Today more than ever, location-driven insights are becoming deeply integrated across the workflows, processes, and applications of industries, user communities, and citizens. As decisions within government, businesses, and citizenry are driven increasingly by location-based insights, geospatial data serves as an underpinning component in achieving a knowledge economy - creating greater efficiency, productivity, transparency, and responsiveness...

As Security, Compliance, Identity and Management continue to be paramount in the way our Federal Government innovates and moves toward secure cloud services, Microsoft is committed to supporting and empowering agencies efforts to implement proactive security by delivering best of breed security across all devices, platforms and endpoints. It is critical that agencies are enabled to rapidly assess and improve their security posture and with the...

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, organizations faced a growing amount of complex security threats, and an overwhelming amount of alerts analysts had to prioritize, investigate, and resolve. Wait, that wasn't long ago; that's now and here on Earth! Join GuidePoint Security Government Solutions, Palo Alto Networks, and Varonis on May 4th for a Tech Talk addressing these challenges. Our panel of experts will explain how automation can...

The National Defense Authorization Act, signed in December, 2021, authorized more than $768 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2022 – a jump of five percent that reflects the Pentagon’s significantly increased focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning, data sharing and cybersecurity, among other critical initiatives. With increased funding from the NDAA, the Department of Defense and military service branches will...

Information sharing at the “speed of mission” with our mission partners is a key aspect of our future military capabilities; how do you see data centricity affecting today’s networks and capabilities? How do you think the current state needs to change in order to enable a data-centric environment that outpaces emerging threats while converging with JADC2 initiatives to truly realize a joint environment.

The considerable rise of remote work, the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things, and the accelerating digitization of society in recent years have all contributed to a significant increase in opportunities for cyber attacks and security vulnerabilities in federal agencies and commercial organizations. Since the major 2020 Solarwinds breach, public and private entities have shifted their focus on leveraging advanced technology to bolster in...

With the constant evolution of innovative technology, federal officials must continue to adopt industry best practices and technology for critical military use in order to remain competitive and bolster the nation’s defense capabilities. Recent Department of Defense research and development has focused on initiatives such as the Joint Warfighter Cloud Capability program and DARPA-led personalized protective biosystems development to sup...

Traditional budgeting plans for developing, training, and deploying the latest applications. However, these factors may generalize the cost of long-term sustainment and transformation needed for agile adaptation to technology disruptions. When planning for an artificial intelligence (AI) solution, disruption should be an expected cost driver throughout its lifecycle. The increasing interconnectivity of the rapidly growing enterprise AI ecosys...

Climate change is not solely an environmental concern. Climate-related risks present numerous challenges for which the U.S. defense and national security communities must account, from a detrimental impact on military readiness and federal infrastructure to potential supply chain disruptions. Meanwhile, communities around the world face drought, flooding, and other events that deplete food and water supplies, increasing the likelihood of huma...