A Federal Forum Presented by Axonius Federal Systems

IT, operations, and cybersecurity professionals at U.S. Federal agencies must continually adapt to complex challenges and ongoing changes. They must pivot when adversaries evolve their attack methods and when new vulnerabilities threaten U.S. infrastructure. They reprioritize when faced with Executive Orders and regulatory mandates. All of these adaptations must be done at a massive scale with an ever-changing workforce of highly skilled and trained professionals in a competitive labor market.

Join your Federal IT and security colleagues to learn:

  • Current IT and security challenges and solutions to overcome them, including Binding Operational Directive 23-01, M22-09, M21-31, SaaS management, and more
  • Strategies to anticipate and address binding directives and executive orders
  • How leaders are incorporating a cyber asset management foundation into their zero trust strategies
April 13, 2023
7:45 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
We are pleased to offer continuing professional education (CPE) credits to those that attend the event. For more information on the CPE credits we are offering through our sponsor, Carahsoft, their CPE sponsor (NASBA), and submission process, please click here.

Featured Speakers

Dave Dalling
Accenture Federal Services
Jen Easterly
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
Chris Hughes
Aquia
Joe Kim
Squadra Solutions
Brian Meyer
Axonius Federal Systems
Anjana Rajan
The White House
singletary
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Tim Starks
Washington Post
Dean Sysman
Axonius
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Contextualizing Modern Cyber Risks (and how to mitigate them) […]

John Curran
John Curran [moderator]
Executive Editor
MeriTalk
Anjana Rajan
Assistant National Cyber Director, Technology Security
Technology and Ecosystem Security Division
The White House
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You’ve likely heard of Federal SaaS regulations like the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), as well as laws such as the Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).

Hear from Federal leaders; SaaS and compliance organization, Aquia; and cyber asset management leader, Axonius, to learn how to ensure that all SaaS applications meet these regulations and compliance requirements, as well as monitor usage and costs to optimize performance and efficiency. […]

Burke
Nathan Burke [moderator]
Chief Marketing Officer
Axonius
Chris Hughes
Co-Founder and Chief Information Security Officer
Aquia
singletary
Deputy Director Division of Security & Privacy Compliance
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Dean Sysman
Co-Founder and CEO
Axonius
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M-21-31 is a clear directive for Federal agencies to advance logging capabilities, including log retention and management, “with a focus on ensuring centralized access and visibility for the highest-level enterprise security operations center (SOC) of each agency.”

Managing logs well requires great observability and to achieve that, an agency first needs visibility. That’s an issue when security information and event management systems can’t track unknown data on the network.

Listen into this chat with government leaders from the Department of Homeland Security, the Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, as well as from Defend Integrators, on how they approach this challenge and what they’ve learned along the way. […]

Brian Meyer
Brian 'Stretch' Meyer [moderator]
Senior Director of Axonius Federal Sales Engineering
Axonius Federal Systems
Dave Dalling
Cyber Chief Technology Officer
Accenture Federal Services
Daniel Flanders
Senior Solutions Engineer
Splunk
Joe Kim
Chief Technology Officer
Squadra Solutions
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The CISA Strategy – What It Means in 2023

In late 2022, CISA released its first strategic plan, outlining a unified approach to ensuring secure and resilient critical infrastructure for the American people. Hear about the four goals in the multi-year strategic plan, including:

  • Spearheading a national effort to ensure the defense and resilience of cyberspace
  • Reducing risks and strengthening the resilience of America’s critical infrastructure
  • Strengthening operational collaboration of information sharing
  • Unifying through integrated functions, capabilities, and workforce
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Tim Starks
Tim Starks [moderator]
Cybersecurity 202 Author
Washington Post
Simone Biles
Athlete and Advocate
Jen Easterly
Director
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
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Complimentary lunch will be served and Simone Biles photo opportunities available. […]

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The ADAPT Forum officially concludes. All are welcome to network and visit our partner tables. […]

 

Registration is now closed. Please contact us at cybersmoke@meritalk.com if you have any questions.

Event Enquiries

axoniusfederalforum@meritalk.com
703-883-9000 ext. 160

Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center

1300 Pennsylvania Ave. NW
Washington, DC 20004