CyberCast

Newly promoted Wanda Jones-Heath talks about her position as principal cyber advisor for the Department of the Air Force and what a holistic approach to cybersecurity looks like. This includes taking hold of data interoperability efforts and ensuring all teams are operating in a cohesive yet still safe and secure infrastructure amid recent concerns with supply chains and data breaches.

Amid software hacks like the SolarWinds incident, the FDA works with manufacturers and other agencies to ensure medical devices are secured and personal data is kept safe. Jessica Wilkerson, cyber policy advisor at the FDA, discusses the shared responsibility of cybersecurity and the need to secure the entire supply chain.

Securing the federal supply chain is among government's top priorities right now. Lisa Barr, CISA's cybersecurity supply chain lead whose prior role involved the recently established Federal Acquisition Security Council, discusses the whole-of-government approach to supply-chain security threats and how varying agency missions and needs come into focus around established risk management standards. Barr gives us a look at the biggest challenges ahead and the current efforts underway to ensure security from threats.

The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification (CMMC) standards require third-party assessments on security requirements for contractors to bid on DOD contracts. Rocky Thurston of Perspecta and Seth Storie of ArdentMC look at how much CMMC will impact contractors, plus share perspective on ways it could change federal contracting overall.

The Criminal Investigations and Network Analysis Center, a Department of Homeland Security S&T Center of Excellence, supports the agency with research and tools for fighting cybercrime. Jim Jones, CINA's director, details how researchers are working to intercept cybercriminals and educate a new generation of cybersecurity professionals.

Suzanne Spaulding, former DHS undersecretary for cyber and infrastructure, now a member of the Cyberspace Solarium Commission and CSIS, draws on her deep well of knowledge and experience in cyber and the intelligence community to frame our nation's biggest cyber risks — and how to address them.

CDM Deputy Program Manager Betsy Kulick describes how and why CISA started the famed cybersecurity program, how it's going, and what's next for federal agencies seeking to protect their networks in 2021.

Federal leaders gathered to discuss innovations and capabilities of cloud computing during our Nov. 19 Cloud Summit. Catch up on these highlights from leaders at the Department of Homeland Security, Defense Logistics Agency, FedRAMP and learn more about zero trust capabilities and streamlining ATO processes.

Cybersecurity expert Trey Herr, director of the Cyber Statecraft Initiative at the Atlantic Council, explains why IT and cloud supply chain security is a national security issue — and what federal agencies can do about it.

Securing IT supply chain means preventing counterfeits, end-user malware and vulnerable components as federal agencies modernize their IT and infrastructure. From our Oct. 7 virtual event, hear from CISA National Risk Management Center Associate Director Daniel Kroese and Dell Technologies' Dan Carroll on how agencies are working together to secure the supply chain.