Forcepoint’s Sean Berg was recently named by FedScoop as one of the top 50 leaders in the federal technology space. On this episode he joins the podcast to discuss his thoughts on the current state of government cybersecurity and also discuss a recent article he authored on utilizing the human element to mitigate today’s sophisticated cyber threat landscape including critical infrastructure

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Recently, Forcepoint’s Chief Scientist published an opinion article entitled “Rethinking the concept of trust” in which he makes the case that the only long-term solution to data management within the government is to embrace trust-based architecture in a consistent and broad manner. Dr. Ford joins the podcast this week to discuss this concept of trust—meaning how the government typically trusts — or distrusts — those people, devices, systems, and infrastructure that make up the overall federal and state ecosystems.

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Post the November election, Congress is set to pass long-awaited legislation which will pave the way for DHS to create the government’s first cyber-specific agency. The question that still lies ahead however, is whether that will translate into real security improvements. Security Evangelist/Veteran FBI Cyber Agent (and technical consultant to the hit TV show Mr. Robot) Andre McGregor joins Eric and Arika this week to discuss whether this move will improve the government’s incident response capabilities and mitigate ongoing attacks.

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The Director of National Intelligence recently said that “the warning lights are blinking red” with regards to cyber threats to our critical infrastructure. We have seen advanced persistent threat actors, including cyber criminals nation states and proxies, increase the frequency and sophistication of malicious cyber activity.

In this episode cyber expert Jim Lewis joins the podcast to discuss what the government is doing, not doing and should be doing to in order to protect our infrastructures from a “Digital Pearl Harbor.”

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In this episode, Aaron Heffron, President of Market Connections, joins the podcast to discuss the results of their new survey of how DHS’ Continuous Diagnostics & Mitigation (CDM) Program is tracking against the goal of providing more effective cybersecurity solutions for government agencies.

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In this episode, Arika Pierce speaks with Dr. Karen Renaud, a Professor of Cybersecurity at the University of Abertay in Dundee, Scotland to discuss her recent article in which she makes the case that cybersecurity attacks are like disease and have the potential to become calamitous and are contagious.

Therefore the government should take a much more hands-on approach to support its citizens cybersecurity.

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Cyberscoop Editor-in Chief of Greg Otto joins Eric Trexler and Arika Pierce to discuss the White House’s new cyber strategy as well as legislation currently being debated in Congress that would would codify the Department of Homeland Security’s role as the government’s main civilian cybersecurity authority.

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Earlier this week Forcepoint held an interactive roundtable where government leaders from agencies such as the SBA, Department of Energy and NASA shared their respective experiences in adopting the CDM program.

In this week’s  episode Eric Trexler and Arika Pierce will discuss highlights from the breakfast as well as discuss the results from a recent Forcepoint/Market Connections survey of CDM leaders across civilian government agencies to find out more about the current pulse of the program.

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In this episode, Eric Trexler and co-host Arika Pierce interview Forcepoint’s Chief Technology Officer George Kamis and discuss the federal government’s new Raise The Bar cybersecurity initiative.

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In this episode hosts Eric Trexler from Forcepoint and co-host Arika Pierce discuss the Department of Homeland Security’s Continuous Diagnostic and Mitigation Program. Is this the game changer that government agencies have been waiting? And if so, why have some agencies been slow to adopt the program.

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