This is the second in a five part DEAFCYBERCON webinar series designed to increase awareness of the need for diversity and access to careers for deaf women in cybesecurity. Join us for a moderated panel of deaf and hearing women discussing barriers to entry for deaf women in cybersecurity. The wage gap is significantly larger for deaf women and they face additional barriers to finding mentors and interview preparation. Advanced registration is...

If there’s one thing everyone has learned over the past two years, it’s that circumstances can change drastically with little notice. The challenge of remaining mission-centric during uncertain times have led to dramatic revisions in the ways the government does business. This panel will discuss the evolution of government procurement to address the challenges of workforce, cloud adoption, and uncovering actionable data to drive de...

The Intelligence Community is facing an unprecedented amount of cyber threats. Today’s complex and evolving geopolitical environment underscores the urgent need for the United States to shore up its intelligence, counterintelligence and cyber capabilities in order to remain competitive and stay abreast of the modern threat landscape. The internet, the digital revolution and new technologies have acted as catalysts for change within the...

In today’s fast-paced technological landscape, IT serves as the foundation for a wide range of important decisions, mission operations, technology capabilities and more. As organizations across the public and private sectors accelerate their modernization efforts, IT environments are becoming more and more essential to transforming the U.S. government into a digitally-enabled, technologically advanced competitor that can harness emerging...

Around the world, technology is evolving and advancing faster than ever before. As our nation’s adversaries and competitors harness these new digital technologies, our government agencies and military branches must deepen their partnerships with industry to speed acquisition and innovation processes — and ultimately to solidify the United States’ position as a technological powerhouse on the global stage. During GovCon Wire...

To meet the quantum threat to cybersecurity, organizations need to be crypto-agile, layering multiple security approaches. Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC) and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) should both be considered in any risk and impact analysis and can be effectively layered to maintain crypto-agility. Join Michele Mosca, Marc Manzano, Kelly Richdale and Nadia Carlston as they discuss how an integrated ecosystem of solutions can make your o...

The global defense landscape has shifted dramatically in recent years — the rapid advancement of technology and the rise of information warfare have created an environment in which intelligence is paramount, and modernization is no longer an option, but a requirement. Today, the Intelligence Community is pursuing cutting-edge technologies, IT infrastructure modernization and intelligence innovations to better support the U.S. military a...

With the fiscal year coming to a close, organizations are solidifying their strategies, budgets and priorities as the government contracting industry looks forward towards FY 2023. The Potomac Officers Club’s FY2023 Budget & Priorities Forum will foster insightful discussion regarding what lies on the horizon for vital federal agencies and their industry partners as they usher in a new year of innovation and progress.

The Intelligence Community of today is constantly evolving to stay ahead of new threats, technologies, global events and adversarial capabilities, especially in light of complex geopolitical developments within the past year. An increasing need across the IC for data-driven decision making capabilities and space-based imagery has underscored the urgency behind deploying advanced technology solutions like AI/ML, predictive analytics, sensors an...

GrrCON is an cyber security and hacking conference put together to provide the community with a venue to come together and share ideas, information, solutions, forge relationships, and most importantly engage with like minded people in a fun atmosphere without all the elitist “Diva” nonsense. We keep GrrCON small with around 2,000 attendance to allow us to provide those things other events leave out. Whether you are a Fortune 500 e...