Government Summit - Washington DC Join the Google Government Summit to learn how technology is helping government leaders achieve mission outcomes and unleash human potential.Google Public Sector is bringing together government and industry leaders from federal, state, and local government from the United States and around the world. Speakers include Jeanette Manfra, MK Palmore, Thomas Kurian and others.Request a spot in person for the full da...

Modern warfare has dramatically shifted over the past two decades. Data and technology have become as important to 21st century defense as bombs and bullets. And as the U.S. expands its focus on Great Power competition with near-peer adversaries like China and Russia, the Department of Defense has placed a greater emphasis on using modern, data-driven technologies to enable better and quicker decision-making in life and death scenarios. Defens...

It’s been almost a year since the Biden administration issued EO 14028: Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity to encourage Washington and the private sector to work more collaboratively, share more information and increase partnerships to confront the growing threat landscape. The EO mandated that federal agencies follow emerging private practices such as zero trust and more transparency alert reporting. So, how are we doing? In add...

The U.S. military maintains bases in more than 70 countries and territories around the world, some of them in inhospitable or hard-to-reach areas. When a piece of equipment fails – whether a weapon, a radar dish, or something more prosaic like a mess hall stove – getting replacement parts can be difficult and time-consuming, and the delay can cause anything from mild inconvenience to serious problems meeting the mission. Larger bas...

The 2021 ICIT Fall Briefing Series will be hosted on-line as a series of three weekly virtual events focused on cyber convergence or integrating physical and cyber security strategies. CISA suggests that business leaders develop a “…holistic security strategy that aligns cybersecurity and physical security functions…”. By bringing together top public and private sector leaders, ICIT is advancing the conversation about...

The Defense Information Systems Agency is, in many ways, the point of the cyber spear for the Department of Defense. It’s responsible for conducting network operations across all of DOD’s warfighting domains to ensure warfighters’ effectiveness and lethality.Maintaining that sharp edge during the pandemic has required DISA to adjust and evolve its own operations while assisting Defense agencies to ensure their operations cont...

The Texas Cyber Summit is a IRS-501(c)3 Non-Profit Fusion: A fusion of Cybersecurity Professionals and World Renown Hackers This year's event is a multi-day, multi-track, multi-platform diverse and inclusive conference for every level of knowledge. Just about every company provides cybersecurity awareness to their employees – what better way to spend your training time, then with friends, colleagues, and acquaintances: learning from expe...

Briefing Summary: Security operations centers (SOC) are the backbone of the cybersecurity industry providing defense, mitigation, and incident response against risks and attacks. However, SOCs are often criticized as ineffective, and one of the most frequently asked questions about SOC performance is “how to measure SOC effectiveness?” While mean time to resolution (MTTR) is the standard measure of effectiveness, this high-level me...

The relevance and importance of DevSecOps has grown in the past few years as agencies solidify their moves toward automating their software delivery lifecycle, especially in light of several major recent attacks that specifically target security gaps within the development process. Tune into this panel to hear from DOD experts on the importance of DevSecOps and what is in store for it in the future. Where do these panelists see the future of D...

This month’s AI in Government featured guest speaker is Brett Vaughan, Chief AI Officer (CAIO) and the Office of Naval Research (ONR) AI Portfolio Manager at the US Navy! AI is proving an essential technology to enhance and accelerate modern militaries. It should come as no surprise then that the US Navy’s Office of Naval Research is looking into AI applications to enhance and optimize areas related to AI assisted human decision ma...