Defense Strategies Institute is proud to announce the 5th Annual Digital Forensics for National Security Symposium on May 15-16th, 2024. The Digital Forensics Symposium will bring together IC, DoD, federal government, industry, and academia in a town hall style forum to collaborate across the community on ways to advance digital forensics solutions to support criminal investigations, crime prevention, and threat mitigation efforts.The symposiu...

Ever since the issuance of Executive Order 14028, issued in May 2021 to improve cybersecurity across the entire government by implementing a zero trust architecture, federal agencies have been hard at work to meet the requirement. Then, in October 2023 – less than 18 months later – a new executive order, 14110, was released on the “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence.” These are...

Agencies increasingly rely on Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms such as Salesforce for mission-critical functions, which offers them numerous benefits including flexibility, reducing upfront IT resource costs and delegating upgrades and patches to the provider. Using Salesforce does not remove the agencies’ responsibility for cybersecurity, however, and SaaS applications face their own risks, including misconfigurations, poor access...

Cybersecurity compliance frameworks are curated with the most effective methodologies an organization can take to prevent cyberattacks and reduce the impact if one occurs. If passed in current form, NIST 800-171A Rev.3 final public draft will adopt substantial changes to existing compliance controls required by the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC). All those within the Defense Industrial Base will be required to observe subst...

DSI’s 2nd Annual Zero Trust Government Symposium will convene to bring together leaders, experts and implementors across the USG and DOD to highlight the current status of Zero Trust implementation efforts. This year’s iteration of the Zero Trust Government Symposium Attendees will gain insights into accelerating Zero Trust implementation within the DOD and federal agencies, focusing on synchronizing efforts and the latest function...