The Agile Cyber Edge: Operationalizing Comply-to-Connect

To win the fight, the Department of the Air Force must secure a distributed "kill web" spanning from enterprise enclaves to the tactical edge. Yet, traditional security architectures still rely on slow, manual intervention to validate device posture, creating a critical vulnerability. If you can’t see an asset, you can’t secure it, and if your network access control moves at human speed, the adversary has already won.

In this Dispatch we’ll focus on how to shift from static, perimeter defense to dynamic, machine-speed Comply-to-Connect (C2C) across fragmented systems. Discover how unifying asset visibility with automated workflow orchestration allows the network to instantly interrogate, authenticate, and isolate non-compliant devices the millisecond they request access.

Speaker Details

Aaron Gauthier

Division Chief, Cyber Capabilities and Integration Division
USAF Air Education Training Command

Dr. Wanda Jones-Heath

Principal Cyber Advisor
Department of the Air Force

Carlos Alford

Mission Account Manager – Department of the Air Force
ServiceNow

Courtney O'Neal Allen

Executive Producer, GovExec TV & Events
GovExec

Event Topic

Cybersecurity, Military, Technology

Relevant Audiences

Air Force
The Agile Cyber Edge: Operationalizing Comply-to-Connect
Event Type
Virtual / Online
Event Subtype
Webinar / Webcast
When
Tue, Sep 22, 2026 | 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm ET
Registration Cost
Complimentary
Website
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Organizer
GovExec