In 2020, the Department of Defense released its Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification framework to protect the country’s vital defense industrial base from increasingly frequent, severe and complex cyberattacks that continue to pose threats to national security. The CMMC framework aligns with the Biden administration’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, which contains an urgent call for federal gove...

The Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community are building up innovation roadmaps, accelerating advanced technology integrations and driving acquisitions to stay ahead of the curve in rapidly growing and evolving domains, including cyber and space. The White House in January released its national security memorandum on improving cybersecurity, and IC agencies are partnering with industry to ramp up their implementation of zero trust...

Over the past year, chief information officers across the public and private sectors have led initiatives incorporating innovative technologies like blockchain, cloud-based architectures and Agile processes to strengthen organizational security in response to urgent COVID-19 demands. As CIOs work to advance modernization initiatives, merge into multi-cloud environments and replace outdated legacy infrastructures, they must leverage their indus...

Information sharing at the “speed of mission” with our mission partners is a key aspect of our future military capabilities; how do you see data centricity affecting today’s networks and capabilities? How do you think the current state needs to change in order to enable a data-centric environment that outpaces emerging threats while converging with JADC2 initiatives to truly realize a joint environment.

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection constantly works to stay at the forefront of innovation as the agency drives research initiatives and adopts emerging technologies to fortify the nation’s security across border checkpoints. CBP has recently honed in on technologies including wearable cameras, non-intrusive inspection sensor systems, X-ray scanning capabilities and Pedestrian Detection-at-Range thermal scan systems to remain vigilan...

Government agencies are working to integrate advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning technology into their critical infrastructures to combat the increasing frequency and severity of cybersecurity threats.With capabilities like rapid data collection and processing, as well as enhanced real-time visibility and analysis for cyber defense, AI/ML can help organizations perform critical investigations, quickly identify potential vulne...

The considerable rise of remote work, the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things, and the accelerating digitization of society in recent years have all contributed to a significant increase in opportunities for cyber attacks and security vulnerabilities in federal agencies and commercial organizations. Since the major 2020 Solarwinds breach, public and private entities have shifted their focus on leveraging advanced technology to bolster in...

The DoD is constantly trying to keep pace with an evolving adversary, which creates challenges in the combat environment with the readiness of our forces and their ability to regain readiness against an enemy that can challenge us across the board. The key to innovating is the speed of integrating and exploiting innovative technology into the digital battlefield through data-driven decisions and investments that enable information advantage to...

The remote work force is here to stay. This relatively rapid expansion of the Air and Space Force’s digital footprint comes with a growing number of infrastructure challenges and cyber security threats, requiring leaders to re-assess how networks and services are delivered. While JADC2, zero trust, artificial intelligence, and machine learning remain at the forefront of most senior leader discussions today, many of these are dependent o...

As JADC2 leaders set to connect disparate data systems and build the digital infrastructure for the future battle, they must ensure they are thinking beyond the now. This session will explore the fundamental principles and solutions needed for implementation. We will examine areas such as the tactical edge, a common data fabric, and the decision advantage.