FNN Expert Edition: Cyber of the Future

In this ebook, we share articles featuring the federal and industry guests from Day 3 of our Cyber Leader Exchange 2023, which focused on how the government and industry are preparing for the cyberthreats of tomorrow. Featuring insights from government agencies, including:

• DARPA’s Perri Adams on evolving the use of AI to secure cyberspace
• ONCD’s Nick Leiserson on taking dynamic approach to implementing National Cybersecurity Strategy
• DHS’ Donald Coulter and Ann Cox, along with NIST’s Dustin Moody, on pushing cyber boundaries

As agency cyber teams focus intently on bolstering their current infrastructures and thwarting attacks happening every day, the government’s cybersecurity leaders realize they must also think beyond today — or even next week.
“As we’re nose to the grindstone right now, working to implement the 69 initiatives [in the National Cybersecurity Strategy], we’re also looking over the horizon a bit to see what’s going to be coming in Implementation Plan 2.0, which we expect to be out in the spring of next year,” said Nick Leiserson, assistant national cyber director for cyber policy and programs in the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. (Read the full story about ONCD’s forward-leaning focus on Page 10.)
And ONCD is not alone in planning ahead, as we found out during our 2023 Cyber Leaders Exchange while talking to industry experts as well as research leaders from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Homeland Security Department and National Institute of Standards and Technology.
“Nobody knows what’s coming next. But there’s a lot of steps we can take today to plan for what may be next and to protect data into the future,” said Brian O’Donnell, vice president of sales for Carahsoft, which was the presenting sponsor of this year’s exchange. “That’s why we spend a lot of time working with our vendors, understanding the direction they’re taking, understanding those future threats.”

Vanessa Roberts
Editor, Custom Content
Federal News Network

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