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.

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e6

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.

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e5

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.

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e4

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.

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e3

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.

For links and resources discussed in this episode, please visit our show notes at https://www.forcepoint.com/govpodcast/e2

Welcome to the To The Point Cybersecurity podcast. On this first episode hosts Eric Trexler from Forcepoint and co-host Arika Pierce give an overview of this new cybersecurity podcast and how and why they plan to keep each episode to 15 minutes or less.

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