Security has become of paramount importance in recent times, especially due to the advent of cloud computing and virtualization. With so many devices in the mix, users have the choice of working from anywhere they want. The rapid increase in global IP traffic has challenged network service providers to scale and improve infrastructure to meet this new demand. We explore the merits and performance of Software Defined Perimeters to withstand DDo...

With the sudden shift of the global workforce from in-office to remote, IT teams quickly transformed their operations to accommodate the new realities of business — including large-scale adoption of work-from-home technologies, heightened activity on customer-facing networks, and greater use of online services. While these examples of agility allowed business to continue, they also greatly increased the risk of misconfigurations and cybe...

JADC2 applications will connect distributed sensors, weapon systems (shooters), and data from all warfighting domains--cyber, space, air, ground, and sea--to all forces. The development of a data infrastructure will be critical to the success of JADC2. The U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) is now the leading technical solution for JADC2. But will other military services accept ABMS as the starting point for JADC2...

Public sector innovation is needed now more than ever before. Using new approaches – from policy design to service delivery, new technologies and better use of data – to improve the performance and responsiveness of the public sector is critical if we are to bounce back from the recent challenges we have all faced. To recover faster and better, we need to collaborate, share ideas and accelerate innovation in the public sector, ulti...

In this panel, our group of CISOs will be discussing the central cloud security issues currently being faced. Is the pandemic accelerating the push to the cloud? What are the governance, technical and cultural lessons learned? The CISO panelists represent organizations with diverse cloud maturity, from dipping the toes to all in, and the panel will have something of value to all audience members.

Self-service access, richer service capabilities, auto-scaling workloads, and API-based usage and configurations. These are just a handful of the capabilities that make public cloud and Kubernetes-based environments appealing to DevOps teams. As more organizations embrace the flexibility and agility advantages of these environments, they also introduce heightened risk of security breaches due to misconfigurations and the complexity of managing...

In recent months, the COVID pandemic has forced employers to move to a work-from-home model much faster than expected. Many critical business employees are now virtual and may not be coming back to a secured office environment. As a security team, how do you provision capabilities for thousands of employees working in this new normal? Jerry shares over 20 additional authoritative requirements for identified security gaps, regulatory challenge...

This lecture will cover the implications for the Department of Defense (DoD) and potentially the rest of the government on the implementation of the CMMC practice. Why is this certification needed? What is the difference between CMMC and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) 800 standards? What is the cost of the certification and is it reimbursible? The attendee should come away with the latest information on the CMMC proc...

The annual KDD conference is the premier interdisciplinary conference bringing together researchers and practitioners from data science, data mining, knowledge discovery, large-scale data analytics, and big data. After much consideration, the General Chairs, Executive Committee and Organizing Committee for KDD 2020 have decided to take the conference fully virtual. The events of the past few months and the continued safety concerns have led us...

First floated as an idea in 2010, the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program was officially launched in 2012 as a government-wide program to secure cloud products and services. A recent audit by the General Accountability Office showed that more than 900 government cloud projects have been authorized by FedRAMP, but hundreds more continue to operate without authorizations, which presents a kaleidoscope of security challenges to the...