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The 8th annual IT Security Automation Conference

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Originally posted on Federal News Radio

October is National Cyber security month and will be kicked off in Baltimore with a three day conference with a focus on automating security.

The concept of security and the federal government is inevitably wrapped in guidance from National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST.

On October 3, 2012, NIST is working with a wide range of members of the security community to produce the 8th Annual IT Security Automation Conference.

Listen to the interview with Dave Waltermire, security automation architect, in NIST's Computer Security Division.

In the interview, Waltermire gives an overview of the conference, talks about security automation, the history of SCAP, competing standards, the challenges of generating standards, and the role the federal government in this process.

The conference covers continuous monitoring, software assurance, incident handling, analytics, as well as trusted computing.

Listen to the interview with Dave Waltermire.

Washington gives props to feds at annual awards gala

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Originally posted by Kellie Lunney on GovExec

A doctor at the National Institutes of Health who helped pioneer the use of a drug to combat the transmission of HIV from infected pregnant women to their babies has been named federal employee of the year by a nonprofit group.

Lynne Mofenson, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, will be honored at a black-tie event Thursday in Washington for her work in the late 1980s and 1990s to prevent mother-to-child transmission of AIDS. At that time, there was little that could be done to prevent such infection; today the number of HIV cases found in U.S. children has dropped to less than 150 per year.

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Sequestration worries speakers at defense forum

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Posted by Thomas Gnau on Dayton Daily News

The specter of sequestration loomed large over the 2012 Dayton Small Business Defense Procurement Summit on August 29.

The possibility of automatic, across-the-board budget cuts to the Department of Defense was a hot topic as entrepreneurs and DoD officials gathered at the Dayton Convention Center to discuss how small businesses can land contracts with the U.S. Air Force and other military departments.

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24th GLOBALCON 2013

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Originally posted on AOL Energy

The Association of Energy Engineers' mission is "to promote the scientific and educational interests of those engaged in the energy industry and to foster action for Sustainable Development."

In service of that mission, the AEE is gathering again this year to help members of the business, industrial and governmental communities decide how best to affordably, securely and reliably supply power to their facilities.

Topics at the 24th GLOBALCON 2013 will include facility energy efficiency improvement and cost control; renewable and alternative energy applications; on-site and distributed power generation; integrated building automation and energy management tools; new lighting technologies; efficient HVAC and smart grid building systems; boiler and steam system efficiency; project cost management strategies; and much more.

For more expert analysis, thought leadership and discussions about the top stories in the electricity sector today, visit AOL Energy.

Military Mobile Power Summit

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Originally posted on AOL Energy

The military is serious about renewable energy. So much so, that the Department of Defense could be spending $10 billion per year on renewables by 2030.

In one of the latest examples of the military's commitments to renewable energy, the Navy recently awarded a $3.8 million contract to FuelCell Energy to develop power systems for unmanned underwater vehicles.

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