The Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community are building up innovation roadmaps, accelerating advanced technology integrations and driving acquisitions to stay ahead of the curve in rapidly growing and evolving domains, including cyber and space. The White House in January released its national security memorandum on improving cybersecurity, and IC agencies are partnering with industry to ramp up their implementation of zero trust...

Over the past year, chief information officers across the public and private sectors have led initiatives incorporating innovative technologies like blockchain, cloud-based architectures and Agile processes to strengthen organizational security in response to urgent COVID-19 demands. As CIOs work to advance modernization initiatives, merge into multi-cloud environments and replace outdated legacy infrastructures, they must leverage their indus...

The National Defense Authorization Act, signed in December, 2021, authorized more than $768 billion in defense spending for fiscal year 2022 – a jump of five percent that reflects the Pentagon’s significantly increased focus on artificial intelligence, machine learning, data sharing and cybersecurity, among other critical initiatives. With increased funding from the NDAA, the Department of Defense and military service branches will...

Information sharing at the “speed of mission” with our mission partners is a key aspect of our future military capabilities; how do you see data centricity affecting today’s networks and capabilities? How do you think the current state needs to change in order to enable a data-centric environment that outpaces emerging threats while converging with JADC2 initiatives to truly realize a joint environment.

In alignment with the increasingly urgent federal push to bolster national cybersecurity and solidify the nation’s position in global competition, the U.S. Air Force is working to accelerate its digital transformation and information technology modernization efforts. Notably, the Air Force is implementing an agile enterprise IT-as-a-service approach to enhance data interoperability and implement cybersecurity solutions at mission speed....

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection constantly works to stay at the forefront of innovation as the agency drives research initiatives and adopts emerging technologies to fortify the nation’s security across border checkpoints. CBP has recently honed in on technologies including wearable cameras, non-intrusive inspection sensor systems, X-ray scanning capabilities and Pedestrian Detection-at-Range thermal scan systems to remain vigilan...

Government agencies are working to integrate advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning technology into their critical infrastructures to combat the increasing frequency and severity of cybersecurity threats.With capabilities like rapid data collection and processing, as well as enhanced real-time visibility and analysis for cyber defense, AI/ML can help organizations perform critical investigations, quickly identify potential vulne...

This forum will focus on the impacts climate policy has on the progress in impelling climate action. Policy is the driver for advancing climate change science and technological diffusion, and provides the framework for implementation of effective, and equitable, responses to climate change. Speakers for this session are drawn from non-profit, industry, and government sectors. This talented group of people will provide insights on their role in...

The considerable rise of remote work, the rapid expansion of the Internet of Things, and the accelerating digitization of society in recent years have all contributed to a significant increase in opportunities for cyber attacks and security vulnerabilities in federal agencies and commercial organizations. Since the major 2020 Solarwinds breach, public and private entities have shifted their focus on leveraging advanced technology to bolster in...

The United States Space Force and private sector organizations are examining how to support a viable industrial base in the space domain through dual-use technology that has both military and commercial utility as global competition escalates. The intelligence community, Department of Defense and other federal agencies are looking to leverage AI/ML and commercial geospatial intelligence resources, including satellite clusters equipped with adv...