May 17, 2023 | 1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

The National Cybersecurity Strategy will require more action – from government and industry. It is poised to be the nation’s most comprehensive cyber strategy to date, going well beyond information sharing and public-private partnership.

Join MeriTalk for Cyber Central in Washington, D.C. on May 17 for an examination of the strategy, challenges, and opportunities it brings to public and private sector organizations. Government and industry IT leaders will explore cyber policy, zero trust, supply chain security, cloud security, information sharing, and more.

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
1:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. EDT
District Winery, Washington, DC
Attendees are eligible to receive continuing professional education credits (CPE) for this event. No advance preparation is required. View CPE details.

Featured Speakers

boyd
MeriTalk
Burdette
MeriTalk
Kynan Carver
Maximus
Joseph Franco
MeriTalk
Candice Frost
United States Cyber Command
Matt House
CISA
Dovarius Peoples
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Wayne Rodgers
Department of Education
Maximus

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boyd
Principal, Government Programs
MeriTalk
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Nation-state cyberattacks increased exponentially in the last year, targeting governments, critical infrastructure, private businesses, and citizens’ personal information. Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, and biotechnology are developing and proliferating faster than government and industry can define expectations for their use and prevent dangerous outcomes. In the hands of hostile nation states, these technologies can pose grave threats to U.S. security and prosperity. Join keynote speaker Col. Candice Frost, Commander of the Joint Intelligence Operations Center at Cyber Command, for an insightful discussion about how investment in emerging technologies could give the U.S. an edge in cybersecurity and promises to help government and industry to combat threats that grow more dire every day.

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Candice Frost
Joint Intelligence Operations Center Commander
United States Cyber Command
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The National Cybersecurity Strategy represents a seismic shift in how the country thinks about and enacts cybersecurity policy. It emphasizes collaboration and communication with international partners to fight terrorism, cybercrime, and other threats to the digital ecosystem and to ensure the security of digital trade. This fireside chat will explore the implications of this policy shift for government, industry, and our allies.

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Two years following the May 2021 cybersecurity executive order (EO), many Federal agencies have made significant progress in implementing zero trust architectures, despite challenges including skills gaps, lack of technology interoperability, and the limitations of legacy technology. The new National Cybersecurity Strategy amplifies the commitment to zero trust with a commitment to accelerate agency IT modernization and sunset systems that are incapable of zero trust implementation within a decade. This panel will evaluate whether – and how – the move to zero trust could be the impetus to finally replace antiquated – but critical – agency systems.

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Joseph Franco
Joe Franco [moderator]
Director of Programs
MeriTalk
Kynan Carver
DoD Cybersecurity Lead
Maximus
Matt House
CDM Program Manager
CISA
Wayne Rodgers
Department Zero Trust Lead
Information Assurance Services, Office of the Chief Information Officer
Department of Education
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Today, everything is connected, either physically or virtually: products, services, networks, and people. One vulnerability in our technology supply chain, exploited by one bad actor in one corner of our connected world can cause devastating damage to critical infrastructure and agency missions. On this, the White House and Congress agree. This panel will evaluate how new regulation and potential new legislation could bolster efforts to secure global supply chains for information and communications technology, and operational technology.

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The National Cybersecurity Strategy reaffirms the government’s commitment to accelerate migration to secure cloud services. That movement is introducing powerful new capabilities, and – at least in the short term – complexity to agency IT environments. This panel will discuss how cloud providers and agency IT shops can work together to prevent cloud complexity from negating cloud security.

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Burdette
Nicole Burdette [moderator]
Principal
MeriTalk
Ryan McArthur
JWCC Program Manager
DISA
Dovarius Peoples
Chief Information Officer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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boyd
Principal, Government Programs
MeriTalk
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Event Enquiries

Questions? Interested in getting involved? Please contact us at cybercentral@meritalk.com

District Winery

385 Water St. SE
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