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AFCEA TechNet Augusta Solutions AbstractProvided By: AFCEA
Aug 2021With assistance from the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and industry experts, TechNet Augusta 2021 is designed to open the lines of communication and facilitate networking, education and problem solving. This Solutions Review Compendium complements the event and helps builds engagement in advance.
Establishing a Federal Digital Service AcademyProvided By: AFCEA
May 2021Winning in cyberspace is at root a human problem. We urgently need to build the next generation of digital leaders to prepare both government and civil society to defend and deter in this venue. It is time for us to consider developing a national cyber or digital service academy, much like the dedicated national service academies at Annapolis, West Point, and Colorado Springs. In this white paper the AFCEA Cyber Committee details a way forward for this initiative.
China, Cyberspace and Hybrid State PowerProvided By: AFCEA
Feb 2021The rise of China as a peer competitor vying for superpower status has emerged as an important challenge for the United States. The AFCEA Cyber Committee opens the discussion of China's hybrid approach to the use of power, particularly in cyberspace, as a competitor to the United States. Internal and external governance and to its application on the battlefield are two facets of China's approach.
The Cyber Edge January 2021Provided By: AFCEA
Feb 2021When the GAO performs cybersecurity-related audits and reports its findings, the watchdog provides key recommendations to agencies to improve their networks and information technology from risks. The GAO also follows up to see how an agency implemented those recommendations.
Strengthening the Nation's Cybersecurity Strategy, Part TwoProvided By: AFCEA
Jan 2021The AFCEA Cyber Committee is pleased to present the second in a series of white papers designed to inform an evolving national cybersecurity strategy. While many cybersecurity recommendations focus on federal government activities, including civilian and military components, the committee recognizes the vital role that state and local authorities and stakeholders must play to safeguard the nation's civil, critical and business infrastructures. A one-size-fits-all model doesn't exist because local government organizations vary in size and complexity, cyber capability an ...
Strengthening the Nation's Cybersecurity StrategyProvided By: AFCEA
Oct 2020Cybersecurity and its relationship to the national interests have evolved swiftly and will continue to do so. AFCEA International's Cyber Committee offers strategy recommendations as a result of numerous studies and commissions. This is the first in a series that will highlight specific recommendations that merit action now and in the next four years.
The Cyber Edge October 2020Provided By: AFCEA
Oct 2020A Cyber Thread Runs Through Government Future Assessments.
The office tasked with keeping Congress abreast of advances sees innovation emerging from several areas.
Effectively Integrating Cybersecurity Into Enterprise Risk ManagementProvided By: AFCEA
Sep 2020Cybersecurity is now a significant area of focus and concern for senior leaders of public and private organizations. Unfortunately, for too many organizations, cybersecurity continues to be a technically focused effort managed by the technical wizards. Instead, board of director discussions often zero in on describing the latest cyber threats, which are often unintelligible to leaders, counts of cyber attacks thwarted and recommendations for cybersecurity investments. Learn how to conduct enterprise risk management processes to benefit your organization to help all staf ...
The Cyber Edge July 2020Provided By: AFCEA
Jul 2020Network data collection, analysis and sharing are core to cyber defense, and Tinisha McMillan is on a mission to improve all three.
Open Source Software and Mission-Critical Applications: A Cautionary TaleProvided By: AFCEA
May 2020AFCEA International Cyber Committee The efficiencies of using and embedding open source software imply a number of risks. AFCEA Cyber Committee members have examined the origins of the OSS trend, its motivation and some of these risks and drawn an analogy to previous quality control experiences. Members offer suggestions for mitigating the risks when building systems they intend to trust.
Small Business CybersecurityProvided By: AFCEA
May 2020AFCEA International Small Business Committee and Cyber Committee Rapid technology changes create new security vulnerabilities that require small businesses to expend resources to remain compliant. The fundamental problem is twofold: increasing technology complexity and competition for training security professionals. Members of the Small Business and Cyber committees suggest best practices, recommendations and information resources for small businesses to address these issues
The Who, What, Why and How of DDoS Attacks: A Guide for IT ProsProvided By: AFCEA
May 2020The IT industry has seen a major increase of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks over the past several years. The December 2019 New Orleans cyberattack is such an example: This attack combined a classic ransomware deployment with a DDoS attack. The DDoS upward trend promises to continue. DDoS attacks date back to the dawn of the public internet, but the force is strong with this one. According to a 2018 report from International Data Group (IDG), the median downtime caused by a DDoS attack is 7 to 12 hours. Using an estimate from Gartner of $5,600 per minute of ...
The Cyber Edge April 2020Provided By: AFCEA
Apr 2020Daily cyber attacks and other threats naturally take up the short-term attention of many governmental agencies, but there is a need for a more strategic look at risks to the nation's critical infrastructure.
The U.S. Cybersecurity Industrial Base and National SecurityProvided By: AFCEA
Feb 2020This white paper conveys to U.S. national security policy makers and decision makers observations and recommendations regarding the nation's cybersecurity industrial base and this sector's ability to support and strengthen the national security of the United States.
The Cyber Edge January 2020Provided By: AFCEA
Jan 2020FBI Strives to Keep Ahead of Cyber Adversaries.
A rapidly changing threat environment compels increased cooperation.
The Cyber Edge October 2019Provided By: AFCEA
Oct 2019Cyber policy traditionally has focused more on enterprise networks than tactical systems, according to Nancy Kreidler, the Army's new leader for the Cybersecurity and Information Assurance Directorate within the Office of the Chief Information Officer/G-6. But new initiatives emphasize cybersecurity in the tactical environment, including networks, weaponry and any other systems used by warfighters.
Cyber InsuranceProvided By: AFCEA
Sep 2019The Cyber Insurance Subcommittee of AFCEA International's Cyber Committee concluded cyber insurance is useful in risk transference but with some important caveats. For example, a purchase decision is contingent on individual company circumstances, such as revenue, risk tolerance, board guidance and regulatory environment relative to protected categories of information. In addition, every purchase decision should be critically reviewed regarding the extent of exclusions to coverage in each policy. The subcommittee also concluded that it remains in the indeterminate futur ...
The Cyber Edge July 2019Provided By: AFCEA
Aug 2019The whole is greater than the sum of its parts when the two combine forces for information technology. BY ROBERT K. ACKERMAN The U.S. Army is building a tighter relationship with industry to tap commercial expertise and avoid long procurement delays that often render new information technologies obsolete before they are fielded
The Cyber Edge April 2019Provided By: AFCEA
May 2019This edition of The Cyber Edge celebrates and recognizes the contributions of women in cybersecurity and STEM. All of the articles in the section were written by women and feature expert opinions on operating in a time where information often can be a weapon.
MEASURING SECURITY: Making Sense Out of a Modern-Day Tower of BabelProvided By: AFCEA
Mar 2019Despite obvious and compelling needs for ways to measure security, AFCEA's Cyber Committee found that there is no consensus about how to measure security. To the contrary, its members found that the security metrics are all over the map with most organizations admitting in confidential discussions that they are not comfortable with the metrics they are using.
