The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) - Southwest Chapter, Arizona InfraGard/Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance (ACTRA), AFCEA - Tucson, and the AZ Cyber Initiative are collaborating to organize the 8th Annual Cyber Southwest (CSW) Symposium. This highly anticipated event will be held at the UA Tech Park Event Center in Tucson, Arizona on Thursday, November 2, 2023. ​ Confirmed Keynote: ​ Ryan Murray, Interim CISO,...

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) - Southwest Chapter, the Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance (ACTRA), the AFCEA - Tucson Chapter, and the AZ Cyber Initiative will once again co-host the 7th Annual Cyber Southwest (CSW) set to take place on Friday, December 9, 2022. The event will take place The University of Arizona, Eller College of Management McClelland Hall - Berger Auditorium (2nd Floor), 1130 E. Helen St., Tucson, AZ...

The National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA) – Southwest Chapter, AFCEA – Tucson Chapter, Arizona InfraGard, and the Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance (ACTRA) will once again host the 5th Annual Cyber Southwest (CSW) Symposium set to take place on Friday, August 28, 2020, The event will be held virtually this year. Expected attendance is 200 plus from the military, local government, academia, and industry. A primary focu...

Silicon Valley Comes to DC! CyberForwardDC – a fresh perspective on cyber security. A conference and exhibition that will feature leading technology experts, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs who will discuss the global forces shaping cyberspace and cyber security policy, evolving trends and the latest research. Innovation, Speed and Agility in Washington. As our global connections grow we become more vulnerable to incidents of data...

The Department of Defense continues to seek ways to improve the acquisition of military equipment and capability to assist the warfighter in protecting the U.S. and its Allies around the world in a complex environment of ever-changing threats and conditions. The Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act (WSARA) of 2009 defines Systems Engineering as a key enabler to effect improvements in defense acquisition and program execution that will produce...

Join the NDIA New England Chapter for a one day conference bringing together the federal and local national security innovation communities. The conference will feature distinguished speakers from U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), federal and state agencies, defense contractors, research laboratories, academia, commercial industry, and the financial sector. The conference will focus on innovation technology sectors with significant DoD and Ind...

Federal Information Technology Reform Act Symposium Series The Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act (FITARA) is one of the key elements of the current administration's efforts to improve Government information technology. It aligns with the Administrations key technology objectives of: (1) driving value in Federal IT investments, (2) delivering world-class digital services, and (3) protecting Federal IT assets and information...

Envisioning the Future of Battlespace Awareness AFEI is hosting an event bringing together key government and industry leaders together to discuss the future of Battlespace Awareness. They will address National priorities and DoD and Intelligence Community initiatives for evolving our Battlespace awareness systems to meet the requirements. Who is attending? ASA (ALT), 1st Bde - 75th TC, Army Cyber Institute, ARL, British Defence Staff, DARPA,...

Transforming the use of enterprise architecture to improve performance and mission effectiveness. PURPOSE ODG’s March Workshop will showcase how Government organizations have incorporated agile EA and outcome-driven methodologies to drive operational efficiencies and enhanced performance in support of their agency’s mission and arrive at a baseline of agile EA attributes. In particular, the workshop will examine how emerging applic...

AGILE IN GOVERNMENT Sharing Innovative Approaches & Best Practices Scaling, Contracting, Governance, Measurement Another event in the series presented by ADAPT. The purposes of this event are: to foster better understanding of how agile software development methods are providing the basis for incremental and modular acquisition across Government, to discuss the changing technology of modern information-intensive businesses and the implicat...