Due to rising COVID case numbers in the Fairfax region, and the need to allow for speaker/attendee flexibility due to ongoing global events, the planning team has decided to make this year's symposium on June 8th virtual only. We're looking forward to a return to in-person status next year. In the meantime, the links to the virtual sessions will be sent to registered attendees the week before the event. We look forward to a vibrant and engagin...

IBM invites you to join a discussion led by experts from Forrester Research on how hybrid and open cloud technologies can drive success for public and private sector organizations. Bobby Cameron, a Vice President and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, will discuss the goals and headwinds facing today and how they can modernize using hybrid and open cloud technologies to drive mission success. Benjamin Brown, a Principal Consultant in For...

AFCEA International will host the Cyber Education, Research and Training Symposium (CERTS) in Augusta, Georgia, home of Fort Gordon, the Army Cyber Center of Excellence, and new home of Army Cyber Command. CERTS brings government, education, research, and industry leaders together to focus on advancing cyber workforce development, training, retention, and support. The overarching theme for 2022 is “Developing Our Cyber Workforce to Meet...

Warfighting increasingly relies on secure undeniable connectivity. As the nation’s adversaries target critical infrastructure, joint forces must be able to continue net-enabled combat and operations in the face of overburdened infrastructure, difficult environments, determined adversaries and insider threats. Juniper’s mission-first network, anchored on the Juniper Session Smart Router, enables organizations to adapt rapidly, provi...

The cyberspace battlefield has changed. No longer an arena where adversaries launch a single distributed denial of service attack, lob a virus or infiltrate a network, it is now a state of persistent barrages and simultaneous campaigns. Attacks against high-value targets still occur, but they are accompanied by a torrent of continuous assaults on political, economic and security interests. Reflecting this altered, enlarged, and pan-organizatio...

There’s no bigger federal contract opportunity this year than Services MAC, the GSA’s new super IDIQ for professional services with a 20-year period of performance. Services MAC will cover more than 120 NAICS codes and 13 size standards, with eight domains debuting in 2022 and five more slated for 2023. Billions of dollars will flow through the vehicle, which will replace GSA’s OASIS, BMO, HCaTS and other federal contracts. T...

The recent executive order and Office of Management and Budget memorandum has made it clear that we need to be heading towards a zero-trust architecture. But when we examine the cultural shift required to reach that goal, we may be moving forward but we’re really moving back to the future. Security used to be straightforward. You could only access what you needed to know, when you needed to know it. This was true whether it was a locked...

The winner in the future tactical battlespace will be those who can first collect and process information that drives rapid, accurate and actionable decision-making. Battlespace intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and Internet of Things (IoT) technology exploding presents both an opportunity to quickly deliver battlespace clarity while challenging the capabilities of existing edge wireless systems and networks. Success requires...

Leaders from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), share details on the initiatives and programs that drive the implementation of next-generation technology to ready DISA to address the future fight. They'll also discuss how the agency will integrate these capabilities while leveraging industry best practices to efficiently adopt secure, enterprise-class technologies to facilitate real-time, mission-enabling solutions across different...

TechNet Indo-Pacific is co-sponsored by AFCEA International and AFCEA Hawaii. It is the largest event in the Pacific Rim focusing on regional defense issues. Keynote speakers, panel moderators and panelists will discuss defense policies and challenges in the Indo- Pacific region and their relevance to both industry and government. Industry exhibitors will demonstrate products and solutions to meet the services' requirements and needs.