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...

There has been a shift change in the security industry. Collaboration has never been more prevalent - even among competitors. There’s a shared mission to combat the threats of today and those on the horizon. That is why our Cyber Defense Summit is evolving to mWISE™–Mandiant Worldwide Information Security Exchange. We are changing our approach to create a vendor neutral community event to collaborate, learn from each other, a...

Strengthening the Mid-Atlantic Region for Tomorrow (SMART) and the National Defense Industrial Association Delaware Valley Chapter (NDIA-DVC) is hosting a Cyber Security Forum. This half-day seminar brings together industry and government information security experts to discuss cyber security priorities, threats, vulnerabilities, and acquisition policies/regulations. Attendees will obtain a broad overview of the cyber security landscape within...

The 2018 HSD Conference offers a dynamic exchange of technical information and dialogue among government, industry, and academic leaders from the Human Systems community who are interested in advancing the field through education, consultation, future research and collaboration oportunities. Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter endorsed the value of this partnership, noting “our strength (DoD) also comes from the longstanding link between...

This bi-annual conference achieves bringing together executive-level security leadership and policy-makers across the federal agencies and US Industry to address major government security topics warranting your attendance. Themes and challenges include continuing security clearance reforms and implementation, newly mandated insider threat guidance, transitioning cyber security requirements and policy, sharing knowledge of “the business...

Agile has moved beyond software development. DevOps brought building, testing and releasing software into an agile construct, and now agile principles are finding their way into non-software areas such as business operations and hardware development. The reason is that agile offers more efficient and effective ways of getting things done: Faster delivery of value Focus on outcome Better quality Alignment with business needs The purpose of this...

The 32nd Annual National Test & Evaluation Conference will focus on the improvement of T&E in our defense and homeland security acquisition systems specifically, “Strategic T&E Collaboration: Government & Industry Partnering to Achieve Decisive Operational Advantage.” In order for our country to remain the world’s finest fighting force, we need to generate and sustain a strategic advantage over our adversaries...

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...