a virtual panel discussion focused on the operations of some of the smaller U.S. intelligence agencies. Moderated by The Hon. Sue Gordon, topics for discussion include:Supporting nuanced agency operationsWhat collection and analysis look like in their unique spaceHow they engage in interagency coordination and with intern...

Join the NDIA Cybersecurity Division for a briefing on Cybersecurity and the Role of FISA Section 702. Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was set to expire (“sunset”) at the end of this year; however, Congress will likely authorize a short-term extension until April 19, 2024. If the provision expires in April 2024, the nation will lose a major source of cybersecurity intelligence which can be shared with and u...

Global cyberattacks are increasing at an alarming rate. For many public sector agencies, it is no longer a matter of if they will be targeted, but when and how often they will be attacked. A variety of bad actors, both domestic and international, specifically target states, municipalities, school districts, and institutions of higher education. These organizations are selected for the large volumes of sensitive data they collect and store on t...

With the award of the Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability and the continued maturation of the services’ cloud platforms, DoD has turned on its digital transformation afterburners to give service members and civilian staff better, faster access to data, tools and services — whether they work in an office or on the front lines. Over three afternoons, March 21 through March 23, we will explore Defense cloud strategies and how data, cyb...

Join us for an informative discussion about what the world has learned from the invasion of Ukraine by Russia. The war was expected to be short. Russia had its eyes on capturing Kyiv in a few days. Instead, Ukrainian resilience and Western support have led us to this point: a conflict with no end in sight. In the meantime, the war has changed our perspective on military strategy, operations, and tactics, but also diplomacy, intelligence, ener...

Economic headwinds and a focus on the ROI of modernization efforts require application technical professionals to apply new architectures, new technologies and more automation. However, the work of application architects is getting harder. They must not only deliver business-driven changes quickly, safely and efficiently, but also cope with increased business enthusiasm about new technologies and opportunities. Join this complimentary webinar...

How can you put analytics capabilities to work regardless of analytics maturity? Data and analytics leaders must know when and how to combine predictive and prescriptive analytics to gain a competitive advantage in the education industry. Join this complimentary data and analytics webinar, where our Gartner expert will guide you through observed outcomes from higher education to illustrate how to put data to work for your institution. You will...

Effective cost-of-quality programs reduce costs and improve margins, providing an advantage in a tougher economic environment. Yet, fewer than 20 percent of business leaders say they do anything with the data these programs generate. This complimentary supply chain webinar looks at why business leaders are the key to a successful cost-of-quality program, and provides three actions supply chain leaders can take to secure the buy-in of their lea...

Every year at major security conferences, you can tell the trends in security because seemingly every product and service is being positioned as “look at how we make things easier/cheaper/better.” A few years ago, that was cyber threat intelligence (CTI). Then, it inexplicably changed to threat hunting. But practitioners know that you can’t really separate threat hunting and threat intelligence any more than you can separate...