In its 8th year, the annual Defense One Tech Summit will explore how today's emerging technologies are shaping the military tactics and national-security strategies of tomorrow. After completing this course, you will be able to: Explore emerging technologies and understand their likely impact on the national security tactics and strategies of tomorrow.

With tight budgets and limited resources, local governments face threats like never before. Properly securing assets is expensive and competes with other priorities, which means that modernizing cybersecurity often becomes a futuristic goal. With more grant money available than ever before, many states are looking for ways to work together with local governments to help them to improve their security. What role can a whole-of-state approach pl...

Across the federal government, agencies are turning to the cloud to modernize legacy applications, systems and data in order to enable new, innovative ways to meet their mission goals. A strategic focus of migration to the cloud is data governance. Ensuring the usability of data and prioritizing information security are key strategic initiatives across organizations. How can strong data governance be built into an agency’s cloud migratio...

Faced with challenges in everything from automation and modernization to the hybrid work environment, today’s IT leaders mitigate risk by adopting the latest zero trust security solutions to secure their endpoints and protect their systems. While recent guidance from the cyber executive order, NIST’s updated security risk framework, and CISA's Zero Trust Maturity Model offer a clear and strategic playbook for leaders, challenges re...

A recent report from the Center for Strategic and International Studies says the Department of Defense needs to strengthen its software design in order to maintain a competitive edge against foreign adversaries. Harnessing the power of data and analytics remains a critical part of achieving mission goals across all federal agencies. Government organizations need to constantly innovate and strengthen software design in order to stay ahead of th...

The networks of today are a complex, hybrid mix of cloud and on-premise resources being accessed by users globally from a myriad of devices. This has significantly increased the attack surface which must be defended. While efforts are continually made to prevent breaches, modern organizations assume breach and seek to minimize breach impacts. Finding innovative, adaptive security measures, like micro-segmentation, is key to ensuring an organiz...

Collaboration between government and the private sector is critical for protecting our IT systems from threats at home and abroad. Understanding the specific role each of these institutions can play, as well as how they interrelate is critical to each of their missions. During this final installment of our quarterly Cyber Defenders series, join Route Fifty, Nextgov, and Defense One as we talk with senior leaders from government and industry, e...

The United States is grappling with a multipolar world, contending with near-peer adversaries along with longstanding asymmetric threats. To stay ahead of these challenges, efforts are underway to prioritize diplomatic, environmental, and economic policies to maintain the United States’ edge. Are these areas, alone, enough? How should the U.S. balance these longer-term national and global imperatives with the need for traditional militar...

This year the pivot to virtual work happened practically overnight. It was unprecedented and it was mandatory. It was also enlightening. The Evolution of Identity governance forum will dive into how the past few months have revealed the critical role identity plays into security.As government agencies move to modernize identity to support digital transformation and adapt to new missions, they must look across their complete portfolio of identi...

With warfighters and staff already located around the globe, the Department of Defense workforce has become more distributed than ever as the COVID-19 pandemic forced organizations to quickly ramp up telework. As DoD addresses security risks of the expanded network, it is increasingly turning to Zero Trust. This security architecture/paradigm, recently named a top initiative of the Digital Modernization Strategy, is intended to provide protect...