Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is one of the leading federal agencies in implementing in Cloud, UI/UX, SecDevOps and Cybersecurity capabilities. In 2021, President Biden signed Executive Orders (EO), some of them have a major impact on most components of DHS. First Executive Order is “Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity”. It is a detailed overview of the Federal government’s plan to better secure America ...

Embracing Digital Agility and Digital Transformation are of paramount importance for the DoD given the rapidly evolving cyber, technology, and threat environments. When IT is implemented correctly it can greatly improve security, resiliency, and usability ensuring high value and effectiveness on the investment. Unfortunately, adopting new paradigms and approaches across the larger DoD enterprise is not easy; requiring coordination of cultural...

The role of Chief Information Security Officer is important making security is front and center in protecting organizations in a post SolarWinds and Log4j world. As the need to share information between different agencies with both connected and disconnected applications increases, agencies need to think beyond DevSecOps and Zero Trust. Existing approaches to building software and the use of automation need to be reevaluated. The Department of...

Cloud Services: US Marshals Service (USMS) delivery of Law Enforcement Mission The journey from concept to plan to operational services is challenging in any environment, introducing the challenges of security and deputy safety adds to the complexity. Add the demands of various physical environments and 24x7 availability and you have complexity square. Mr. Bruner who has led that journey for the USMS will share with us their experience, challe...

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Learn how the USCG is transforming and modernizing its fleet and IT infrastructure to better perform its missions. The US Coast Guard (USCG) has been actively pursuing an ambitious technology revolution plan to replace legacy equipment and modernize its cybersecurity and data management capabilities. Sworn to protect the American borders, the Coast Guard focused on empowering their fleet with reliable, mobile, and secure systems. Learn how the...

The Marine Corps Command, Control, Communications and Computers (IC4) enables IT command, control, communication, and computer support across the Marine Corps Information Environment Enterprise (MCIEE) and the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF). They are critical to the development of service policies and execute DC I roles for the Title 10 responsibilities to “Man, Train, Equip” the 0600 and 2800 occupational fields, IT governan...

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Access (IDEA) Initiatives at the Department of Veterans Affairs One of VA’s priorities is to ensure all Veterans, including women Veterans, Veterans of color, and LGBTQ Veterans feel welcome at the VA. In addition, President Biden has empowered Federal agencies with a call to action through a series of executive orders (EO). Please join our VA Federal Insights Exchange panel for an interactive discussion...

VA Initiatives for Women Veterans Women consist of almost 2 million or about 10% of the total current veteran population, and the number is expected to continue to rise. Recent legislation, both the John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Bill and Deborah Sampson Act, is working to bolster services for women veterans in areas such as counseling, women health providers, retrofitting VA facilities, and more. Please join us for a VA Federal Insi...

As public sector agencies develop plans for delivering on the objectives of the presidential Executive Order on Cybersecurity, we at Lumen know that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. While agencies expand their cyber protections to combat cyber threats and protect against attacks, their focus should be on taking a holistic approach and not looking at this new directive as simply a set of compliance mandates. The attack surface wi...