In January 2021, Potomac Officers Club held the first iteration of its 5G Summit addressing strategic priorities of 5G wireless technology. The Fall 5G Summit serves as a companion to that and will expand upon the importance of 5G and highlight experts as they discuss the 5G journey and look to the future.Since January, carriers have increased the development of 5G networks, as manufacturers introduce more 5G-ready products to the market. The...

2021 will be the most profitable, record setting year ever for Cybercriminals.Cybercrime Organization Indrik Spider has already leveraged Hades ransomware to collect a record payment of $40M.Carbon Spider used Darkside ransomware to execute the most impactful attack against critical infrastructure in U.S. history by crippling the Colonial Pipeline.Malware-as-a-service models are flourishing, enabling high degrees of proliferation, and lowering...

As foreign adversaries continue to develop anti-satellite and space-based weaponry, the United States must create innovative and robust space-based sensors to gather critical intelligence. Moreover, these systems must be able to endure intensive cyberattacks and have high operational efficiency. In recent years, the Department of Defense (DOD) has made a deliberate effort to rapidly develop and deploy space intelligence sensors that will prov...

Potomac Officers Club will host its 2021 Digital Transformation Forum on August 10th to bring together the most notable federal executives and thought leaders from across the federal landscape to discuss how they are transforming their organization through the adoption of strategic technologies. This transformation affects people, processes, and technology, and leads to new business models, improved performance, increased efficiency, and more...