Axonius Federal Systems

Join us for an insightful discussion on the evolving landscape of acquisition reform, exploring how policy adapts to meet critical operational needs. Reforming Acquisition for Strategic Advantage brings together senior leaders from across defense and industry.

Attendees will gain valuable insight into the latest compliance shifts, emerging acquisition authorities, and collaborative approaches to enhancing speed, scale, and sustainment—ensuring our teams receive the capabilities they need efficiently and effectively. Whether you're a policy maker, program manager, or industry innovator, this luncheon will deepen your understanding of how to streamline procurement in alignment with the Department of War and DHS.

Key Learning Objectives:

• Understand the Current Acquisition Landscape Identify recent and emerging policy and compliance shifts shaping Department of War and DHS procurement. Examine how these updates impact program managers, policy makers, and industry partners alike.
• Explore Emerging Authorities and Tools Assess new and existing acquisition pathways (such as OTAs and rapid prototyping) and evaluate how they can be leveraged to enable agility, scalability, and long-term sustainment.
• Navigate Challenges to Efficiency Identify common administrative challenges that slow down procurement processes. Evaluate case studies and strategic approaches where leaders have successfully balanced regulatory compliance with timely delivery.
• Analyze the Interplay of Policy and Mission Needs Discuss how evolving operational requirements drive innovation and reform. Explore best practices for fostering productive collaboration between policy makers, program managers, and private-sector innovators.
• Develop Actionable Insights for Smarter Procurement Translate lessons from defense and industry leaders into practical strategies for your own organization’s acquisition planning and execution. Identify proactive, compliant ways to modernize your procurement approaches.

AWS Summit Washington, D.C. is a free two-day event where the latest in cloud innovation comes to life. Connect with fellow public sector innovators and AWS experts in our nation's capital for two days of learning, sharing, and building together.

From agentic AI to super-computing, discover cutting-edge technologies and hear directly from public sector leaders who've transformed their missions with AWS. Customize your experience by choosing sessions that best fit your mission need, including customer-led sessions which show you real solutions to real challenges, all while networking with like-minded professionals.

The SANS Government Forum 2026, presented in partnership with Carahsoft, brings together Federal, State and Local cybersecurity leaders to address today’s most pressing security challenges. This forum is designed to help agencies strengthen mission readiness, modernize infrastructure, and improve cyber resilience through expert-led insights and real-world strategies.

Key Focus Areas

• AI and Agentic AI
• Explore how AI-driven and autonomous systems are transforming threat detection, response and decision-making
• Learn how agencies can safely operationalize AI to enhance security outcomes
• Critical Infrastructure: IT/OT
• Address the convergence of IT and operational technology environments
• Gain strategies to defend essential services against ransomware and nation-state threats
• Zero Trust and Identity Security
• Understand identity-first security architectures for hybrid and cloud environments
• Learn how to enforce least privilege and reduce identity-based risk
• Exposure Management: Threat and Attack Surface
• Discover approaches to continuously identify, prioritize and reduce cyber risk
• Improve visibility across expanding attack surfaces and complex ecosystems

Why Attend

• Gain actionable, practitioner-led insights from SANS experts and industry leaders
• Engage in real-world discussions around current government cybersecurity challenges
• Identify proven solutions to accelerate secure adoption of emerging technologies
• Walk away with strategies to defend today’s missions and prepare for evolving threats