In future conflicts, military forces will be required to operate in smaller, mobile constructs, with increased awareness of their presence in the physical and electromagnetic domains. These units must be able to command and control without connection to an overarching network or the continuous need for satellite communications. Their networks must be node-aware, self-forming, and self-healing, with the ability to add and remove transports depe...

Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) solutions brought simplicity, scalability and more security for IT remote access use cases. This is long overdue for industrial cybersecurity. Traditional IT security approaches such as VPNs and Jump servers as well as IT security oriented ZTNA solutions have several limitations and complexity when it comes to providing streamlined and fully secure remote access for an Operational Technology (OT) environment wh...

Formerly known as the Global Identity Summit, the Federal Identity Forum & Exposition (FedID 22) has been the U.S. federal government’s primary outreach and collaboration-building event with the worldwide identity community since 1995. FedID provides an immersive environment where identity professionals from the federal government, private sector and academia can dedicate three days to strategic planning, information sharing, needs a...

Government contractors are increasingly a prime target for cyber-attacks, ranging from phishing and social engineering to malware and ransomware. Cloud computing, remote working and traffic encryption expand the attack surface while making threats harder to detect. How do we improve our network security in the face of these challenges? Network detection and response solutions can help detect potential breaches and prevent attackers from disrup...

TechNet Augusta 2022 gives participants the opportunity to examine and explore the intricacies of the cyber domain. With assistance from the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and industry experts, the conference is designed to open the lines of communication and facilitate networking, education and problem solving. Leaders and operators also discuss procurement challenges the military, government and industry face during a time of uncertain...

As a ramp-up to AFCEA International's TechNet Augusta 2022 (August 15-18, 2022, in Augusta, Georgia), SIGNAL Media hosts four webinars featuring experts from the Cyber and Signal schools of the U.S. Army's Cyber Center of Excellence who will highlight the latest from the CCoE, and experts from the Army CIO/Command, Control, Communications, Cyber Operations and Networks, or G6. Registration is free and a single registration grants access to all...

Federal agencies are not immune to security attacks, even if their controls and processes are as tight as Fort Knox. Some of the world’s most technologically advanced enterprises, from Microsoft to SolarWinds to Okta, have faced security incidents and were exposed to risk. Many of these successful cyber attacks did not start with hackers fighting their way through firewalls and intrusion prevention systems or executing zero-day exploits....

Today’s warfighters and the network architects that design the communications networks they rely on are faced with adversaries that are increasingly sophisticated. It’s critical that sensitive and classified information is secured while in transit and at rest. Public key cryptography plays an essential role in securing this data, whether it is CUI data used throughout the federal government, or Secret and Top Secret data secured th...

Due to rising COVID case numbers in the Fairfax region, and the need to allow for speaker/attendee flexibility due to ongoing global events, the planning team has decided to make this year's symposium on June 8th virtual only. We're looking forward to a return to in-person status next year. In the meantime, the links to the virtual sessions will be sent to registered attendees the week before the event. We look forward to a vibrant and engagin...

The recent executive order and Office of Management and Budget memorandum has made it clear that we need to be heading towards a zero-trust architecture. But when we examine the cultural shift required to reach that goal, we may be moving forward but we’re really moving back to the future. Security used to be straightforward. You could only access what you needed to know, when you needed to know it. This was true whether it was a locked...