The premier naval conference and exposition on the West Coast, WEST is now in its 32nd year of bringing military and industry leaders together. Co-sponsored by AFCEA International and the U.S. Naval Institute, WEST is the only event in which the makers of platforms and the designers of technologies can network, discuss and demonstrate their solutions in a single locale. One recurring highlight of WEST is a town hall discussion among the Chief...

Today’s government agencies and organizations want and need faster, more efficient data protection and data management across a growing number of cloud, edge and on-premise storage locations. Along with the growing number of cyber threats, data sprawl and data fragmentation can be real disruptors. Organizations are shifting away from manual processes that require on-site resources and find themselves challenged with finding ways to save...

Today’s government agencies and organizations want and need faster, more efficient data protection and data management across a growing number of cloud, edge and on-premise storage locations. Along with the growing number of cyber threats, data sprawl and data fragmentation can be real disruptors. Organizations are shifting away from manual processes that require on-site resources and find themselves challenged with finding ways to save...

More than ever, data for situational awareness (SA) and key communications is located in one or more cloud systems. The DoD is actively looking to aggregate and distribute this information through programs such as the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy and the associated efforts of the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS), the Army’s Project Convergence and the Navy’s Project Overmatch....

Maintaining superiority, readiness and operational advantage requires a transformational approach to leveraging data as a strategic asset. Amid a range of emerging threats and disruptors, enterprise self-service analytics are imperative for faster and more informed mission and business decisions. By implementing data strategies and modernizing data governance, processes, technologies and architectures, organizations are improving data access a...

The Space Economy is in hyper-growth. According to Morgan Stanley, “The revenue generated by the global space industry may increase to more than $1 trillion by 2040.” As technological and cost barriers to space recede, and more countries and companies engage in satellite production, launch, exploration and spaceflight operators in the military, civilian and commercial domains can expect this trillion-dollar market to bring a host o...

The new COVID 19 Safety Protocols and related Task Force Guidance are among the most impactful government contracting developments of the year. As the requirement to comply with these guidelines is incorporated into all new Federal contracts (as well as many existing Federal contracts), contractors will need to comply with a slew of new safety protocols. This includes employee vaccination mandates (and monitoring/documenting employee vaccinati...

There are many products and solutions that claim to be cloud-native Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) solutions, when in fact they are cloud-enabled or cloud-resident. What’s the difference and why should you care? And how can agencies move to a cloud-native architecture? Cloud-native architecture concerns the design of applications or services that were made specifically to exist in the cloud, rather than in a more traditional on-premis...

FedRAMP provides a standardized approach to security authorizations for Cloud Service Offerings, but every service provider’s journey is unique. Hear from Air Force Cyber Worx about their first-hand experience taking a commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) application through the FedRAMP process. FedRAMP experts will share why the program is so important and what is involved in taking a COTS application through the process. In addition, the pa...

The defense industry is on the edge of technology and is driving innovation worldwide. While individual productivity increased with hybrid work, team collaboration and the generation of new ideas have become more challenging. To drive innovation, teams must have digital tools to support hybrid collaboration and creative processes. The challenge is finding a solution that provides the level of security appropriate for the innovations in this se...