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...

The Department of Defense's cloud strategy aims to transform virtually every aspect of the warfighting effort, and has resulted in a rapidly growing ecosystem of both general-purpose and fit-for-purpose clouds. Some of those efforts are unique to DOD, reflecting the scale, missions and austere operating environments of military operations, while others are readily transferrable to most any agency. All, however, hold valuable lessons for those...

As modernization efforts continue to transform many facets of defense, missile defense systems are no different. Digital transformation must ensure the interoperability of command and control networks, sensors and Integrated Air and Missile Defense (IAMD) systems. Systems are being built to deliver with the speed, security and insights necessary to maintain current defensive operations, while evolving to meet the future threat environment. Thi...

ICIT Virtual Briefing | The Modern Security Battlefield While 2020 was fraught with tragic outcomes of social and economic proportions, security teams have learned many lessons on resilience and have orchestrated many technical innovations to secure a distributed workforce. An expanded attack surface, sophisticated breaches like the SolarWinds attack and a pressing need to improve operational efficiency, has reframed digital transformation pr...

As technology evolves, so do the threats to its security. The remote work shift caused by the continuing pandemic has pressed security teams to reassess how they verify and allow access. Zero Trust is a strategy, not a product, which reimagines the way access is granted to users, to data and to applications. Devices, which used to be central to identity, now include personal computers and home internet connections, which are not government iss...

In October of 2020, then-Defense Secretary Esper defined defense readiness as "our military’s ability to answer the nation’s call, and to fight and win, anytime, anywhere. … The question we must answer is this: if called upon to fight tonight, are we ready?" Ensuring that answer is "yes" demands change in every corner of the Department of Defense, and especially in the technology that will power tomorrow's military. Cybersec...

Join CrowdStrike for a Join CrowdStrike for a deep dive into the nation-state threat landscape of China. Joshua Shapiro, CrowdStrike’s public sector threat intel SME, will give a brief on the broader geopolitical context for the latest Chinese cyber activities, an overview of the primary threat actors responsible for Chinese offensive cyber operations, and these actors’ TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures). He will also share...

To protect the health and safety of attendees, this event has been moved to online-only due to COVID-19 concerns. New dates: 7/27-7/29/2020 World Congress is the National Contract Management Association's largest training and networking event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals from government (federal, state, and local); industry; and academia. Join more than 2,000 fellow participants for networking and trainin...

This webinar will focus on reviewing recent OFAC and EAR enforcement actions with a focus on the sorts of conduct U.S. regulators are focused on and how compliance officials can learn to identify and mitigate similar risks. The main points of emphasis will be on identifying and reducing diversion risks for U.S. exporters, identifying SDN risks posed to world-wide businesses, supply chain risks for any U.S. importer, the especial export contro...

Want to be brought current on developments in export controls over the past six months in only 90 minutes? ECTI’s got you covered. The last few months have been disruptive for all of us. But that hasn’t stopped federal agencies from implementing an array of new and amended rules. Now’s a good time to take a breath and catch up on changes to the Export Administration Regulations and the International Traffic in Arms Regulation...