Agenda

Welcome to this installment of Cyber Defenders.

Presented by Center for Internet Security.

Across the country, state and local governments are facing threats of cyberattacks by increasingly sophisticated malicious actors. An inability to effectively share cyber threat intelligence can cost state and local leaders valuable insights to better prepare for attacks. What can the development of a joint operations center do to ensure state and local governments have strong, secure networks for sharing cyber threat intelligence? Join Route Fifty for this session exploring the power of collaborative information sharing.

As emerging technology continues to evolve to help drive data-based health decisions within seconds, the need to secure your medical cyber-physical footprint becomes imperative. Hear from Leidos expert Anna L Ehrhardt as she discusses how Leidos is meeting the complex threat environment of mIOT.

Nextgov Senior Editor Aaron Boyd sits down with GAO for a conversation on the latest developments and challenges facing the cybersecurity landscape.

Federal agencies are under pressure to increase the speed and agility of deploying new features and functionalities to support the mission, enhance citizen services, and enable hybrid and remote workforces. However, traditional ATO’s are becoming an impediment to faster service delivery; to obtain an ATO, agencies must complete laborious, time-intensive processes. In addition, this process only provides a point-in-time snapshot of the application's security. ATO’s are critical for agencies to ensure their applications have the level of security required for deployment. But to keep pace with innovation while keeping security front and center, agencies should shift to a new way of ensuring ATO compliance –achieved through Continuous ATO.

As IT leaders across the DOD modernize their systems and prepare their workforce for the next generation of warfighting tools, they do so amidst continued threats both home and abroad. From state sponsored cyber actors using conventional mans of attack to devastating applications of modern malware on domestic targets, continued national security is contingent on today’s defense professionals maintaining a clear and steady understanding of the cybersecurity risks that lie ahead.In this session, join Defense One as they’re joined in conversation by cyber security experts across the public sector to assess current and future threats facing the United States.

How can agencies meet the requirements on time and make sure their approach is effective.

We wrap up this installment of Cyber Defenders.