Briefing Summary: Federal agencies have increased focus on Intelligent Automation (IA) and Robotic Processing Automation (RPA) as part of their modernization journey. Many have achieved impactful results from automating countless manual processes, freeing up time to focus on innovation and mission support. Although mission critical, the acceleration of automation can introduce new security risks and expand the attack landscape. Agencies lookin...

The Newest Attack Vectors - Infrastructure as Code & API Security Moving applications and development to the cloud has delivered both operational and security benefits at scale. However, as organizations begin to automate their infrastructure deployments and configurations using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), a new attack vector has been introduced. In addition, the move to cloud-native architectures increases the use of APIs connecting cli...

Zero Trust: Who’s in your network? In 2019, securely operating a distributed workforce was an ideal “wouldn’t it be great if,” and in 2020, this became a requirement. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, cybersecurity teams found themselves frantically working to continue business operations in a suddenly perimeter-less environment. And that trend is likely here to stay, which means that cybersecurity and business lea...

ICIT Virtual Briefing | The Modern Security Battlefield While 2020 was fraught with tragic outcomes of social and economic proportions, security teams have learned many lessons on resilience and have orchestrated many technical innovations to secure a distributed workforce. An expanded attack surface, sophisticated breaches like the SolarWinds attack and a pressing need to improve operational efficiency, has reframed digital transformation pr...

The ongoing Russian APT attack underscores the importance of “securing our national supply chains," but what does that mean? What needs to be done, how can it be done and who needs to take action?​The 2020 Cyberspace Solarium Commission (CSC) Report says “implement an information communications technology industrial base strategy to ensure more trusted supply chains and the availability of critical information communications...

The transition to Agile development is complex and challenging, especially for legacy programs. Where do you start and what obstacles may exist? Agile and DevSecOps are often touted as silver bullets to accelerating delivery of mission winning capability. These modern development and deployment methodologies offer many benefits, but navigating their implementation requires a data-driven understanding of which applications will benefit the most...

DevSecOps and the need to accelerate your ATO: Does it work for the Government today? As Agencies develop more online services and systems to meet the mission of the Government, their appetite and need to develop and deploy applications rapidly continues to grow. Many Agencies are embracing DevSecOps and cloud services as a way to release these applications quickly; however, the need to meet compliance standards (i.e. RMF, STIG, FISMA, HIPAA,...

Roll up your sleeves and connect with top cybersecurity experts for this virtual hands-on collaboration project. Walk away with a framework that you can implement immediately and learn how to crowdsource solutions for your next crisis. Join us on October 14-15, 2020, to discuss your FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) in this new normal. This is more than your typical webinar - #CyberExperience #NoFUD Overview: Speed, agility, and a new underst...